Kitchen Care and Maintenence – Winter Tip

Each year as winter approaches I receive phone calls regarding cabinet door panels. Most cabinet doors are 5 piece construction. As the name implies, that means the doors are made 5 separate pieces of wood; the 4 pieces that make up the frame and the center panel. The doors are designed to allow some movement as temperature and humidity changes. As temperatures drop and humidity lowers the center panel of the door will shrink. If the weather conditions are extreme enough, the center panel shrinks to a point where the unfinished edge of the center panel becomes exposed. It could certainly be argued that the weather this year has been more towards the extreme. As I would predict, that leads to more calls about this.