KCD Essential Specbook

130 pages · 14.3 MB PDF · KCD’s Product Specification Guide, Builder and Premier Series

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The KCD Essential Specbook is the same 130-page Product Specification Guide KCD issues for its Premier lines, free to download. Essential is the Builder Series in it, and page 4 sets its construction against Premier row by row.

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What’s inside

The Builder Series pages to read first:

  • Essential White and Gray on page 3
  • The page 4 comparison: ½″ engineered wood sides with a plywood back, partial overlay, HDF stiles and rails and a natural melamine interior
  • Essential White and Essential Gray door-size columns in the cabinet tables
  • ADA-compatible base, sink base and vanity cabinets on pages 109–113
  • Miscellaneous parts on page 129, including the soft-close hinge and replacement drawer slides

Essential construction and finishes

KCD Essential is the Builder Series: shaker cabinets in gray and white on ½″ engineered-wood sides with plywood backs, with a broad selection of SKUs, moldings and modifications.

Kitchen Cabinet Distributors Essential cabinets
Series
Builder
Overlay
Partial overlay
Box
½″ engineered wood sides with a plywood back; natural melamine interior
Doors
Five-piece, HDF stiles and rails with an MDF center panel
Slides
Undermount, ¾ extension, non-soft-close; soft-close full extension is an upgrade
Shelves
Adjustable ¾″ engineered wood
Finishes
Essential White and Essential Gray

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Homeowners

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Contractors and the trade

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Common questions

Essential questions, answered from the PDF and our catalog.

Per the guide’s comparison chart: engineered wood box sides instead of 7-ply plywood, partial rather than full overlay, HDF door stiles and rails instead of solid wood, ¾-extension slides without soft-close, and engineered wood shelves. Both series have a ⅝″ dovetailed solid wood drawer box, soft-close six-way hinges and a solid wood face frame.

Yes, as an upgrade. The guide lists soft-close, full-extension slides as an option on the Builder Series; the standard slide is undermount, ¾ extension, with ball bearings.

TSCA VI, CARB 2 and KCMA, for the Builder and the Premier Series alike.

No. Our designers price a KCD layout cabinet by cabinet through the free design service, with a 3D drawing.

Five years, limited. KCD publishes the terms on its website rather than in this guide. For trade pricing see Captivating Pro.

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