Panel Door Construction Details

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Panel door construction details.

Raised panel doors are an example of frame and panel construction a method developed hundreds of years ago to combat the effects of moisture on solid wood used in cabinetry and furniture making. Generally panel door comes in following types. They run the full length of the door from top to bottom and provide the principal structural strength of the door. 1 full length door panel stiles.

The figure illustrates the advantage of trustile s timeless authentic stile and rail construction. Joinery details of the double panel door model. Door and sidelight rails. The door panel is always sized slightly smaller than actual dimensions of the grooved style and rail frame.

Door components can be customized and combined to create multiple door styles while maintaining crisp details and architecturally correct lines. Joinery between top rails middle rail and bottom rail with the stile members. This allows the panel to expand and contract with seasonal humidity without affecting the stable shape and size of the door. All dimensions are given for each and every element used in the.

4 top rail. Include doors frames sidelights transoms and hardware as required. 2 center stile. The basic idea is to capture a floating panel within a sturdy frame as opposed to techniques used in making a slab solid wood cabinet door or drawer front the door is constructed of several solid wood pieces running in a vertical or horizontal direction with exposed endgrains.

Construction consists of five members. Doors shall be of triple reinforced construction having reinforced anchor blocks coin punched interlocked into the top and bottom rails bolted to the stiles. Use stiles at least 4 3 4 wide. The frame of single panel doors consists of two stiles top and bottom rails.

3 sidelight and transom stiles. Frame and panel construction also called rail and stile is a woodworking technique often used in the making of doors wainscoting and other decorative features for cabinets furniture and homes. The stiles are the left and right vertical frame members of the door. A frame and panel door is a work of detailed craftsmanship and there are precise terms used to describe its parts.