Stainless Steel Wine Cabinet FAQ: 23 Questions

A wall 6 mm out corner to corner is normal and the drawing allows for it. The frame is folded to the smallest of your three widths, and a 40 mm scribe on each side takes up the difference. Past 40 mm we cut a filler panel and show the joint on the drawing, so you see it before it is built rather than after.

Yes, and an alcove is usually easier than a free wall because both returns are already fixed. Send the internal width, height and depth plus both diagonals. The diagonals tell us whether the opening is parallel, which decides whether the frame is scribed on one side or two.

A cooled cabinet wants about 50 mm behind it for the refrigeration circuit and a clear vent at the front of the plinth. A passive cabinet can sit back against the wall. The plinth vent must not be carpeted, boxed in or blocked by a rug.

You do. Site measurement is not part of our scope — you supply the dimensions and confirm them on the measured drawing, and those are the numbers the workshop builds to. It is the one step we cannot do properly from Foshan.

Only if you want the cabinet flush to the wall. The alternative is a cut-out in the base panel drawn to the skirting height and depth you send, and many clients prefer that because the cabinet can be taken out later without patching the wall.

Yes. 110 V / 60 Hz is available for the US and Canada, and 220–240 V / 50 Hz for Europe, the Middle East and Australia. The voltage and the circuit rating are printed on the drawing and confirmed before production.

Embraco. That matters after the sale more than before it: it is a standard refrigeration part rather than a proprietary unit, so an engineer in your city can source a replacement instead of shipping a cabinet back to China.

Dual zone is a feature; temperature stability is the requirement. If the room already sits at 12–14 °C without swinging, one zone running gently holds steadier than two zones in one box. We ask for the room range before recommending either.

No. The cooling is a sealed circuit with no condensate tray to plumb. What it needs is air at the plinth — the vent is at the front and has to stay clear.

Stainless is stain-less, not stain-proof. Inland with normal humidity it holds well; in coastal air carrying salt, or beside a chlorinated indoor pool, we specify a higher grade and say so on the drawing. The 63 surfaces are films and brushed finishes over the steel, not a coating that hides the grade underneath.

Yes — to a RAL code, or to a physical sample you post to us. Sixty-three surfaces are held as real samples in the factory. If yours is not one of them, the nearest match is quoted per project once we have seen the sample in daylight.

Tempered, or low-E laminated when the cabinet is cooled and daylight reaches it. The glass specification is printed on the drawing rather than decided on the floor, because it changes the door weight and the hinge.

Up to 2,400 mm in one piece, and a wall can run to 4,000 mm in one unit. Past that the run is split on a mullion, drawn so the joint lands where the eye already expects a vertical line.

The CAD set and the 3D views, drawn against your wall and your bottles. It is 10% of the order value, and it is credited against the order when you place it, so a project that goes ahead does not pay for its drawings twice.

30 to 40 days from the production deposit, quoted per project. Some orders run shorter and some longer, and the range is confirmed with the drawing rather than promised at enquiry.

50% of the order value, once the measured drawing is confirmed. The remaining 50% is paid before shipment, after the dry-fit photographs and video have been approved.

Before the panels are cut, yes — changes are cheapest on paper. After cutting, a change means a new part: it can be done, and it moves the schedule by the time it takes to remake that part and re-finish it.

Yes. Post us the surface you are matching and we will say which of the 63 codes is closest, or ask for the codes you are considering and they ship with the drawing pack.

Panel by panel, numbered to the setting-out drawing, with glass in a separate crate and hardware boxed and labelled by position. The numbering is what lets your fitter work without a call at two in the morning.

You do, through your forwarder, and we crate to suit. We quote EXW or FOB: EXW if your forwarder collects from Foshan, FOB if you would rather we deliver the crate to the port of departure.

Your fitter, to our setting-out drawing. The cabinet is dry-fitted complete in Foshan first, photographed and filmed, and that footage is sent before it is crated so your fitter has seen the finished assembly.

Photograph the crate before it is opened, and the panel after. Crating and packing are photographed before they leave, so a claim is settled against a record rather than a description.

A soft cloth and water, wiped along the grain. No abrasive pads, no chlorinated cleaners, and nothing left standing on the surface — standing liquid is what marks stainless, not the air.

The compressor is a standard Embraco part, so a refrigeration engineer in your city can test and replace it. The model number and the wiring diagram travel with the cabinet.

Yes. A repeat order is built from the confirmed measured drawing, so a second cabinet matches the first without measuring the same wall again.