Why is a new thread needed?

@acm Sorry if it's unnecessary, basically it's so the discussion is clearer and about the alignment issue specifically. I need to figure this out by tomorrow since it's when the contractor screws the cabinets together. The earlier post was about figuring whether the 31" was appropriate, since it took from the passage clearance as stated in the previous thread.

Acm,

Sorry I am the one who encouraged her to go ahead with a new thread.

She had asked in the preveious thread regarding her range opening if she should do a new thread specific for the cabinet alignment issue.

I figured people would scroll on by the previous thread and not realize there was a new question.

I am curious if others had advice. Jan is the only Pro who weighed in on the other thread. And OP certainly should not listen to me and my obsessive craziness. 😬

From what I understood, she said that the backsplash should always continue till the end of the countertop, but I think she was refering to the reverse situation where it's the base cabinet that is sticking out

My contractor is showing up tomorrow so I don't have much more time to think about this, but except for a miracle solution, I might have to go with the hood microwave that cover both sides of the upper cabs without needing the 2 extra panels (not the prettiest), or keep that half inch misalignment

Hey look at this photo I came across! I think this might be what yours could look like.

Notice how the backsplash tile ends in line with the end of the upper cabinet and with the end of the countertop overhang, making a nice straight line? As you know, I like nice straight lines, lol!

The base cabinet ends before the countertop overhang. Normal overhangs I believe around an 1 1/2” but it can vary. You would just make sure your overhang is whatever makes it line up with the upper.

I think this would be a good solution. Basically, you keep everything the same as you originally planned the whole time!

I ANSWERED ON THE OTHER THREAD

Range opening must be 30 inches!!!!

Here again..........

I understand , finally. Guess what. Leave it alone. Your bottom cabinet is going to have a 1/2 inch counter top overhang......your TILE will line up with top and UPPER cabinet.

Perfectly fine.

In fact, if I had a client who was going to lose sleep over tile line up?

I would tell them you have to plan that your upper cabinet is 1/2 or an inch beyond the lower cabinet.

Every fabricator who templates your counter will not settle for less protection to your bottom cabinet side than that : )

He has to use the 30 inch range opening as drawn

@ABC Hmm it would be the optimal way with a 30" opening and aligned uppers, but I would lose a bit of clearance on the 36" passage (second image in the original post)

@DD The range and hood would be lined up in the design (19.5 + 18 +0.5 = 38)

Maybe I could have the wall panels be cut and placed under the hood? Found an example with a similar design:

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@DD I'm not sure which offset you're referring to, the range and hood are already lined up.

For replacing them with 15" cabinets I agree, but it would look a off compared to the left 18" cabs

Your math, or your understanding of the install, is off. Unless you have a 1/2" gap between the cabinet sides and the range, your range will not vertically align with your hood. If your range is next to the left base cabinet below, and there is no cover panel, then 1/2" of it is under the cabinet above, and not the hood. The wall cabinets above have to have applied cover panels. So do the base panels of the cabinets below, for the openings to be the same width, and be aligned. You can not apply cover panels to the wall cabinets and not apply them to the base cabinets below.

@MaryAlice The way I'm calculating it is, I start with the hood 100% aligned with the 30" opening of the range below, then I add the panels and cabinets around it

The cabinets wouldn't align perfectly but the hood and range would

The upper has a cabinet, 1/2" end panel, 30" hood space, 1/2" end panel, cabinet. The bottom has to have cabinet, 1/2" end panel, 30" open range space, 1/2" end panel, cabinet. Everything is even, until you leave out the end panels below. Then it's off, unless you leave a 31" gap for the range, and center the range in it, with 1/2" gaps to both sides. If the hood is 100% aligned with the range below, then the range will have a 1/2" gap on both sides, where the missing end panels should be.

Sorry had to delete my comment because it was too dumb. Lol!

@rebunky No worries, your advice was very helpful! I didn't expect kitchen design and installation to be that intricate, takes a lot of energy to get it right