To design and order your cabinetry we have two design tools:
Cabinet Designer
Cabinet Planner
The Cabinet Designer is used for designing and customising individual cabinets and the Cabinet Planner allows you to work out how the cabinets will be positioned to fit the space you have.
You can move back and forth between the design tools to finesse your design, trying different configurations, sizes and materials.
And to start you off we provide a set of template cabinets and template cabinet configurations. Load the templates into either the Cabinet Designer or Cabinet Planner and customise for the sizes and materials you want.
Cabinet identification
A name that will feature in the order list. This name will be used as a prefix on the label of every panel e.g [My Cabinet] Side left so it is preferable to keep it to less than 20 characters
Any comments to tag with this design
As you work with this design you can record any issues here for tracking
Dimensions
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The overall external dimensions of the cabinet
External height dimension
External width dimension
External depth dimension
Height of an integral/external plinth, or zero for no plinth
Plinth type
Determines whether the plinth is undercut
Integral plinths can optionally have a height adjustment fitting giving +20mm of adjustment
Height of the bottom of the cabinet above floor level (AFFL or FFL in Architect speak). For a floor standing cabinet this value will be zero but could be something like 50-100 if you are using an external plinth
Doors
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Number of doors
Door features
For wide doors spanning multiple cabinets use the PS10 system
Wide angle opening is recommended for angled doors or when doors cover internal drawers
Door opening action
Door hand
Doors can be divided vertically e.g. small door above a big door. Enter a number to divide into equally sized doors or else enter proportions in the form 30% 70%
The door can be offset e.g. when creating a corner cabinet configuration
Sliding Door System PS10
The PS10 system can span several cabinets. The width to specify here will usually be the total external widths of all the cabinets to span. Note requirements for PS10 system:
the doors will be 60mm higher than the cabinet height so ensure there is at least 80mm clearance above the top of the cabinet
the cabinet needs a toekick space of 40mm
the cabinet needs a plinth height of at least 60mm
Blum Movento gives slow closing (Blumotion) or push-to-open movement as well as increased weight capacity (40Kg)
Utilise the plinth space by adding a drawer here. Note: because the drawer will be at floor level you need your floors to be level or else make plans to level the cabinet above any floor undulation lest the drawers bind on the floor when extended
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For drawers that vary in height either put in percentage proportions or drawer heights
Side by side double drawers
Usually drawers are set out from the bottom of the cabinet. Check this option to set them out from the top
Drawers are behind doors etc. Tip: choose wide opening hinges in the doors section to maximise drawer size
For internal drawers that will be covered with a door you may want the drawer runners 'packed out' so that the drawers don't hit the door as they are opened. The preferred alternative is to use zero-protusion (wide angle) opening hinges
Drawer opening action
Where there is a mix of drawers and doors/shelves you can specify the drawer height. If a cabinet has only drawers then the drawer height is calculated automatically and cannot be overridden
The drawer runner length is calculated automatically but if a specific length is required you can override it with this parameter
Shelves
Shelf features
Offset between shelf edge and front of cabinet or vertical divider if there is one
Specific spacing between shelves
shelf meta data
Shelf height above FFL
Shelf space
Offset from front
Option positions
Drill shelf support positions continuously along the cabinet sides
Add additional option shelf support positions above and below the given positions
For continuous or option shelf position specify the space between adjacent shelf stud positions
Heavy duty shelf supports use 2mm thick steel U-shape sections
A Shelf Grid introduces vertical dividers to create compartment/cubby hole style shelves
Shelf grid
Compartment widths
Dividers
Position of vertical divider measured from inside left of cabinet. Set to 0 for no divider.
Position of horizontal divider measured from inside top of cabinet to top of divider. Set to 0 for no divider.
Position of dividers measured from front of cabinet.
Advanced options
Angles
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Type of angle
The cabinet is not angled and the top is square to the sides
The cabinet is angled with different heights for the cabinet sides
The cabinet is angled with the front higher than the rear
Corner cabinet with front angled at 45 degrees
Angle features
External left height dimension
External right height dimension
Angle measured from horizontal
Where an angled cabinet top does not 'come to a point' but rather levels off at a maximum height, this parameter specifies the width of the flat section
Calculate the height of the cabinet left side using the supplied parameters for angle and cabinet right side
Calculate the height of the cabinet right side using the supplied parameters for angle and cabinet right side
Calculate the angle of the cabinet top using the supplied parameters for the cabinet left and right heights
Angle features
External height dimension at back of cabinet
Angle measured from horizontal
Calculate the angle of the cabinet top using the supplied parameters for the cabinet height and back height
Calculate the height of the cabinet back using the supplied parameters for angle and cabinet right side
Frontage config
Frontage configuration
Cabinet frontages overlay the front edges of the cabinet
Cabinet frontages fit within the front edges of the cabinet
Cabinet frontages fit within the front edges of the cabinet with horizontal frame pieces between drawer faces/doors
Cabinet has a face frame and frontages fit within edges of face frame
Face frame features
Usually in the range 36mm-90mm
Fit and Finish
Scribe pieces are 70mm wide strips that can be trimmed to give a fitted finish between cabinet and wall
An end panel is used on the end of a run of cabinets to finish the end in the same material as the frontages and hide any fixings visible on the side
Skirting around front and sides
Specify the width of the scribe pieces needed below
Width of scribe for left of cabinet or 0 for no scribe
Width of scribe for right of cabinet or 0 for no scribe
Width of scribe for top of cabinet or 0 for no scribe
The end panel can be undersized/oversized in height/depth to aid scribing in if needed
Positive to increase height, negative to decrease height
Positive to increase depth, negative to decrease depth
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Will the top of the cabinet be visible in its final installed location e.g. this is a low unit
Will the top of the cabinet be visible in its final installed location e.g. this will be wall mounted at high level
Will the top of the cabinet be visible in its final installed location e.g. this is a free standing island unit
Edgeband back edge of panels (top,bottom, sides)
Edgeband top and bottom of side panels
For U-shaped cabinet arrangements a front fix panel can be used to help fasten cabinets together
Specify the width of the front fix panel
Positive for front fix panel on left of cabinet, negative for front fix panel on right of cabinet
Interior
Clearances
Space between top of cabinet frontage and carcass top
Space between bottom of cabinet frontage and carcass bottom
Space between side of frontages and carcass sides
Space between adjacent features (doors/drawers)
Back
Replace solid back with two 100mm wide back rails top and bottom
Omit a back panel completely. Note: a back panel is important to help guranteee cabinet rigidity. A backless cabinet will need careful securing to a wall to keep it rigid
White plastic clips fitted inside the cabinet to connect the sides to the back
Usually the back fits within the cabinet carcass but check this option to have a back panel that lays on (overlaps) the back edges of the cabinet
A steel corner gusset that fits in the void behind the back panel (needs 16mm minimum service void)
Usually we make the back flush. If you would like a service void between cabinet back and the wall specify the space here
Machine for kitchen cabinet style wall hangers
Machining
Rafix fixings are additional fixings that have the following advantages i) the carcasss can be assembled without screws ii) No visible fixings in the outside of the cabinet iii) the cabinet can be built without access to the outside of the sides e.g. in an alcove
A rectangular cutout located at the bottom rear of cabinet side panels such that the cabinet can sit flush against a wall with skirting
The overall dimensions are the external dimensions of the cabinet. Notes:
the depth dimension is the cabinet depth without the door thickness unless the door is inset
The bottom position is the distance between cabinet bottom and the floor. If the bottom position is greater than 25mm then a plinth component is added.
The back panel (which is usually 18mm thick) fits within the cabinet so is included in the depth dimension
Doors
We offer the following door types:
Overlay door. This is our default type
Inset door. The door is located within the cabinet edges
Frame and panel door. Sometimes also called a 'five piece' door this is made up of a central panel and four frame pieces constructed in the traditional way. We can only make these in either MDF or real wood (e.g. Oak, Maple, Beech, Ash, Cherry)
Sliding door. Two doors held with a top sliding track
Note that the door types are not mutually exclusive. For example you can have a sliding frame and panel door. To select inset doors you need to do this from the 'Frontage Configuration' section because if an inset style is desired and there are drawers in the design too then the inset style needs to be applied to the drawer frontages too.
Doors
The cabinet top can be angled left/right or front to back. With angled cabinets three parameters are pertinent and with the supply of two the third can be calculated.
Left/Right - You can supply the height of the left side and the right side and the cabinet angle will be calculated. Alternatively you can supply the angle and the heights of one of the sides and the height of the other side will be calculated.
Front/Back -
Note: you can't angle a single cabinet both left/right and front/back (no pyramid shapes possible!)
Clearances
Clearances refer to the space left around doors and drawer faces. A clearance is needed to avoid the doors binding on each other or an adjacent cabinet as they are opened. We recommend that you keep the default clearances set as they are. However there are a couple of instances where you may want to change them and these include:
You want to 'oversail' the doors to create a finger pull area. This is a good solution with bathroom cabinets where if the door is taller than the cabinet (the doors are 'oversailed') then you can open the doors by pulling on this area, removing the need for handles
The cabinets have no plinth but sit on either an uneven or compressible surface (e.g. carpet). A clearance under the door will prevent the possibility of the doors from binding on the floor as they are opened. A more usual solution is to have a plinth of between 50-100mm but if no plinth is desired then increasing the bottom clearance in this way is an option
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Edit space names
You can create various spaces for a collection of cabinets.
These spaces can be for different walls in a room or to keep different versions of a design.
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