Classic Lancaster Cabinetry Specs.

Base cabinets

3/4" x 1-1/2" premium grade hardwoods form the cabinet frames which are held together by mortise and tenon construction. The joints are also are also glued and stapled together. The hardwoods are checked for moisture content and preselected to remove any undesirable grains or defects.

3/4" birch veneer plywood with aspen core for cabinet sides.

1/2" birch veneer plywood with aspen core bottoms dadoed into sides.

1/2" birch veneer plywood tops dadoed into the sides fully enclose cabinets. This top is flush with the inside top of drawer opening.

1/2" birch veneer backs fully glued and stapled onto sides, tops and bottoms.

All cabinets are thoroughly glued with Titebond 2 water proof glue and stapled in unfinished sides No staples or pins are seen on finished sides of cabinets.

Cabinet depths are 23-3/4" deep allowing easier installation to allow for wall irregularities.

Cabinets are 24" deep on finished ends.

Cabinets are provided with 3/4" adjustable shelves banded on the front with a matching hardwood.

Finished ends of cabinets include raised panels applied over a 1/2" side of the cabinet.

The bottom rail of the raised panel end is 7-1/2" wide in order to align the raise with the raises on the panels of the doors.

Wall cabinets

3/4" x 1-1/2" premium grade hardwoods form the cabinet frames which are held together by mortise and tenon construction. The joints are also are also glued and stapled together. Undesirable grains or defects are not used in frames.

2-1/2" top rails are provided for easier crown molding installation.

1/2" birch veneer plywood with aspen core for cabinet sides, tops, bottoms and backs.

1/2" birch veneer plywood with aspen core bottoms and tops are dadoed into the sides.

Standard cabinets measure 12-1/4" deep for easier installation. Finished ends are 12-1/2" deep.

PLEASE NOTE: The inside dimension of our standard size wall cabinet with inset doors is 11". While most dinner plates are less than 11" in diameter, please check the size of your plates before ordering our standard size wall cabinets.

Drawer boxes

Drawer boxes are dovetail construction of either soft maple or Lenga(South American fire cherry).

The drawer sides are 5/8" thick with a 1/4" birch veneer plywood bottom dadoed into the sides.

Standard drawers in base cabinets are typically 4" high in a 5" high opening.

Hardware

Drawers will have soft-self closing full extension tandem mount fully concealed stainless steel slides.

Rollouts are equipped with Accuride full extension slides.

A large selection of knobs and pulls are available from Briggs Hardware and Cliffside Hardware.

Excellent catalogs as well as samples are available for selection convenience.

Shelves are supported by brass colored pins in holes drilled into cabinet sides.

Shelves

All shelves are 3/4" birch veneer plywood with a solid wood high strength glued band on the front edge.

All shelves are full depth of the cabinet.

The inside of the cabinets are drilled with a line boring machine to provide accurate lines of holes for adjustable shelves. The shelves are supported by brass colored pins which are inserted in the holes in the cabinet sides.

All base cabinets have one adjustable shelf.

Wall cabinets up to 23" high have no adjustable shelf.

Wall cabinets 24" to 29" have 1 adjustable shelf.

Wall cabinets 30" to 41" high have 2 adjustable shelves.

Wall cabinets 42" to 56" high have 3 adjustable shelves.

Doors and drawer fronts

Doors and drawer fronts are premium grade obtained from Conestoga Wood Specialties.

There is a very large selection of styles available in many different species of woods.

There are also numerous choices of different raises, edge profiles and beads available in different combinations.

Catalogs and sample kits are available to guide in these selections.

Finishing

Cabinets are constructed to be square and true.

After the construction proper sanding becomes of greatest concern. The best spray equipment and sprayer cannot cover bad sanding.

The newest technology in HVLPs and Pumps are used to provide the best finishes now available in the Cabinet trades.

The finish coats are applied with a Kremlin pump sprayer, which is considered one of the best means available to obtain a top of the line finish.

To insure a beautiful finish special filters and fans control dust in the spray area.

Cabinets with a stain finish will have a natural birch varnished interior.

Cabinets with a painted finish will have the same finish on the interior as the exterior.

Cabinets with glass doors will also have the finish on the interior as the exterior.