Browse Forums Kitchen Corner 1 Nov 26, 2006 6:03 pm Hello there
When you get a painted kitchen is it OK to leave the carcass behind the doors a white laminate, or do you need to somehow match the colour to the doors? ie When you shut the door you generally can't see the white laminate behind, or is this a cheap option and really the inside edge should be the same colour? All input appreciated White carcasses 2Nov 26, 2006 6:15 pm Hi BB,
It is absolutely normal and o.k. to use white melamine board behind painted doors for the carcasses of a panel based cabinet system. As you say, when the doors are closed you can't see the cabinet edges. Matching the colour of carcass edges, while possible, would at least double the work for the cabinet maker and of course increase the cost proportionally - and then some. I would not spec any of my carcasses any thing but white unless there was an extremely convincing ($$$) reason for it. Cheers, Earl Re: Painted doors 3Nov 27, 2006 5:15 pm I think you'll find 99% of carcasses are white melamine or MDF Re: Painted doors 4Nov 27, 2006 6:09 pm BestBuilder, I’m confused???
Are looking to get a new kitchen designed this way or are you about to paint an existing kitchens doors yourself? Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Painted doors 5Dec 16, 2006 11:07 am Hi Michelle
This will be for a new kitchen. The doors are a dark colour. We were told you needed to put a laminate of the same colour on the edges, but this didn't seem right compared to other kitchens. Re: Painted doors 6Dec 18, 2006 7:21 pm I would do the same dark colour on the door trim; to me any other colour will be too noticeable. Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Painted doors 7Dec 19, 2006 6:46 am are you talking about matching the front edges of the carcass' to the doors?? This will cost you a fortune - I can't say I've ever seen it done even in high- end kitchens. All carcass' are HMR - you are not going to see gleaming whith lines in the kitchen with the doors closed. Re: Painted doors 8Dec 19, 2006 6:57 am I thought he was talking about the door trim????
The front of the cupboards, carcase?? This should be the same colour as the rest of the cupboards, I’m confused……. Perhaps BestBuilder, you could have another go at describing your dilemma to us. I think we are picturing a different problem to what you have. Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Painted doors 9Dec 19, 2006 9:03 am The carcass is the cupboard itself not including the door or benchtop. These are made from HMR melamine.
I do agree Michelle, this has been one confusing post Colour Edged Carcasses 10Dec 19, 2006 11:21 am Bestbulders question seemed pretty clear to me:
"When you get a painted kitchen is it OK to leave the carcass behind the doors a white laminate, or do you need to somehow match the colour to the doors? ie When you shut the door you generally can't see the white laminate behind, or is this a cheap option and really the inside edge should be the same colour? " As I advised, I have never had a client ask for this, nor do I see a need for it. It can be done but it would be expensive, as each piece of board cut for the carcasses would have to be edged twice in different colours: any cabinet maker would charge you premium for it. Having said that I was in the city (Brisbane) this morning and saw a shop being fitted out where all the leading edges (that's the front edges) of the carcasses had been edged in a dark brown, presumably to match the doors. In my professsional opinion whoever specified this took complete advantage of thier client, as it would have really gouged them. Even so called "solid timber" kitchens use white melamine carcasses these days. On the other hand if, for example, the client wanted to use a dark coloured postformed edge door it is conceivable that some of the white would be visible - it depends on how well the designer specifies the gaps and tolerences - I have seen rolled edge doors where a 3mm gap just looks enormous with the two radii adding what "appears" to be another couple of mm to the gap. White carcasses will be fine - just watch how big the space allowances are. Cheers, Earl B. Industrial Design Re: Painted doors 12Dec 19, 2006 2:57 pm White laminate edging on the carcass & shelving.
The kids leave our doors open all the time so where do you stop - shelving & edge stips to match the doors ?? Peter Clarkson - AusDesign Australia www.ausdesign.com.au This information is intended to provide general information only. It does not purport to be a comprehensive advice. Re: Painted doors 13Dec 22, 2006 10:50 pm I sell kitchens starting from $30,000 (that's just for the cabinets) and the carcase edge is white.
As the doors are 20mm thick and the reveal (gap) is 3mm you don't notice a thing as a shadowline is created. Re: Painted doors 14Dec 24, 2006 8:21 am renomart I sell kitchens starting from $30,000 (that's just for the cabinets) and the carcase edge is white. . jeez renomart are the carcass's made of gold? Re: Painted doors 16Dec 25, 2006 3:38 pm what are they actually made of?? The carcass's of most kitchens shouldn't cost more than $2500!! Hi Stuey, think you’ve got a couple of options here you’d just need to decide your preference/which options suits best. You could recess the windows (just keep in… 1 3992 we have a standard size and often we have a lot of variety to choose 0 3575 We are looking for sliding doors which are 5 metres tall. There are a few European options. Any manufacturers in Australia or distributors? 0 5039 |