Face Frame Cabinets Vs Frameless
You can tuck items behind the frame slightly but it makes it more difficult to reach the items inside.
Face frame cabinets vs frameless. That being said you will see many frameless cabinets measured in millimeters however prime cabinetry s are measured in inches. We started out in face frame and made the switch a number of years ago and wouldn t go back to face frame for anything. A frameless box offers more ease of access and storage space by removing the face frame. Face frame cabinets as their name implies have a frame around the front of the cabinet.
Face frame cabinet there are two types of cabinet construction. Face frame can be done with less equipment and less costly equipment but the labor is more expensive. Face frame and frameless also called european style. Framed cabinets can accommodate a longer screw length usually 2 1 2 due to the width of the face frame and the solid wood material.
While technically the two cabinets have the same amount of space a frameless cabinet has more accessible space than a framed cabinet will. Therefore a shorter screw length is used usually 1 1 4 max. In a frameless cabinet you have full unimpeded access to the interior. Because there is a frame around the box in the front and a stile in the center of double cabinets a framed cabinet will block some of the front access.
Frameless cabinets do not have a face frame and are also known as full access cabinets european style or modern cabinetry.