Kitchen cabinets are the things that will set the theme and atmosphere of the kitchen itself. They do have different size from one and another. But do you know if cabinets have the standard size just like other things? This is aimed to keep the look of the kitchen perfectly fit so there will be no awkwardness inside the kitchen. For the standard size of cabinets can be found in every catalog of cabinet manufacturers’. If you want to cut down the cost of installation of your new cabinets, you better choose the standard sized cabinets. Here below are the things related to the kitchen cabinet size, check it out!
The height
The height of the kitchen base cabinets are about 34 ½ inches, followed by between 1 ½ & 2 inches counters. The standard height of overall is 36 inches, even though the Americans with Disabilities Act or we can abbreviate it with ADA requires overall 34 inches counters. But the fact is that most of the houses do not need the dimensions of ADA, because 36 inches is still being the common height and also the standard.
The cabinets started with 54 inches overhead, above the finished floor. It also extends at least about 30 inches for its height. Even though the cabinets can stand for 42/ 48 inches high, it will be determined by the room’s height. The cabinets with 30 inches height ended at 7 feet above the finished floor, while the ones with 48 inches height ended at 8.
The Depth
For the depth of the kitchen base are 24 inches with an overhung counter at least 1 inch & 1 ½ inch deep. Because of that, it can be 25 ½ inches deep for a kitchen counter.
The standard overhead cabinets are 12 inches; even some of them tend to go with 18 or 24 inch deep cabinet. Adequate access to the counter is not provided by a deeper cabinet, so the standard one which is 12 inches is suggested.
The size
The width of the kitchen cabinets is surely varied in length, but they are expanded to modules of 3 inches. Therefore, a kitchen cabinet will be 9-12-15-18-21-24-27-30-33 inches wide or more. These are the standard dimensions of both the overhead cabinets and the base, while their width should be matched in order providing a layout of cabinet uniform.
