The frame of single panel doors consists of two stiles top and bottom rails.
Panel door construction details.
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.
1 full length door panel stiles.
Use stiles at least 4 3 4 wide.
All doors are not created equal.
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.
Joinery between top rails middle rail and bottom rail with the stile members.
The stiles are the left and right vertical frame members of the door.
Construction consists of five members.
Corners of doors shall be accurately joined and fitted with a flush hairline joint.
Joinery details of the double panel door model.
The door panel is always sized slightly smaller than actual dimensions of the grooved style and rail frame.
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.
Door components can be customized and combined to create multiple door styles while maintaining crisp details and architecturally correct lines.
Generally panel door comes in following types.
Doors shall be of triple reinforced construction having reinforced anchor blocks coin punched interlocked into the top and bottom rails bolted to the stiles.
4 top rail.
Include doors frames sidelights transoms and hardware as required.
All dimensions are given for each and every element used in the.
3 sidelight and transom stiles.
5 upper mid rail for 6 panel doors only not shown above.
Door and sidelight rails.
2 center stile.
This allows the panel to expand and contract with seasonal humidity without affecting the stable shape and size of the door.