We have three different materials that we use. The flat panel series is available in Melamine, solid and wood grains as well as Unfinished Wood Veneers. Melamine is a second generation "Formica" or plastic coating product. It is made of wood composite board that is then heat processed with a color coating. Unfinished wood veneers are available in Oak, Birch or Maple. Veneers are thin slices of wood which are applied to composition board, we use 7-ply wood veneer, 3/4".

We require that your cabinets be level to within 1/8" for the installation of stone. This does not mean each cabinet individually, but the entire line of cabinets. This is the only way to ensure that your seams look good and your tops do not have to be overly shimmed into place.

AC Power comes in from a module which is located on the front or rear panel then goes to the power supply which delivers the DC power (+15, +5, 0, -5) to a power harness connected in a 'star' configuration. This reduces power drops found in some systems which use a rail or daisy-chain configuration. See the Q101 page for power-related modules, power supplies, and harnesses. See the Technical information page for details about power connectors and pinouts.

Initially I used brass inserts and machine screws to attach modules to the cabinets. Often the brass insert would break the wood and I didn't want to change the panel flange dimension because I like how it looked from the front. Another option was to use a metal bar with machined and tapped holes but the price of this piece (and you need 2 or 4 for each cabinet) was way too much. After much debate with myself, I did many experiments with pre-drilling the wood and using wood screws.

Our countertops weigh approximately 23 lbs. per square foot, which is several pounds more than granite, but well within load capacities for standard North American residential construction. Generally little or no special reinforcement is required to quality-made cabinets. Off-the-shelf store-bought modular cabinets, single-wall, or pressboard cabinets may require vertical plywood reinforcements.

While we recommend that you have a professional cabinet installer install your Canyon Creek cabinets, we also provide installation guidelines.

Not any more than melamine press-board cabinets, but it ends there. They have an incredible strength to weight ratio only achieved through Metalline’s method of manufacturing and construction.

We hand-build each cabinet one of two ways: framed, mortise and tenon construction with dovetail drawers; or frameless metabox dovetail drawers.

Vertical file cabinets can remain full, but lateral files must be emptied. The drawer slides on a lateral file are not made to take the weight of the files during moving per the manufacturers.

Superior Woodcraft cabinets are fine furniture, and should be treated as such. Please view our Basic Cabinet Care guidelines for detailed information.

There is normally a minimum order of two cabinets. There is no maximum but all hires are subject to appropriate credit worthiness.

Yes, we also offer the service of resurfacing your existing cabinets, doors and drawers. You might want to choose a new set of doors or drawers. We can spray your cabinets any standard color of your choosing. We are proud of the fact that we show up on time and offer a professional service that you will be pleased with for years to come. We will be happy to come to your home to give you a free estimate for your refurbishing projects.

Our cabinets are 19” rack mount, will accept 34” deep equipment, and adhere to the EIA 19” specifications.

Generally, cabinets are shipped with a common carrier freight company. We ship all over the USA, Canada, Alaska, Hawaii and the Caribbean. Transit time within the continental US is 3 to 5 business days.

That is up to you. The cabinets can either be constructed using our ¾” thick 45lb industrial board with a thermofused white or natural hard rock maple melamine surface, or our premium quality veneered plywoods (maple, birch, cherry or red oak veneer surfaces available). The premium veneer plywood materials are more expensive, adding about 20% to the project cost.

Great care should be taken before painting previous 'furniture' finishes, due to the high likelihood that silicone waxes and cleaners have been used on these surfaces. The presence of silicone can be expected to interfere with the ability of a wooden substrate to properly accept a paint finish. Silicone is present in most of the popular household waxes sold in the US Wood surfaces should be well abraded with a 150-grit paper to break up any existing finish, and then tacked clean.