Standard Drawer Front Sizes

Drawer fronts almost always are 3 4 inch bigger on all sides than the drawer opening.

Standard drawer front sizes.

To get the size of the drawer front add 1 1 2 inches to the drawer opening both ways. Width depth front to back. Standard file drawers the most common and versatile system for hanging file folders is to cut a slot for the rails and hang them from the sides or fronts and backs of the drawer as shown below. Price low to high.

Most cabinetmakers build the drawers first then add 1 1 2 inches to the drawer s width and height. Price high to low. Title a z title z a brand name a z brand name z a top seller. For example if the opening is 4 by 12 inches cut a piece of 3 4 inch hardwood 5 1 2 by 13 1 2 inches.

You need to consider three primary dimensions in determining the size of your drawer. For standard configurations rails run front to back the dimension we use is 12 1 4 to the outside of the rails for letter files and 15 1 4 for. Standard cabinet doors drawer fronts 8 sort by. In this case the depth of the drawer corresponds to the length of the slide and height.