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Do any of the cabinets contain any particleboard

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Do any of the cabinets contain any particleboard?

  • Framed Capital Collection
    • Doors & Drawer Fronts –
      • All stained finished doors, drawer fronts, and frames are constructed from 3/4″ solid Birch hardwood. Our Casselberry Saddle style has a solid birch center while, while our stained Shaker Cinder has a veneered MDF center Panel.
      • Our painted styles feature an all HDF door: Shaker White, Shaker Grey, Shaker Dove, Shaker Antique White, Casselberry Antique White, and York Antique White.
    • Cabinet Box – Our framed cabinet boxes are constructed from solid Birch hardwoods and furniture grade plywood. All materials are CARB2 compliant for standard US restrictions for formaldehyde emissions.
    • Drawer Box – Our framed cabinetry features four-sided drawer boxes constructed from 5/8″ thick solid hardwood, dovetail joints, and a fully captured 3/8″ thick plywood floor.
  • altaeuro Full Access Frameless
    • Doors & Drawer Fronts 
      • Our Torino and Riviera styles feature a fully edge banded, thermofused textured melamine over engineered wood, with a matching back.
      • Our Palermo style features a fully edge banded, high-gloss PET laminate over engineered wood, with a matte melamine back.
      • Our Verona style features a five-piece HDF painted door.
    • Cabinet Box – Our frameless cabinet boxes are constructed MDF and furniture grade plywood.  All materials are CARB2 compliant for restricted formaldehyde emissions.
    • Drawer Box – Our frameless cabinetry comes standard with our altamax drawer box. The altamax drawer box is a four-piece construction box complete with ½” thick metal sides and ⅝” thick thermofused melamine engineered wood back and floor.

How is the interior of the cabinet finished?

  • Framed Capital Collection
    • Our framed cabinetry comes standard with UV coated natural interiors. Glassdoor “GD” cabinets have interiors that are painted or stained to match the exterior.
  • altaeuro Full Access Frameless
    • Our altaeuro cabinets feature a grey linen thermofused melamine in and out.

Are these cabinets strong enough to support a granite top?

Our plywood core construction for all of our cabinets ensures the strength required to support granite, concrete, or any other countertop material that you may select. No additional cabinet reinforcement is required.

Do your cabinets have “soft close“ doors?

Soft-close doors and drawers are standard on all of our current cabinet collections (excludes select discontinued styles).

Do I need a finished panel for the exposed cabinet ends?

  • Framed Capital Collection
    • No, all of our framed cabinets come with finished exteriors.
  • altaeuro Full Access Frameless
    • altaeuro features a standard grey linen thermofused melamine exterior, so panels will be needed to finish the exposed ends.

How much weight can your drawers hold?

  • Framed Capital Collection
    • Our framed cabinet drawers have a weight capacity of 70 lbs.
  • altaeuro Full Access Frameless
    • Our altamax drawer boxes have the following weight capacities:
      • K-height (5”) 88 lbs.
      • C-height (6-¾”) 132 lbs.