Finally took the advice about my face frame gaps

A customer pointed out I had a 1/16 inch gap on one of my upper cabinet doors last week and I brushed it off at first... but she was right. I went back and started checking every reveal with a feeler gauge instead of just eyeballing it and it's amazing how much cleaner everything looks now. Anyone else had a customer call them out on something that actually made your work better?

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kim19126d ago

@dianas50 brings up a good point actually. The gaps I found were mostly near the hinges, especially on the bottom corners of the doors. Seems like a little bit of twist in the door material or maybe the cabinet box wasn't totally level. I checked every single one with that feeler gauge and found random spots too though, like on the top of some doors where the hinge cup depth was off by just a hair. It's crazy how much a 1/16th adds up to when you can actually measure it instead of guessing. What did you use for checking your gaps before going back over them

betty_palmer21d ago

Man, that's the kind of thing that keeps you humble. I had a similar wakeup call a few years back when a homeowner pointed out my toe kick wasn't flush with the floor in one corner. I was pissed at first, but they were right. @dianas50 mentioned hinge placement, and honestly I think the real issue is how we train our eyes to see "close enough" instead of actually checking. A feeler gauge or a 6 inch rule beats eyeballing every time. It's painful to fix after the fact, but you won't make that mistake again.

dianas5026d ago

That's interesting about the feeler gauge - did you find the gaps were mostly in certain spots like near the hinges or more random across the whole cabinet?