Oh, such a gentle man! No personality flare, no music background just plain help with such a clarity where even the cave man could have enjoyed. Thank you much.
This is GREAT!!!! thank you so much for posting this. This clears up a lot. I have been remodileling a kitchen, and just going off the measurements of the cabinets already there. This is super helpful. Thanks!!!
Very informative video. Thank you! I used to work in new building and there’s so much to know. This is a great video for people that don’t know about the things you covered. Subbed for the other videos that I can hopefully use. 👍🙏🏻👍
If I have 38" + granite compensation countertops installed in a new home build, should the cabinets be raised accordingly the 2" chance from standard countertops?
The "standard" base cabinet height is 34-1/2" tall. Any height increase will have to be made in the field during install, usually by building a base under the kitchen cabinets and then covering this base with a taller toe kick.
Usually the toe kick space remains void, with any cabinet configuration. However, some cabinet companies have a 'toe kick drawer' which allows one to place small items in the toe kick area.
Usually the toe kick space remains void, with any cabinet configuration. However, some cabinet companies have a 'toe kick drawer' which allows one to place small items in the toe kick area.
We just bought a cottage style home with vaulted ceilings. The arch is at sides leading out front door and then hallway. We bought beautiful used maple cupboards, enough to wrap around 20 ' length and around both sides. We need all the cupboard possible and did not want to waste any if possible. The problem is that once we brought one of the uppers home with a lower cabinet, we set the top on the bottom and were horrified to notice that the wall that they must go on was cut off at 7' and our cupboards are almost touching! We even closed off one window to add all the cupboards just taking for granted that this would work as planned. We can't afford to look around since we maxed out our budget and we love the colour match for the house. How much should we take off the cabinets minimum in order to keep it functional? We are taking them to a cabinet maker to cut the doors, but my hubby can cut the cabinets confidently. Should we use a small pattern backsplash? Also he wired everything in according to a plan I had before I could get measurements. Now we have two choices to put our cooktop, one is on a side piece next to the door ( not the best idea) the other is beside the kitchen sink to the left ( even worse, there won't be much counter space and the panel box is above...no place for fan either if we don't go with first option by scrapping the wall oven idea and building in the cooktop above the oven by the door but shelter with a trim strip matching the cupboards) please help, any thoughts? I know we should have measured lol
Hi Karen; let's talk about the wall cabinets first. I assume your wall cabinets are a standard 30" tall. It's OK if your wall cabinets are almost touching the vaulted ceiling. This happens quite often. Standard 30" wall cabinets usually top out at 84 inches above the finished floor. So, you can butt these up to your vaulted ceiling, without issue. If you're running crown moulding, you'll just have to angle the crown where it meets your vaulted ceiling. Personally, I would not cut the 30" tall wall cabinets any shorter. At 84" above the finished floor, this will leave you about 18 inches between your countertop and bottoms of the wall cabinets. Feel free to lower your wall cabinets, as needed, but do not go any lower than 81" A.F.F. Doing this will leave you 15" between your countertop and wall cabinets. Do not make this space shorter than 15" tall. COOKTOP; both placement suggestions are bad ideas. You never want to place a cooktop near a major walkway, due to the fact that someone could get burned pretty badly. And, having it next to the sink is really not functional over the life of the kitchen. If you had to pick the lesser of two evils, the sink is that choice. However, the better idea, is to rework the electrical, if at all possible, an move the cooktop to a more neutral location. It may cost a little to do, but it will be worth it over the life of the kitchen. (my opinion only). Best of luck!
Helo, Iam making my own kitchen cabinets for the first time. I heard you mentioned that the hight of the top of the countertop should be 36” from the finished floor. However, currently, there is a ceramic tile with underlinement floor and the cabinets seat at about 1/2 lower than the finished floor. The current cabinets are 34-1/2" high and the countertop is 1-1/2” thick. The new countertop will be 1-3/32”. Should I make the cabinets (36” minus 1-3/32) =34- 29/32 plus 1/2 = 35-13/32? Thank you for your advice.
No, it’s not common, and here’s why: you never want to have the bottom of your wall cabinets more than 54 inches above the finished floor, because some people, especially shorter cooks, won’t be able to reach the wall cabinets comfortably.
My opinion only, is that I would have at least 12 inches between the stove and any side or wall. Note: even at 12" you can still get a lot of cooking grease on the side or wall, which will be a pain in the butt to clean. Hope that helps!
Having an over-the-range microwave is purely preference. However, in smaller kitchens, placing the microwave above the oven will open up much more countertop space.
There are two ways to do this; use a 'blind wall corner cabinet', or use a diagonal corner wall cabinet. This is called a CW2430. Look it up on Google Images. Best of luck!
There is no law against it. However, going with a 24" tall backsplash would then place the wall cabinets at 60" above the finished floor, making most of the wall cabinet storage almost useless (up too high), for any shorter, or average-sized person.
If you set your wall cabinets at 56" A.F.F. then in theory you'd have 20 inches between your countertop & wall cabinets. However, the shorter people in the family may have a harder time reaching items inside the wall cabinets.
18" is the default, from the countertop surface to the bottom of the wall cabinets. If wall cabinets are mounted at 54" above-finished-floor (A.F.F), then you'll have 18" of space. This is enough to place your toaster, blender, coffee pot, etc. What are you trying to fit in this space that's taller than 18"?
If the layout of the kitchen will not be changed and if a person just wants new cabinets, can`t you just measure the existing cabinet sizes and then go shopping.
Yes you can "just go shopping". What you are referring to is called the "footprint". In your case, this would be called, "keeping the existing footprint". However, a basic kitchen remodel has over 80-100 decisions to be made, by the purchaser. These will be covered in future videos.
Oh, such a gentle man! No personality flare, no music background just plain help with such a clarity where even the cave man could have enjoyed. Thank you much.
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This is GREAT!!!! thank you so much for posting this. This clears up a lot. I have been remodileling a kitchen, and just going off the measurements of the cabinets already there. This is super helpful. Thanks!!!
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Very informative video.
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I used to work in new building and there’s so much to know. This is a great video for people that don’t know about the things you covered.
Subbed for the other videos that I can hopefully use.
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If I have 38" + granite compensation countertops installed in a new home build, should the cabinets be raised accordingly the 2" chance from standard countertops?
The "standard" base cabinet height is 34-1/2" tall. Any height increase will have to be made in the field during install, usually by building a base under the kitchen cabinets and then covering this base with a taller toe kick.
What program did you use to draw this layout?
Totally impressed with the detail...toe kick in space...what does one do under the toe kick in area when one is making drawers, is it filled with
Usually the toe kick space remains void, with any cabinet configuration. However, some cabinet companies have a 'toe kick drawer' which allows one to place small items in the toe kick area.
Usually the toe kick space remains void, with any cabinet configuration. However, some cabinet companies have a 'toe kick drawer' which allows one to place small items in the toe kick area.
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How much space should be between counter top and base of window?
We just bought a cottage style home with vaulted ceilings. The arch is at sides leading out front door and then hallway. We bought beautiful used maple cupboards, enough to wrap around 20 ' length and around both sides. We need all the cupboard possible and did not want to waste any if possible. The problem is that once we brought one of the uppers home with a lower cabinet, we set the top on the bottom and were horrified to notice that the wall that they must go on was cut off at 7' and our cupboards are almost touching! We even closed off one window to add all the cupboards just taking for granted that this would work as planned. We can't afford to look around since we maxed out our budget and we love the colour match for the house. How much should we take off the cabinets minimum in order to keep it functional? We are taking them to a cabinet maker to cut the doors, but my hubby can cut the cabinets confidently. Should we use a small pattern backsplash? Also he wired everything in according to a plan I had before I could get measurements. Now we have two choices to put our cooktop, one is on a side piece next to the door ( not the best idea) the other is beside the kitchen sink to the left ( even worse, there won't be much counter space and the panel box is above...no place for fan either if we don't go with first option by scrapping the wall oven idea and building in the cooktop above the oven by the door but shelter with a trim strip matching the cupboards) please help, any thoughts? I know we should have measured lol
Hi Karen; let's talk about the wall cabinets first. I assume your wall cabinets are a standard 30" tall. It's OK if your wall cabinets are almost touching the vaulted ceiling. This happens quite often. Standard 30" wall cabinets usually top out at 84 inches above the finished floor. So, you can butt these up to your vaulted ceiling, without issue. If you're running crown moulding, you'll just have to angle the crown where it meets your vaulted ceiling. Personally, I would not cut the 30" tall wall cabinets any shorter. At 84" above the finished floor, this will leave you about 18 inches between your countertop and bottoms of the wall cabinets. Feel free to lower your wall cabinets, as needed, but do not go any lower than 81" A.F.F. Doing this will leave you 15" between your countertop and wall cabinets. Do not make this space shorter than 15" tall. COOKTOP; both placement suggestions are bad ideas. You never want to place a cooktop near a major walkway, due to the fact that someone could get burned pretty badly. And, having it next to the sink is really not functional over the life of the kitchen. If you had to pick the lesser of two evils, the sink is that choice. However, the better idea, is to rework the electrical, if at all possible, an move the cooktop to a more neutral location. It may cost a little to do, but it will be worth it over the life of the kitchen. (my opinion only). Best of luck!
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Helo, Iam making my own kitchen cabinets for the first time. I heard you mentioned that the hight of the top of the countertop should be 36” from the finished floor. However, currently, there is a ceramic tile with underlinement floor and the cabinets seat at about 1/2 lower than the finished floor. The current cabinets are 34-1/2" high and the countertop is 1-1/2” thick. The new countertop will be 1-3/32”. Should I make the cabinets (36” minus 1-3/32) =34- 29/32 plus 1/2 = 35-13/32? Thank you for your advice.
Is it common to have 36" uppers and increase the space between counter top and bottom of the uppers and have the uppers' top close to the ceiling?
No, it’s not common, and here’s why: you never want to have the bottom of your wall cabinets more than 54 inches above the finished floor, because some people, especially shorter cooks, won’t be able to reach the wall cabinets comfortably.
Hi how many inch it’s the minimum space between the stove to pantry for the countertop,, thanks great video
My opinion only, is that I would have at least 12 inches between the stove and any side or wall. Note: even at 12" you can still get a lot of cooking grease on the side or wall, which will be a pain in the butt to clean. Hope that helps!
@@kinraz2554 thanks yes I appreciate
Is this 20-20? Is this a feed from your computer?
This isn't 20/20. This is my own creation. Just a PNG of something I drew up and put on my TV
Thank you for the explanation, do you recommend mounting a microwave above the oven?
Having an over-the-range microwave is purely preference. However, in smaller kitchens, placing the microwave above the oven will open up much more countertop space.
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I want to remodel my kitchen. How do I connect wall cabinets around a 90° corner?
There are two ways to do this; use a 'blind wall corner cabinet', or use a diagonal corner wall cabinet. This is called a CW2430. Look it up on Google Images. Best of luck!
How about 24inch back splash space to give more breathing space?
There is no law against it. However, going with a 24" tall backsplash would then place the wall cabinets at 60" above the finished floor, making most of the wall cabinet storage almost useless (up too high), for any shorter, or average-sized person.
Can I put 20 between base cabinet and wall cabinet
If you set your wall cabinets at 56" A.F.F. then in theory you'd have 20 inches between your countertop & wall cabinets. However, the shorter people in the family may have a harder time reaching items inside the wall cabinets.
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18"i dont get it..its to low
18" is the default, from the countertop surface to the bottom of the wall cabinets. If wall cabinets are mounted at 54" above-finished-floor (A.F.F), then you'll have 18" of space. This is enough to place your toaster, blender, coffee pot, etc. What are you trying to fit in this space that's taller than 18"?
If the layout of the kitchen will not be changed and if a person just wants new cabinets, can`t you just measure the existing cabinet sizes and then go shopping.
Yes you can "just go shopping". What you are referring to is called the "footprint". In your case, this would be called, "keeping the existing footprint". However, a basic kitchen remodel has over 80-100 decisions to be made, by the purchaser. These will be covered in future videos.