Kitchen Dilemma: 36" or 42" cabinets? (Beam in the way)
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Option 1: 36" cabinets
Option 2: 42" cabinets
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Comments (10)All you "need" is 36" with 600 cfm. That would be the minimum most on here say you should go with. Then again there are some Bluestar owners that choose to go with the maximum CFM their local regulations allow without makeup air,350-400cfm. There is at least one Bluestar owner on here that claims to run a Bluestar without a hood just opens windows for ventilation and swears everything is hunky dory. But a 42" hood with 1200 cfm would work much better and be quieter running at 300-400cfm. It is partially how many burners you burners you are running but more so what you are cooking. Are you woking beef or have 6 steaks on burner top griddle? It depends on you tolerance for heat in the kitchen, what you cook, and your tolerance for grease on the walls, cabinets, and ceiling. Some people who do low fat/grease cooking claim they don't need a hood and their kitchen works fine without one. Different strokes for different folks. I have a 1400cfm remote blower venting through a 42" hood over a 36" Capital Culinarian. I wok at least once a week but have never run 6 burners and only run 5 once in the last 6 months....See MoreOpinions on 36 inch vs 42 inch cabinets
Comments (12)42", definitely! Not only for added storage, but also to prevent the dust-magnet gap b/w the ceiling and cabinets (that do not go to the ceiling). [I have two cabinets that I wish went to the ceiling...it was a look I thought I wanted, and sometimes still do, but there's the dust...(I put newspaper down to "collect" it, but it's still dusty!)] If you went with the shorter cabinets, were you planning on deeper crown molding? I'm assuming not; I assume you were going to have that dust-magnet gap I mentioned above. However, if you were, 13+ inches of crown molding would definitely be out of proportion. It's a win-win-win situation! No gap - Win! *Maybe not...see below Proportional crown molding (7.5") - Win! Taller cabinets for the price of shorter - Win! Oh, and more storage - Bonus Win! ++++ 9'4" = 112" 36" base + 18" backsplash area + 42" cabinets + 7.5" crown molding = 103.5" Possibly: 36" base + 18" backsplash area + 1" light rail + 42" cabinets + 7.5" crown molding = 104.5" *Hmmmm...another 8.5" to the ceiling....looks like you may still have the dust-magnet gap. How about 48" tall cabinets + 9" or 10" crown molding (depending on light rail)? Or...39" + 12", stacked? Yes, these options will cost more.... 36" base + 18" backsplash area + 1" light rail + 39" cabinets + 12" cabinet + 6" crown molding = 112" or 36" base + 18" backsplash area + 39" cabinets + 12" cabinet + 7" crown molding = 112" or 36" base + 18" backsplash area + 1" light rail + 48" cabinets + 9" crown molding = 112"...See MoreKitchen remodel and dilemma about 36 inch cooktop
Comments (4)Yes, posting your designs would help. But, from what you've described, I would say do the 36 inch cooktop. A 12 inch wall cabinet is more useful than a 9 inch. I know I'm in the minority, but the asymmetry of 9,36,12 would bother me, versus 12,36,12. However, 15 inches is rather small as a workspace between sink and cooktop. If you post your design, I'm sure that you will get more helpful feedback here. I have a 36 inch cooktop and used to have a 30 inch stove. I absolutely love the larger cooktop. That would be a priority for me....See More42" sink base cabinet for apron sink...can I do 36" sink?
Comments (21)Nicole: If the end pieces I pictured above were missing, you'd be looking at an exposed cabinet style and the top and bottom rail on each end and a hole between the three. The drawer end covers the void and makes your eye continue the line from the doors upward. A flush piece in the void would have to fit perfectly, be finished matched, would not continue the line, and would therefore look stupid. You're not going to find any pictures because no one would ever go through that much work for something that's not going to look good. Here's a full size 33" apron sink properly mounted in a 36" cabinet. The distance from the cabinet end to the sink apron end will be 3" on your job, not the 1 1/2" pictured here which I admit doesn't look too bad. That sink was replaced by this short apron Elkay Quartz Luxe. The bottom of the apron now lines up with the adjacent drawer bottom, and there is virtually no cabinet face exposed which I think looks better. I made the customer find a factory painted color match trim (you provide, you agree color matches) which I installed above and flush with the top of the middle rail to fill the gap. That didn't have to fit nearly as nicely as flush side fillers would have to, because only the person reaching under the sink will ever see it....See MoreJennifer K
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