Our Product
Here at Fortress Industries, we produce our Full-Access cabinetry right here in Central Ohio. We do it all in house. From cutting to finishing, it is all done in our Ohio fabrication facility.
What does Full-Access mean?All of our cabinets are full-access cabinets. Some other names that you may have heard for this style of cabinet would be "European style" or "Frameless."
What that really means is there is no wooden "face-frame" attached to the front of the cabinet. What that means to you, is that you get 15% more storage space inside your cabinets. |
An example of a Fortress Full-Access cabinet.
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An example of a Framed cabinet.
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Construction
Most face-framed cabinets are made from thin, 1/2" thick material that is assembled using staples alone. In other words, the cabinet box is cheap and easy to break, and all the strength comes from the face frame on the front of the cabinet.
On the other hand, our Full-Access cabinets do not need face frames as they are built from thicker and stronger 5/8" and 3/4" material.* Our cabinets are also assembled using a robust doweled construction. In other words, our entire cabinet is built to last, not just the face of it.
*Our advantage line of cabinets is constructed from 5/8" material, our 2 & 3 lines are constructed from 3/4" material.
On the other hand, our Full-Access cabinets do not need face frames as they are built from thicker and stronger 5/8" and 3/4" material.* Our cabinets are also assembled using a robust doweled construction. In other words, our entire cabinet is built to last, not just the face of it.
*Our advantage line of cabinets is constructed from 5/8" material, our 2 & 3 lines are constructed from 3/4" material.
Full-access cabinet with full-overlay, slab doors.
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Door StyleAll of our cabinets have Full-Overlay doors and drawer heads. That means that we have very small gaps between the doors and drawer heads, around 1/4" wide. This gives our cabinets a sleek, modern look.
We find that our small door gaps work very well with slab doors, giving your whole kitchen a nice clean look. That being said, our cabinets also look fantastic with 5-piece shaker doors. |
Fortress Industries Full-overlay cabinets with shaker doors
Materials
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Our cabinets are made from Thermally Fused Laminate, or TFL for short. TFL, as the name suggests, is a sheet of decorative laminate with a protective covering that is thermally bonded to a particle board sheet under high heat and pressure. This creates a material that is very heat, moisture, stain, and abrasion resistant.
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Interiors
Depending on which our our cabinet lines you pick, there are 3 colors that our cabinet interiors come in:
Classic White
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Black
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Hardrock Maple
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Exteriors
Our cabinet exteriors are also dependent on which one of our cabinet lines that you pick. That being said there are many more exterior finishes than interior finishes. Click here to see all of our stock finishes. You can also order physical samples of all of our stock finishes from our online store.
Here are 3 examples from each of our cabinet lines:
Here are 3 examples from each of our cabinet lines:
Summer Breeze
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Rock Solid
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Black Tie
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