Panel Doors Construction

We have put this knowledge into our methods of door construction to ensure quality manufacturing that combines old world wood craftsmanship with current technology.

Panel doors construction.

Frames use 3 4 thick stock with 1 4 panels in various materials and veneers. Frame and panel doors use a form of construction in which large floating panels are held within a framework of horizontal rails and vertical stiles. In a panel door the construction consists of vertical lengths of wood called stiles and horizontal lengths of wood called rails. 6 panel doors consist of six wooden panels including three middle stiles and four middle rails dividing the frame into six parts of same thickness.

Make sure they are all exactly same length. Center the cut or cut from same side of each piece so the dado will be same measurement from face of board. Now cut all four rails to finished length keeping in mind that their length will determine the width of finished door. Wood door construction at allegheny wood works we know wood and we know doors.

Also called rail and stile doors the advantage of this construction style is that the floating interior panels can shrink and expand with the weather without seriously affecting the overall fit of the door within a cabinet or passageway. A general purpose saw blade will do the job although a dado stack cuts smoother tenons. Using the straightforward process detailed here you can crank out great looking doors for many applications including furniture cabinets and built ins. Use a cutter that matches your panel thickness.

The perpendicular junctions of the stiles and rails are where the panels of the doors come to exist and the number of stiles and rails within the construction of the door will determine how many panels there can be.