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Wall Cabinet Height?
I have been working on my kitchen. We
tore out the plaster ceiling and replaced it with drywall and installed
recessed lights. My next project is new cabinets. I was wondering if
there is a set distance between the counter top and the wall cabinets.
The old cabinets were set really close and didn't seem right. They were
approximately 10 inches above the counter top. Any info would be
appreciated.
Thanks again, Gary
The
standard height for wall cabinets is to place the tops at 7 feet above
the finished floor, or 84 inches. This is for normal cabinets, which are
at most 30 inches tall. There are also 42 inch tall wall cabinets, which
would be placed with their tops at 8 feet.
This practice puts the bottom of the tallest cabinets at 54 inches.
Since the normal height of a base cabinet plus counter top is around 36
inches, that leaves 18 inches of space. Ten inches is not enough.
My kitchen (somebody else's work) has almost 22 inches from the counter
to the bottom of the wall cabinets. They look a little too high, but not
bad either.
Light switches and outlets are normally placed with their centers around
44 to 48 inches off the floor, so the 54 inch bottom height will clear
them okay.
Bruce W. Maki, Editor.
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