Kitchen Cabinets Door Width

Typically standard base cabinets measure 34 1 2 h and 36 h from the floor to the top of the countertop when a countertop is installed the toe kick portion of the cabinet is 4 1 2 h the standard door height is 24 h and the top drawer height is 6 h equaling 34 1 2 h total.

Kitchen cabinets door width. Height tends to be limited since the cabinets need to fit between the counter and the ceiling common wall cabinet heights are 12 36 and 42 inches. To find the dimensions for a cabinet opening with two doors subtract the clearance between the doors from the overall door size and then divide by 2. In standard kitchens the wall cabinets are typically 30 or 36 inches tall with the space above enclosed by soffits. The industry standard for most cabinet doors is a 1 2 inch overlay around the cabinet door.

Standard base cabinet sizes. Wall kitchen cabinet dimensions. Continuing the example above of the opening that is 36 x 40 subtract 1 16 from the 37 wide door and then divide by two to get the width of each door. The graphic below shows is a nice visual of approximately how each common size of pull will look on a cabinet drawer or door.

Maximum cabinet door width the industry standard is 24 inches but cabinetmakers have reason to prefer even narrower doors. A 36 width is recommended if you want additional storage on the doors or pull outs. To create a 1 2 inch door overlay on all four sides add 1 inch to your total height and 1 inch to your total width. So an opening width of twelve inches will use a cabinet door with a width of thirteen inches.

When you get to the 36 inch drawer widths it gets a little tricker. Again wall kitchen cabinet dimensions are specified in terms of their external dimensions. Standard wall cabinet widths mirror the widths available for base cabinets ie 12 15 18 24 30 36 inches and 30 40 50 60 80cm. Semi custom manufacturers provide pantry cabinets from 9 width in 3 width intervals up to 36 wide.

The height of the cabinet door with one half inch overlay will be the opening height plus one inch. If the cabinet doors you are replacing have a different overlay like 5 8 inch or 3 8 inch the formulas will still work and will correctly size your new cabinet doors. Question at what point or dimension do you switch from a single door on a width opening to using two doors.