Space between worktop and cupboards
Ed
wall cupboards above - practically/aesthetically? What looks best - I'm
guessing 18"?
Thanx
Andy Dingley
My (rented) kitchen has a low ceiling and standard height cupboards.
This gives a clearance of 14", which is absolutely infuriating. I'm
considering rebuilding the upper cupboards to fix it, it's that
annoying.
Terry
Some 32 years ago we reduced ours by some three inches to make
upper cabinets more accessible for my late wife who was only five
foot three.
No problems except that our food processor doesn't quite fit; it
has be tipped under the front edge of the upper cabinet before
setting it upright.
Just measured; 15.75 inches under cabinet but 14.25 inches
clearance of bottom of front edge of cabinet, above countertop.
That generally agrees with your 18" suggestion. Also if you need
to stand a microwave unit on the countertop the larger 18" might
be a good idea for a modern m.wave unit? Presently our
older/largish (unnecessarily so for most tasks) microwave is on a
cart. It wouldn't fit in even an 18" clearance.
Good luck. Terry.
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Wes Perry
Suggests minimum of 490mm (19 1/4")
Wes
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Peter Fielding
tiles used in between, I.E. 3x6" = 18" (sorry metric people!) allowing
for grout and spacing etc, anything that saves having to cut tiles is
a bonus as far as I'm concerned.
My opinion's not SSMB's, they're a bank what would they know?
Graham Middleton
at peter.f...@ssmb.com wrote on 23/1/03 8:03 am:
Visit a kitchen showroom and see what you like the look of. Use this as a
guide but there is no hard and fast rule.
When I fitted my kitchen which had some tall units, I lined the wall units
with the top of the tall units. In my kitchen, this looks a generous gap. My
ceilings are 10foot, so the room could take it.
Why not offer one up and get an assistant to assess the aesthetics. Then put
one up (usually just a couple of screws) and live with it for a few days. I
suppose the issues are space under and easy access. Mine must be about 30"
and it allows a toaster to just toast the bread and not the wall unit as
well!
Graham
The Natural Philosopher
Graham Middleton wrote:
> Visit a kitchen showroom and see what you like the look of. Use this as a
> guide but there is no hard and fast rule.
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> When I fitted my kitchen which had some tall units, I lined the wall units
> with the top of the tall units. In my kitchen, this looks a generous gap. My
> ceilings are 10foot, so the room could take it.
I did this and SWTSHBO immediately said 'I can't reach the cupboards' so
I had to drop em a bit. Three 6" tiles is always nice :-)
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> Why not offer one up and get an assistant to assess the aesthetics. Then put
> one up (usually just a couple of screws) and live with it for a few days. I
> suppose the issues are space under and easy access. Mine must be about 30"
> and it allows a toaster to just toast the bread and not the wall unit as
> well!
Ah, but is your other half 6ft tall?
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Brian Sharrock
Ignoring all this metric rubbish; ...
a wall cupboard shouldn't project too far from
the wall and there should be a fore-arm's length
of worktop beyond that.
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The height gap between the work top surface
and the bottom of the wall cupboard is a comprimise
between ability to reach the cupboards' shelves and
the requirement to push appliances to the back of
the surface. Most appliances seem to obey some intrinsic
requirement to be about a foot high!
When I was experimenting to get the right height, I was
faced with some constraints; - height of window lintel;
height of 'built-in' oven housing; requirement to position
n-ginormous hole for hob extractor below ceiling but above
wall cabinets ... reach of wife on tippy-toes etc. etc.
I expect you'll have similar but different constraints:
having said all that, my wall cabinets finished up
seventeen inches above the work surface ... give or take
a couple of thou' as one scans through 360 degrees :(
The height gap 'works for me (and my wife)' and seem
proportionate, practical and easthetically pleasing.
HTH
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Brian
The Natural Philosopher
Brian Sharrock wrote:
> The height gap 'works for me (and my wife)' and seem
> proportionate, practical and easthetically pleasing.
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And that, in teh end, is all that need be said.