How are inset-mount are surface-mount medicine cabinets different?
Most antique medicine cabinets were recessed into the wall, or inset mounted. If your bathroom wall is stripped to the studs, or if you plan to cut a hole in the wall to retrofit the cabinet, choose inset mount. However, understand that retrofitting a new cabinet into an existing wall calls for experienced carpentry skills. Medicine cabinets which are hung directly on a wall are surface mounted. No recessing of the “box” is required. Our Medicine Cabinets are available in a surface-mount option. (See Mendenhall, below.) Surface-mount medicine cabinets have a simple box enclosure, and extend out 5 to 6 inches. Keep this in mind when choosing wall brackets for above or beside one, and read about our deep projection option.
