Products & Materials Specification: The Empire Selection Guide

We offer solid wood and premium plywood cabinet lines organized across custom, semi-custom, and standard stock tiers.

Custom & Semi-Custom Cabinetry Lines

Tedd Wood Cabinetry (Premium Custom)

• Core Construction: Premium 3/4-inch or 1/2-inch multi-layer veneer-core plywood boxes with blind-dado joinery.
• Drawer Architecture: 5/8-inch select solid maple or cherry four-sided dovetailed drawer boxes with captured plywood bottoms.
• Hardware & Glides: Industrial Blumotion full-extension undermount slides (75 to 100 lbs static load rating) and Blum 6-way clip-on concealed hinges.
• Design Precision: Fully customizable down to 1/16-inch horizontal and vertical sizing increments.
• Warranty: Limited Lifetime Warranty.

Fabuwood Cabinetry (Mid-Tier Semi-Custom)

• Core Construction: Allure and Illume series utilizing a 1/2-inch select plywood box build reinforced by a proprietary solid wood interlocking corner block system (Q12 construction standard).
• Drawer Architecture: 5/8-inch solid wood dovetailed drawer boxes with captured bottoms.
• Hardware & Glides: Authentic Blum full-extension tandem undermount slides (75 lbs capacity) and Blum clip-top 6-way soft-close hinges.
• Warranty: 5-Year Limited to Limited Lifetime Warranty.

Designer’s Choice Cabinetry (Mid-Tier Semi-Custom)

• Core Construction: 1/2-inch all-plywood box construction or dadoed/glued particleboard core panels.
• Drawer Architecture: 5/8-inch or 3/4-inch solid wood dovetailed drawer boxes.
• Hardware & Glides: Full-extension undermount soft-close concealed tracks built on standard 3-inch width modification modules.
• Warranty: 5-Year Limited to Limited Lifetime Warranty.

Prodigy Cabinetry (Euro-Style Frameless)

• Core Construction: USA-made frameless design featuring 3/4-inch low-emission birch plywood or PRO-Series engineered cores wrapped in durable laminate skins.
• Drawer Architecture: 5/8-inch solid wood four-sided dovetailed drawers.
• Hardware & Glides: 110-degree clip-demountable 6-way hydraulic soft-close hinges and 75 lb undermount slides.
• Warranty: 5-Year Limited Warranty.

Landmark Cabinetry

• Core Construction: Custom solid wood frame cabinetry engineered for high-end kitchens and luxury bathroom vanities.

Standard & Stock Cabinet Lines

Kitchen Cabinet Distributors / KCD (Budget to Mid-Tier)

• Core Construction: 1/2-inch all-plywood box joined directly to a solid wood face frame.
• Drawer Architecture: 5/8-inch solid hardwood dovetailed drawer boxes.
• Hardware & Glides: Under-mount full-extension soft-close concealed tracks and 6-way adjustable soft-close door hinges.
• Warranty: 5-Year Limited Warranty.

US Depot / Modern Cabinetry (Budget Entry Stock)

• • Core Construction: 1/2-inch to 3/4-inch plywood or melamine-faced industrial particleboard boxes.
  • Drawer Architecture: Pocket-screwed or dovetailed drawer boxes utilizing MDF or mixed wood species cores.
  • Hardware & Glides: Standard full-extension slides with adjustable cup hinges and dual hydraulic soft-close pistons.
  • Warranty: 1-Year to 5-Year Limited Warranty.

Whether crafting a zero-entry curb-less shower, a full-height kitchen backsplash, or accent wall, our tile collections combine durability with refined aesthetics:

• Tesoro & Happy Floors: Impervious porcelain floor and wall tiles (12″x24″, 24″x48″, wood-look planks) meeting ANSI A137.1 standards with water absorption rates under 0.5%. Rated from PEI Class III (residential bath) to PEI Class V (heavy commercial).
• Soci & Elysium: Decorative glass mosaics, hand-crafted ceramic feature tiles, metallic accents, and intricate shower border liners.
• Daltile & Five Star Tile: Comprehensive residential and commercial porcelain, ceramic, and natural stone wall systems.
• Zen Paradise (Exotic Natural Stone): Hand-sorted Indonesian river pebble tiles, sliced pebble mosaics, and stacked stone ledger panels.
  • Maintenance Note: Natural stone pebbles must be sealed with a penetrating, breathable stone sealer prior to grouting and re-sealed every 12 to 24 months. We recommend a whole-house water softener to protect natural stone from Jacksonville’s mineral-dense groundwater.

Luxury Vinyl Plank (LVP)

• Featured Brands: Happy Feet, Parkay, Five Star LVP.
• Engineered Core: Rigid Core Stone Plastic Composite (SPC) or Wood Plastic Composite (WPC) waterproof architectural configurations.
• Wear Layer Technology: Commercial-grade 12mil to 22mil polyurethane wear layers reinforced with ceramic bead coatings for scratch and pet resistance.
• Installation Protocol: Laid over a continuous 6-mil polyethylene vapor barrier film on concrete slabs with a mandatory 1/4″ to 3/8″ perimeter expansion gap.

Engineered Hardwood

• Featured Brands: Hallmark Floors, Parkay.
• Core Stability: Real hardwood top veneers bonded to multi-ply hardwood core layers engineered to resist expansion and contraction caused by North Florida’s seasonal humidity.

Porcelain & Ceramic Floor Tile

• Featured Brands: Tesoro, Happy Floors, Daltile.
• Structural Subfloor Deflection: Installed over subfloors locked to a maximum deflection limit of L/360. Concrete slab installations utilize an ANSI A118.12 anti-fracture membrane to prevent slab stress cracks from transferring to the tile surface.

• Schluter Systems Waterproofing: Complete waterproofing uncoupling membranes, shower trays, niches, curbs, and linear drainage channels for custom leak-proof master showers.
• Sinks & Functional Hardware: Premium undermount stainless steel kitchen sinks, ceramic vanity bowls, quartz composite sinks, soft-close trash pull-outs, sliding pantry organizers, and deep pot drawers.
• Custom Built-In Closets: Architectural wooden closet organizational systems, primary suite walk-in wardrobe modules, adjustable shelving, shoe galleries, and hamper drawers.