Rasied and Fielded Panel Doors

[sainty]

Is the panel on a raised and fielded panel door
a) Flush with the rails and stiles
b) Just shy of the rails and stiles
c) Much thinner than the rails and stile.


Under what circumstances should a R&FP door only be raised and fielded on one side?


No prizes.


Just a little something for a Sunday evening.

rds



Stu

[mrgrimsdale]

Er is this a quiz or do you just want to know?
Answer to first part - you can do them how you like, there is no rule, but it's a waste doing them on the back
part 2 - most r&f will be on one side only - the posh side i.e. as you progress from front door through rooms to cupboards all the doors will have posh side facing. The reverse journey, from inside a cupboard, through rooms back to the street, will have the back of the door facing you each time.
OTOH a fielded only panel will be fielded on the back as this isn't a decorative detail but is structural - a way of fitting a thick (stiffer) panel to a thin frame. In this case the back is likely to approach being flush, e.g. an 18mm cupboard door would have central 6mm slots, mortices and tenon, and a 12mm panel, flat at the front so 6mm back from rails and stiles, but flush on the fielded back

[sainty]

A bit of both Grim. I've got to quote for some oak 6 R&F panel doors and was pricing it up and wondered how everyone else thought it should be done. I think that it should be flush with the rails and stiles.

The second part was just out of curiosity, I went to my books and most diagrams were showing the R&F panel of just one side. For the doors that I'm pricing, internal room doors i.e. not cupboards, I will be doing both sides.

Heres some nice looking ones for you!

www.longdendoors.co.uk/chippendale.php

Just noticed that panel is narrower than the rails and stiles - might be a way to cut costs.

rgds


Stuart

[engineerone]

sainty i think you will find it is two fold, one to reduce costs and weight, but also to enhance the shadow lines, not least when the door and panels expand and contract.

so remember before you fix the panels to put the finish all the way round the edges to the edge, that way when it contracts you do not end up with odd colours.

maybe it is worth doing a sample for your own benefit to see what looks better, flush or thinner.

paul

[jonnyd]

I think the thickness will depend on the tooling you use to create the fielded panels. A small cupboard door would probably be flush whereas an interior door would probably be inset a bit due to the depth of the tooling.

jon