KITCHEN CABINETS Flashcards
In planning a storage system for residential kitchens or baths, what is the key component?
CABINETRY
A kitchen designer who is not aligned with a specific cabinet company who provides their clients with generic cabinet specifications and plans so that they can source products from kitchen dealerships representing large manufacturing companies or from smaller local cabinet makers.
Independent kitchen designer
True or False - There are no differences in sizes between cabinets made in the United States or Internationally.
False - Internationally manufactured cabinets are often sized differently than cabinets made in the US
A full range of cabinets in specified sizes, door styles, finishes, and accessories with limited modifications.
Stock cabinetry
What cabinets can you find that are typically in stock at cabinet distributors, home centers and lumber yards?
Stock Cabinets
What type of cabinets are manufactured in quantity?
Stock Cabinets
What type of cabinets are offered in the most popular and limited door styles, finishes, accessories, and can be ordered with limited or no modifications?
Stock Cabinets
Manufacturers who offer cabinets in specified sizes that can’t be modified supply what type of cabinets?
Stock cabinets
True or False – The cabinets with the most cost-effective price are Stock Cabinets.
True
True or False – A stock wall cabinet can be converted into a shallow base cabinet by adding a toe-kick.
True
True or False – Stock cabinets often have lead times of 12 weeks or more.
False - Stock cabinetry may have short lead-times (15-21 days) if cabinets are in stock at the supplier.
What cabinets are sometimes manufactured using lower-quality woods or grain variation?
Stock Cabinets
What cabinets simulate wood finishes using thin laminates, paper or vinyl products?
Stock Cabinets
Cabinet cases that have been glued together without mechanical fasteners and are therefore less durable are what type of cabinet?Stock Cabinets
Stock Cabinets
True or False - Multiple cabinets lines with different levels of durability can be considered for different rooms in a home.
True
Cabinetry produced on an assembly-line basis but offering more interior fittings in the form of accessories and some custom cabinet size possibilities.
Semi-custom cabinetry
True or False – Semi-Custom cabinets are only produced by custom cabinet manufacturers.
False - Semi-custom cabinets can be produced by both stock and custom manufacturers.
True or False - Semi-custom cabinets are NOT produced on an assembly line.
False - Like Stock Cabinets, Semi-custom cabinets ARE produced on an assembly line but include more options for accessory modifications, drawer box options, and some options for custom cabinet sizes
What type of cabinet is manufactured on an assembly line but offers a wider selection of door styles, wood species, style palettes, finishes and finish techniques?
Semi-Custom Cabinets
True or False - Because they’re manufactured on an assembly line, Semi-Custom Cabinets manufacturers can’t offers modifications for accessories, moldings and adornments.
False - Semi-Custom Cabinets manufacturers offer a wide range of cabinets with accessories, moldings and adornments.
True or False - Because semi-custom cabinets are manufactured on an assembly line, they have the same lead time as stock cabinets.
False - Semi-Custom cabinets will have lead-times slightly longer than stock cabinets at around 18-30 days depending on the manufacturer.
True or False - International cabinet manufacturers who offer cabinets focused on specific styles do not typically offer options for significant customization, and define their highest level of product offering as semi-custom.
True
Custom cabinets completely built-to-order, and considered furniture-grade systems. These cabinets are not produced until a space has been designed and all details are finalized.
Custom cabinetry
True or False - Custom cabinets can be produced once the floor plan has been finalized and the Construction Documents have been sent for permitting.
False - Custom Cabinets are not made until the kitchen has been designed and all details are finalized.
True or False - Custom cabinets can only be handmade by a local craftsman.
False - Custom cabinets can be made by a local fabricator or a large manufacturing facility.
What type of cabinet can be made either in a large manufacturing facility or by a local craftsman?
Custom Cabinets
Large manufacturing facilities that produce custom cabinets offer a range of specific sizes as well as custom sized cabinets.
True
Manufacturers who make specialty pieces such as mantel hoods, turned-wood posts, curved and angled cabinetry elements and free-standing furniture pieces produce what kind of cabinets?
Custom cabinets
What type of cabinet is considered furniture-grade?
Custom Cabinets
What type of cabinet has the longest lead time ranging from 8-20 weeks?
Custom Cabinets
True or False - Though Custom Cabinets are considered furniture-grade, they made to be more ergonomic and durable than furniture because of their amount of use and proximity to moisture.
True
True or False - Cabinets are always delivered already assembled.
False - Cabinets can be delivered assembled or ready to assemble (RTA).
True or False - Only Semi-Custom and Custom Cabinets are delivered assembled.
False - Stock, Semi-Custom, and Custom cabinets can be assembled at the manufacturer and delivered ready to be installed in the home.
What is the term used to describe the form in which RTA cabinets are delivered?
Flat-packed
Cabinets that are delivered unassembled or flat-packed and require assembly in the home before installation.
Ready-To-Assemble (RTA) Cabinets
What type of system is used to assemble RTA cabinets?
Cam and pin system
Custom cabinetry using stock or custom millwork produced by a millwork company. Sometimes used as an identifier for the most custom of cabinet manufacturing processes.
Millwork cabinetry
An international cabinet term that defines a set of cabinets made specifically for one client or project.
Custom-made, English “bespoke” or “one-off” kitchen
An international cabinet term that describes a set of cabinets sized and scribed to the room allowing the cabinetry to become part of the woodwork in the house.
Fitted kitchen
An international cabinet term that describes a set of cabinets secured to the walls for stability but not scribed to the walls, ceiling or floor of the room appearing more like furniture than casework.
Unfitted kitchen
A forestry practice that ensures that the resources removed from forests are at a level the forest are capable of renewing without damaging their future prosperity.
Sustainable forestry practices
True or False - Most sustainable forestry certification programs support selective harvesting.
True
The sustainable forestry practice of periodically removing mature trees to allow young trees to grow improving forest regeneration.
Selective harvesting
What is another term for the practice of selective harvesting?
Managed forest or Managing the forest
According to the US Forest Service, how much of US land is forestland?
One-third
How much of North American forests is considered hardwood forests?
One-third
Where are 90% of North American forests located?
Eastern US
How many years do hardwood trees need to grow in order to become harvestable?
50-120 years
What percentage of the lumber produced is not useable for kitchen, bath or other fitted room cabinetry because it contains characteristics that are not desirable for furniture?
50%
True or False - There are more unmanaged forests than managed forests.
False - Managed forests are more the norm in today’s forest industry.
Trees that are grown in natural forests are called ____________ trees.
Old-growth
True or False - Smaller and younger trees are grown on farms specifically to be harvested for the furniture, cabinetry and building industries.
True
True or False - Old growth logs and managed forest logs from the same species of tree have the same wood appearance.
False - Logs from managed forests can have a different appearance than old growth logs.
True or False - Responsible designers specify products that have recognized certification.
True
More than 50 == The number of certification programs worldwide that address the many types of forests around the world is:
A – More than 60
B – More than 50
C – Less than 40
D – Less than 30
B - More than 50
In additional to the US and Canadian governments, what are the 2 important certification programs that specifically relate to kitchen cabinetry?
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and the Environmental Stewardship Program (ESP) managed by the Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association (KCMA)