Need to widen refrigerator cabinet opening JUST 1/8 inch
Sherry99
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8 foot ceiling with 36 inch vs. 39 cabinets
Comments (9)I think you'll get opinions all over the place. It really depends on your kitchen-- the size, the layout, the style, the light. We have a quite small kitchen and did the 39" cabinets with minimal molding. Since space is at a premium for us, we needed to get every inch of storage possible, so 36" cabinets with extra crown molding would certainly not accomplish that. We have cherry cabinets and a dark floor. We absolutely do not find our 39" cabinets cave-like or too towering. If anything, the taller cabinets make the room look bigger, the ceiling higher, than our previous 30" cabinets. I am not clear if Stacieann63's not liking her cabinets would be any different with 36" cabinets and a bigger crown - her dislike could be more to do with the cherry color, or that she is comparing it to her previous 10' ceiling kitchen. For us, aesthetically, a thick built-up 6" crown would weigh everything down in our small kitchen, and also would not go with our simple Shaker cabinet style and mid-century clean-lined home. We did choose Alaska White granite countertops which are quite light to balance the dark cherry. Regarding the comment about the space between the counter and the upper cabinets - the standard distance is 18"; undercabinet lighting typically takes up 2" of that 18". Though the newer LED strips are so small that the 2" allowance for lighting should probably be more like 1" for LED light strips (if you are thinking about undercabinet lighting at this point!). You could also have some of the cabinets with glass fronts if you are worried about taller cabinets looking heavy. A friend of mine did that with just three cabinets in her cherry kitchen, and it really makes everything look lighter. We considered doing that too, but DH didn't want that, and ours still looks great with all cherry doors. I would never choose shorter cabinets with bigger crown molding, but that's my taste, our home's storage needs, and our home's decor. Your decision should be based on those factors too....See MoreOpen shelves or glass cabinet over the refrigerator?
Comments (7)I currently have a 36 in. wide 12 in. deep cabinet far back over the refrigerator. I have opened it once in the last 10 years. So, it's basically not used and is just filling in the space I could use for display. Actually, I use the top of the refrigerator in front of this cabinet for display. I also have a 27 in. wide cabinet over the built in oven and microwave combo, at 67 in. off the floor. I use it for vertical storage of cookie sheets, etc. I hate it! Over the years it has become the "stuff the big items in" cabinet. Even if I get dividers I don't think this type of cabinet will work for me. Instead, I will place the oven under the countertop, eliminating this big cabinet, opening up the kitchen, and have a stack of drawers next to it. So, cookie sheets and muffin tins will go into one drawer, roasting pans into another, serving trays into another, etc. No more digging or stuffing in a large cabinet for me! This is why I do not want to put a 36 in. wide 24 in. deep cabinet over the refrigerator... but need to think through how display shelves will work with everything else on that wall of the kitchen. Also, we have a wall on one side of the refrigerator that comes out 20 inches. So, I don't want a 24 inch deep cabinet extending past that wall, closing in the kitchen (or 29 inch if we want the full build in look for this non countertop depth refrigerator)....See MoreRefrigerator Opening
Comments (3)Our current fridge has no more than 1/8 inch on each side. We are building a new home and Our fridge is the standard 35 3/4 with a 36 inch cabinet over it. The suggested 1/2 inch Is just that, suggested. If they can get it in, and they can, you can get it out....See More36 inch range hood 6 vs. 7 vs. 8 inch duct?
Comments (16)vinmarks No, in your case I was tempted to write that the VaH can make use of that size duct. I think VaH may be negligent if they don't point out that that duct size needs to be matched on the MUA side. As pointed out earlier, few in the kitchen hood sales chain want to raise the issue of make-up air and the horror it can be to retrofit into a renovation.* But lest others think that they need 12-inch duct for 1200 CFM with conventional blowers in lieu of using 10-inch for typical lengths, I wanted to point out that that would be only a modest improvement relative to getting the MUA in with low pressure loss. Pressure loss is counted from the cooktop to outside and then from outside to inside back to the cooktop. ------- *An example MERV7 high flow 4-inch deep pleated filter, 2 ft x 2 ft in area used to catch the big particles and bugs that the MUA air could pass into the house, used at 1200 CFM (300 ft/min) would have a pressure loss of 0.1 inches w.c. (See table from https://www.texairfilters.com/comparative-tests-on-pressure-drop-of-hvac-filters/ If one looks into VaH data, for example see below, 0.1 inches w.c. drops the flow rate of a dual blower (1200 CFM) hood to 1060 CFM. At 1060 CFM, the filter pressure loss is a bit less, so one really needs to plot filter loss vs flow rate against the fan curve implied by the data below to obtain the expected flow rates (excluding ducts, MUA register, and exhaust duct cap pressure losses which also need to be counted) . And for comparison, using an equation I found on the Internet at the HVAC engineering forum referencing the 2003 ASHRAE Handbook at Page 52.5 (confirmed in my copy) and adapting it with some trepidation to screening as was done at the forum, and assuming a screen of 70% openness across a 12-inch duct at 1200 CFM, the pressure loss is even higher than the pleated filter, reaching 0.7 inches, w.c. With a 15-inch screened duct, 0.1 inches w.c. at 1000 CFM could be achieved. The moral is, use a lot of screen area, or low loss filtering, or let the sparrows in....See Moreremodelfla
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