Panel doors are and have been very popular for quite some time.
Panel door meaning.
The 6 panel door.
A style of door construction that features vertical wood stiles and horizontal rails that form one or more frames around thinner recessed inner panels.
Doors usually have between one and eight.
Definition of panel door.
A door having panels framed by stiles and rails of greater thickness compare flush door.
Rails are lengths of wood that run horizontally across a door.
Thus the cross bible or christian door.
A comparatively thin flat piece of wood or the like as a large piece of plywood.
Alternatively a flush door has a flat smooth surface without the elaborate design work of a panel door.
And with perhaps a lot more imagination you can visualize the 2 smaller panels at the bottom as the pages of an open bible.
The design of a panel door features stiles and rails.
In a panel door the construction consists of vertical lengths of wood called stiles and horizontal lengths of wood called rails.
Each of these panels will fit together in order to create the finished door.
A stile is a length of wood positioned vertically on a door.
See the right door in the image above.
There is another form if this where it shows it is on the bottom.
See the image above the left door.
The bottom part represents an open bible.
In the most basic sense the difference between a panel door and a flush door has to do with how each is constructed.
Their name essentially tells you what they are the door is crafted not of one single piece of wood or other material but instead is comprised of panels.
If you look at it it does look like a cross.
If you look at a photo of a 6 panel door you can easily see how the framing of the top 4 panels resembles a cross.
Generally panel door comes in following types.
The cross the bible the top.
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.
A panel door constructed with panels usually shaped to a pattern installed between the stiles and rails that form the outside frame of the door.
The top part represent a cross.