I need some advice in advance of tackling a very difficult install. We're doing a large contemporary cabinetry project, and my customer wants not only 1/8" reveals between all doors and drawerfronts, but 1/8" reveals between doors/drawerfronts and adjacent walls. No fillers.
Our original bid was based on frameless cabinets with 3/4" fillers scribed to the walls -- but the customer's expectations are now evolving. Having seen 1/8" reveals on cabinetry walls in our showroom, she wants them everywhere.
The builder (this is a new home under construction) promises that all walls and ceilings will be "plumb & level" -- but 1/8" reveals mean ZERO margin for error.
I can't rely on job-site perfection -- and can't modify/rebuild frameless boxes on site to accomodate out-of-plumb walls or out-of-square niches. And my job site measurements are never accurate to within 1/16" anyhow.
I'm thinking of changing the construction of the cabinets to full overlay faceframe with 1/4" scribe on wall ends and then sizing/fabricating the doors AFTER the boxes are installed in place.
There's got to be an easier solution. Anyone ever did this before -- without getting skinned alive?