Building Cabinets Review Questions PDF

Review Questions What is the disadvantage of building very wide upper cabinets? Building Cabinets Hinges Drawers...

Review Questions What is the disadvantage of building very wide upper cabinets? Building Cabinets Hinges Drawers Countertops What is the disadvantage of building Installations very narrow upper cabinets? 1 2 When using the 32mm system, what are 2 disadvantages of building an What is generally considered the upper cabinet as one box with a maximum width for a door when vertical divider rather than as two building a cabinet using the 32mm separate boxes installed side by side? system? 3 4 You are building a cabinet with the following specifications: Name one advantage of inset back Butt joint construction upper cabinets (panel slides into a Full Overlay back groove) compared to full overlay Solid Top (planted) back cabinets? 5/8” thick white melamine particleboard 30”H x 32”W x 23” D What is the typical thickness of the What are the dimensions of the gables? back used on inset back cabinets? What are the dimensions of the Top/Bottom? What are the dimensions of the Back Panel? 5 6 1  What is the disadvantage of building base cabinets as Open Top boxes compared to building then as Solid You are building the MCP boxes for a kitchen. The quartz countertop will be 1-1/4” thick. Top boxes? The separate plywood frame kick will be 4 inches What is the advantage of building high. base cabinets as Open Top boxes compared to building then as Solid How tall should the boxes be assuming the Top boxes? countertop work surface will be at “standard height”? 7 8 You are building a 45 degree base List 4 different types of corner corner cabinet. cabinets. The drywall in the corners of the room are not square. What are two ways of dealing with the imperfect corner? 9 10 This image shows the List 3 functional storage devices front and back commonly used in corner cabinets? side of a door. What type of cabinet is it from? 11 12 2  You are constructing a full overlay back cabinet to house a very heavy double wall Why is it advisable to construct full oven. height cabinets out of multiple boxes It will be positioned above a drawer. rather than a single tall box with The outside width of the cabinet will be 30”. fixed shelves? You are using 5/8” material. What special box construction technique should be used for the cabinets? 13 14 Why are full height cabinets usually deeper than the base cabinets What type of hinge should be used immediately adjacent to it? on a pantry with interior pull outs? WALL Base Cabinet Base Cabinet Full Height Cabinet Top View – Countertop on Base Cabinets not Shown 15 16 You are building a refrigerator enclosure. Name 3 main manufacturers of The customer is insisting on minimal European Style Hinges clearance between the refrigerator and enclosure for a “built in look”. How do you provide adequate ventilation for the back of the refrigerator? 17 18 3  Name the benefits of using European What is the opening angle of the Hinges “standard” hinge 19 20 You are installing an upper cabinet at You are build a pie the end of a peninsula. cut corner cabinet The cabinet will have 2 doors. with a bifold door. What type hinges should be used? What type of hinges WALL Upper are required? Cabinet Peninsula Base Cabinets Plan View 21 22 What type of hinge is this? What type of hinge is this? 23 24 4  What type of hinge is this? What type of hinge is this? 25 26 What function is performed by the grey coloured item in the image? What function does this item perform? 27 28 What style of drawer slide is this part What is the purpose of this grey of? button? 29 30 5  What style of drawer slide will hide the unsightly edge of a drawer What style of drawer slides only constructed with an overlay bottom? require addition of a bottom and a back to create a drawer box? Drawer Front Side Bottom Hide the edge of the overlay bottom Side View 31 32 The client has slected a 5 piece style What style of drawer slides are hidden (2 rails, 2 styles, and a panel) for the once installed doors and drawer fronts in their new and allow use of dovetail drawer kitchen boxes for a traditional look Why is the top drawer in this style of kitchen often built as a slab rather than out of 5 pieces? 33 34 What style of drawer is this? What style of drawer slides allow for adjustment of the drawer front after the slides and drawers have been fully installed in the cabinet 35 36 6  What style of drawer slide is this? What style of drawer slide is this? 37 38 What style of drawer slide is this? What style of drawer is this? 39 40 What is the potential problem with very Tandembox drawer slides come in wide drawers (greater than 36”) in ______ mm increments particular if the drawer will have two handles/knobs. What can be done about it if you are using Tandem slides or Tandembox drawers? 41 42 7  What is the standard height of a Cambria or Caesarstone are brand kitchen counter? names of what type of material? 43 44 What type of Countertop is this? What is the generic name for an engineered material that includes a polymer resin (~7%) mixed with stone dust (~93%)? _____________________ Plastic Laminate 45 46 Organize the following in order from Which countertop materials can be hardest to softest fabricated using conventional carbide tooling? Marble Quartzite Soapstone Granite 47 48 8  Draw a dogleg countertop seam on the countertop below Why is a dogleg seam commonly used with granite rather than a 45 degree mitre? 49 50 What is a potential problem with When covering particleboard with large undermount sinks? plastic laminate to form a countertop, which surface should be covered first? What can be done to minimize the Which surface should be covered risk of failure? last? 51 52 You are installing upper kitchen Why are drawers installed and cabinets constructed out of 5/8” adjusted after the doors have been MCP on a wood stud wall covered in installed? ½” drywall. What type of fastener should be used to attached the cabinet to the wall in this scenario? 53 54 9  When examining the site before Why are base cabinets usually installing a kitchen, what information installed before the upper cabinets? should you be collecting? 55 56 You are installing an appliance tower next to a crooked doorway. A wall oven will be installed in the When installing cabinets against a appliance tower. wall, why should any gaps be Should you tilt the appliance tower so shimmed before tightening the that the crooked doorway is not as screws? obvious ? 57 58 You are building an upper cabinet with a full overlay (planted) back. The sides of the cabinet will not be visible when installed. As a minimum, which panel edges should receive Questions? edgeband? 59 60 10