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Thank you, I realised that after we’d done it.. Think once I put the brace on we ended up flipping the door upside down because of the grain.. we glued in the tongue and groove pieces so it shouldn’t sag, but I think it’ll annoy me and I’ll probably just swap it round anyway..
Creek_Tebsin-
Tension or compression brace would be of little difference for a dinky cabinet door. The extra fixings into a triangulated brace will be fine either way.
Compression is only better if it's done well, with the ends of the brace being in full contact and fixed to the rails. Any gap or slippage of the joint negates it being any stronger as it ends up using the nails fixing the boards to the brace to resist sagging, just like a tension brace.
https://tp69.blog/2018/12/31/the-best-way-to-brace-a-wooden-door-or-gate/
user69121
That wood kitchen is going to look lovely.
But FYI the brace is the wrong way around, it should be like this