Kitchen Cupboard Height ??

comfortably_numb · Post by **comfortably_numb** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 5:53 pm

Hi Folks.

A quick question (at the moment

) .... Is there a standard height that kitchen wall units sit above a worktop ??

Bludall · Post by **Bludall** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 6:16 pm

I'm sure you'll get an expert's advice.

From personal experience, when we had our wall cupboards put in, they were put at a height to allow a table top freezer to sit on the worktop. My oh is 6' and I'm 5' 8", so we could reach high up, take that into account.

Years later the freezer broke, the undercounter fridge freezer broke and we bought a tall larder fridge and matching freezer. If we hadn't had the extra height between the counter top and bottom of the wall cupboard the larder fridge wouldn't have fitted in the gap and the cupboards would have needed to be re-sited.

comfortably_numb · Post by **comfortably_numb** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 6:26 pm

thankyou ... i'm pretty sure its about 18" ... just needed confirmation

marc1106 · Post by **marc1106** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 5:28 pm

if you hav a tower its the height of that! if not no lower than 450mm from worktop to bottom of pelmet as most hobs re and gas tops require that to stop burning of cabinetry

comfortably_numb · Post by **comfortably_numb** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 7:29 pm

marc1106 wrote:if you hav a tower its the height of that! if not no lower than 450mm from worktop to bottom of pelmet as most hobs re and gas tops require that to stop burning of cabinetry

So to confirm .... i can have a cabonet at 450mm above the hob & this will be ok ??

ajstone · Post by **ajstone** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 7:44 pm

So to confirm .... i can have a cabonet at 450mm above the hob & this will be ok ??

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Not if its gas, needs to be 760mm above the hob measured 50mm around the hob.

comfortably_numb · Post by **comfortably_numb** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 7:48 pm

OK thanks ... I thought 450mm seemed a little low

thescruff · Post by **thescruff** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 10:19 pm

comfortably_numb wrote:OK thanks ... I thought 450mm seemed a little low

450mm is not too low, that measurement is only for a hob etc.

Think I missed a post

carhartt kid · Post by **carhartt kid** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 11:43 pm

If you've got a gas hob, the fitters pack will tell you the minimum height of the cabinets. Usually 450mm. I do mine at 470mm. When I say mine, I mean the kitchens I've installed. Over 80 now! Used to do three to four a week!

big-all · Post by **big-all** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 12:53 am

obviously if you have a full height unit that will determin the finnished height

marc1106 · Post by **marc1106** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 4:55 pm

C NUMB from worktop to cabinet 450-500 mm is the norm, anything above a GAS hob is 700mm from panstands to cabinet/extractor, but if you have a tower unit then that will determine the height of wall units as they will sit flush at the top!

( had to post this for my own good after reading the thread from start to finish)

comfortably_numb · Post by **comfortably_numb** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:13 pm

Thanks Marc

thescruff · Post by **thescruff** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:33 pm

Above a hob is 760mm

fin · Post by **fin** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:50 pm

^ are you not talking about the height for a cooker hood?

thescruff · Post by **thescruff** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:57 pm

No the zone to be kept clear of combustible materials.