How to attach drawer front, frame, and door for a false inset panel??
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bossyvossy
7 years ago
daisychain Zn3b
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoI think I know what you are asking as I did the same thing for our panelled dishwasher. Instead of buying a single panel cover for it. I bought a drawer front and a cabinet door and attached them together with metal brackets then attached the entire piece to the dishwasher. If I've got this right and this is what you are planning, why not just get a panel to fit the front of the dishwasher rather than piecing together 3 separate elements? Or maybe I've got it wrong and this isn't what you planning?
Ours worked because it is overlay and not inset so we could use brackets to connect the two pieces. You really need solid brackets because of the force put on them whenever you open the DW door.
ETA: Is this what you are trying to make from 3 separate pieces?
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7 years agolast modified: 7 years ago
Daisychain1 - Yes! That's what I am trying to do! I want it to look like an inset cabinet. I am trying to find a way to piece them together as one solid door first, and then attach it to the dishwasher.
mholtz2323
7 years agodaisychain Zn3b
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoI am no carpenter, so hopefully someone else will chime in - but I do like to McGyver things. I used flat metal brackets that have held up over 10 years. I'm wondering if you could recess them into the back of the panels. They weren't very thick so you wouldn't have to recess them very deep (or maybe not at all?). Might not compromise the strength of the panel.
Photos below are the sort of thing I used. Not to insult your intelligence, but make sure you use short screws and pre-drill (there have been a few postings here of people who screwed spice racks, etc. to the inside of cab doors only to find the screws came out the other side).
Are you sure your cab company can't just make you a false panel that looks like that, but is in reality one solid piece? I did ours the way I did b/c they wanted to charge me some whopping fee for a special panel, but practically gave me the drawer front and cab door for almost nothing.
PRODesign Loft Bracebridge
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agohomepro01
7 years agomholtz2323
7 years agomholtz2323
7 years ago- PRO
Design Loft Bracebridge
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoI'm not 100% sure that this is your template so double check with your specs. I found this list attached to your model
One specific template is this one..
If you wanted to use the metal brackets, you could recess them into the door/drawer front/frame from behind then screw the metal panel provided, to that. I would paint them before recessing them with a paint in black or something closer to the colour of your door. If your false door has not been made yet, you can have your cabinetmaker assemble the entire set up together ahead of time. Another way to do it is to use a 1/4" flat panel and router out the back of the door/drawer/frame to accept it. This way you can finish it the same colour as your door.
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Design Loft Bracebridge
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoA little crude, but this is what I mean by using a 1/4" panel recessed from the back of the door frame.... You would then mount as the specs say.
If you use pocket screws, you run the risk of seeing the screws in the gap between the door and frame.
If it doesn't matter about seeing the screws, you could screw from the edge and plug the screw holes.
mholtz2323
7 years agomholtz2323
7 years agoThanks Wendy! I think that's the way I should do it. How many brackets were used and where exactly did they place the brackets? Does it ever feel like it's loose? I have a drawer front (slab) and a door. Exactly like this one...
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