How Our Cabinets Are Built
The primary steps in the cabinet building process are:
Cabinet Design
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We utilize one of the leading CAD software packages for cabinet manufacturing and in today's manufacturing environment, it is really the "brains behind the operation". Our professional designers will work with you to develop a layout for your room based on site measurements and your needs and how you would like to utilize the space. The design process results in floor plan layouts, elevation drawings and 3D perspective drawings of the room and cabinetry for your review and approval. |
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Material Cutting
The next step is to translate the CAD cabinet drawings to a cut list for use in our computer numerically controlled (CNC) saw and router to cut the material. Jobs are typically cut on a just-in-time basis a few days before it is scheduled to be installed, and most pieces are custom cut for each job as we minimize our stocked inventory and customers can design cabinets of almost any width, height or depth. We custom manufactuer each job based on your needs, not a standard catalog of sizes to make our life easier!
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Finishing
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We perform virtually all of our own finishing work in-house in our newly renovated finishing room. We have aggressively pursued process and material changes to reduce our environmental footprint by switching to the exclusive use of water-based stains to eliminate our volative organic compounds (VOC) emissions and improve the working environment for finishing staff. We also use lower VOC based solvent lacquers and are actively pursuing the switch to water-based lacquers as soon as possible.
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Assembly
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The final step in building your cabinets is the assembly process. We are one of few manufacturers that assembles our cabinets using glue and dowels and not staples or other inferior techniques. The combination of glue, dowels and high pressure applied from our case clamping machine results in a far stronger, squarer and better finished cabinet than alternative assemble methods.
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| Once the cabinet box is assembled and the doors are hinged and hung, the cabinet is ready for installation. |
Installation
Generally this is the only part of the process you will see. The installation is critical to ensure you end up with an excellent finished product. Our professional staff take great care to ensure cabinet bases are properly leveled during the installation. Like the foundation in a house, if you do not start with a proper base the cabinets will not sit squarely and line up properly.
Once the bases are properly set, the lower cabinets are installed, then the countertops (if laminate countertops) and upper cabinets are put in place. After the finishing touches of crown molding and all adjustments are made, our work is generally finished. Of course if there are any touch-ups required our service team handles these as required both before and after you have started using the cabinets.