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Default Installing full overlay cabinets under soffit.

RickH wrote:

I like the euro boxes better than the American center mullion type
because there is no center mullion blocking the opening.


No cabinet *has* to have the center stile (mine don't). It is there
so that the doors on cabinets that are too wide for a single door have
something to close against (and space to swing open without hitting
the other door). As an alternative, the doors can be made with an
overlapping rabbet on the inside edges. The disadvantage is that the
overlapped door can't be opened without opening the other. No big
deal IMO. Another alternative is a center vertical divider in the
cabinet itself. I prefer the door overlap.

The disadvantage of European style cabinets is that they have no face
frame and the face frame - done properly - adds much strength and
rigidity.

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