Term name
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Description
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Bulk Head
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The buildup drywall box to join
the ceiling with any cabinets
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Cathedral
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The curved indented detail on
the upper side of the cabinet doors
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Composite Melamine
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Particle board with Melamine
glued on top (used for doors and counter tops)
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Corbels
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Wood or wood imitation thin
rope
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Cove molding
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Inside counter molding
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Crown "Dentil"
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Crown with squares details
along the top of the molding
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Crown Moldings
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Decorative with various
profiles attached at the top of cabinets as a finishing decoration.
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Door multiplying factor
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Percentage added to basic price
of cabinets. It varies with door type, color and material
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FBG
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Finished Back Gable
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Finish gables
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The finish ends of cabinets (by
the stove, refrigerator, windows open ends
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FLG
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Finished Left Gable
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Formica®
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Brand laminate, is made by
saturating paper with resins and dried. Stacked in layers and pressed.
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Fretwork Valance
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Ornamental valance with various
profiles
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FRG
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Finished Right Gable
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FTD
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False Top Drawer
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Gables
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The sides and back of the
cabinets
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Grooved Series
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Door type it has indented lines
and profiles carved out of the door
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Hardboard
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Made from wood fibers mixed
with "phenolic" resin, moisture inhibitors and compressed under
high temperature and pressure
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MDF
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Medium Density Fiberboard -
nicknamed "engineered wood" is made primarily of wood fibers,
cured with radio frequency (RF), steam heat, high pressure and adhesives
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Molding Cleat
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Profiled wood strips mounted in
top of the cabinet used to support attachment of crown moldings
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Mullion
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The vertical element that
separates the lancets of a window
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OCM molding
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Outside corner molding
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PLM 135
°
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Panel 135
°
joint lap molding
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PLM molding
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Panel lap molding
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Shaker
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All the cabinet doors built
with a flat panel in the center of the door
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Slab Series
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Doors that have a flat
appearance no carvings or indents.
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Tambours
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Appliance garage (pull down
covered corner cabinet down to the counter)
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Thermoplastic doors
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Plastic foil applied over MDF
core using high temperatures and pressure. Quality varies based on
adhesives used and the thickness of the plastic foil.
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Tilt-out tray
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Tip-out scrub pad tray used by
the kitchen sink
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Toe kick
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The recessed finishing plate at
the bottom of the cabinets. Standard sold on strips 5"
by 8 length
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Valance
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Under upper cabinets decorative
extension strip Used to hide lights under cabinets. Standard sold on
strips 2" by 8 length.
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Wood species Canada
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Black cherry, Red oak, White
oak, Birch, Ash, Hard maple, Red maple, Beech, Yellow poplar, Basswood
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