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Indeed, you cannot count on solid wood either. It "moves" as it absorbs moisture. We order DeWils hickory cabinets for our Maui house. The doors started to come apart within a month or two. DeWils replaced them. Another couple of months, and it was happening again. This time, we went back to the supplier (Container Home supply), and told them we didn't want to go throughit again. There was a good cabinetmaker just down the road, so we asked them to have the doors re-cut, glued and repaired. As they knew there had been problems with some particular types of wood in Hawaii, Dewils and CHS shared the cost, and our cabinets were fine after that. lesson is that wood and glue are no road to perfection if they come from the mainland and don't acclimate before construction of the cabinets. If ya got the $$, go for a local cabinetmaker...
Jane
We were wondering the same thing ........ but then ran out of room and time to go shop ....... sounds like a good thing.
We did bring down a couple sets of shelves we got @ Ikea some time ago ...... these actually sat outside ( out of the rain but exposed everything else ) for several weeks before we got them in. so far so good.
They have the look of solid pine and have no 'exposed' edges but if you tap on them, they actually sound like they have a foam core. super light and stiff like a high performance composite. If all the shelves we not packed with books and CDs, I would put one out in the rain just to see what happens.
Never saw the " in a humid environment part "
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Last time I checked they didn't ship to Hawaii
If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it cost when it’s free...now here come the taxes.....
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Last time I checked they didn't ship to Hawaii
All the caveats considered, IKEA products retain an appeal for all levels of homeowners. Some of their stuff is SO cheap looking, and other stuff is practical or utilitarian. Whatever, they don't ship anywhere; you can only get their products at one of their stores.
Mahalo nui loa,
Brian and Mary
Lynnwood, WA\Discovery Harbour
Aloha pumehana,
Brian and Mary
Lynnwood, WA\Discovery Harbour
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The door problem mentioned is probably limited mainly to "raised-panel" doors which have a solid wood panel in a wood frame. The center panel is cut smaller than the outer frame in order to permit some expansion without stressing or breaking the corner joints of the frame, but still small enough that the edges of the panel won't be exposed as the panel shrinks during dry periods. The tolerances often aren't sufficient to provide for the swelling of the center panel that occurs when doors manufactured in relatively dry environments are installed in humid areas here in the islands. I usually recommend "Shaker" style doors to potential buyers of manufactured cabinets. They are generally built with a 1/4" veneered plywood panel instead of the solid wood raised panel (which expands across the grain with stupendous force), and flat panel doors seem to do better in the Hawaiian humidity. I also find the appearance of the simple flat panel preferable to the fussier raised panel door.
