Door and sidelight rails.
Panel door construction details.
4 top rail.
Frame and panel construction also called rail and stile is a woodworking technique often used in the making of doors wainscoting and other decorative features for cabinets furniture and homes.
5 upper mid rail for 6 panel doors only not shown above.
A frame and panel door is a work of detailed craftsmanship and there are precise terms used to describe its parts.
All dimensions are given for each and every element used in the.
The frame of single panel doors consists of two stiles top and bottom rails.
Door components can be customized and combined to create multiple door styles while maintaining crisp details and architecturally correct lines.
2 center stile.
Corners of doors shall be accurately joined and fitted with a flush hairline joint.
The basic idea is to capture a floating panel within a sturdy frame as opposed to techniques used in making a slab solid wood cabinet door or drawer front the door is constructed of several solid wood pieces running in a vertical or horizontal direction with exposed endgrains.
Use stiles at least 4 3 4 wide.
3 sidelight and transom stiles.
All doors are not created equal.
The stiles are the left and right vertical frame members of the door.
Doors shall be of triple reinforced construction having reinforced anchor blocks coin punched interlocked into the top and bottom rails bolted to the stiles.
The door panel is always sized slightly smaller than actual dimensions of the grooved style and rail frame.
1 full length door panel stiles.
Joinery between top rails middle rail and bottom rail with the stile members.
Joinery details of the double panel door model.
Generally panel door comes in following types.
This allows the panel to expand and contract with seasonal humidity without affecting the stable shape and size of the door.
The figure illustrates the advantage of trustile s timeless authentic stile and rail construction.
They run the full length of the door from top to bottom and provide the principal structural strength of the door.
Raised panel doors are an example of frame and panel construction a method developed hundreds of years ago to combat the effects of moisture on solid wood used in cabinetry and furniture making.
