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Correct height of over the range microwaves?

gellfex
8 years ago

I've been installing microwaves under a 15" cabinet, and now several cabinet dealers have told me standard is a 12". I don't get it. GE installation manual states a minimum of 30" for the bottom of the cabinet from the rangetop, so using standard 18" height of 30" uppers over lowers this puts mine at 33" and theirs at 36". When I look at the higher installation I think of the 3 current tenants of mine who are women who don't break 5' 1". The platter of this microwave would be above their eye level! Seems crazy to me. Anybody been down this rabbit hole?

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