Measure Your Kitchen

Cabinets are a central feature of pretty much every kitchen. Giving a functional and fashionable way to store food, dinnerware, accessories, and other cooking necessities.
Whether you’re installing new cabinets or changing up your existing ones. It’s important to get complete, accurate measurements to prevent unnecessary spacing issues.

Getting Cabinet Installation Measurements

Make a general sketch of the kitchen.

When it comes time to install your cabinets. You’ll need a clear, accurate plan of your kitchen and everything in it.
On a blank A4 size sheet or graph paper. Sketch out the shape of your kitchen and make marks indicating where your windows and existing appliances are.
You don’t have to nail the exact placement of everything since you’ll be making separate notes indicating distance.

Find the height of your kitchen.

Place a plank of wood on a section of floor you plan to install cabinets over.
Utilizing a dimension, check whether the plank is totally flat.
If it isn’t, add small shims to either side until it is.
Mark the area of the floor that needed the fewest shims, then remove the plank and measure from that spot to the ceiling.
Note the measurement on your outline, at that point repeat the procedure for each segment of installation floor.

Measure the width of each wall.

To view how much horizontal space your cabinets can take up.
Measure the width of each wall from corner to corner and record the numbers on your diagram.
Take your measurements from 36 inches (91 cm) up, or the height most cabinet countertops sit at.
Make sure to note any gaps in your walls created by things like doorways and arches.

Get measurements for any objects connected to the wall.

Indeed, even in stripped down, bare-bones kitchens.
You’ll typically discover a sink, a broiler, windows, and other major accessories fixed to the wall.
To perceive how much space they take up.
Grab a tape measure and discover their length, width and, if necessary, depth.
Make sure to record the measurements on your diagram.

Find the distance between objects on the wall and both your floor and ceiling.

This will help you make sure there are no obstacles in the way of your cabinet installation.
On the off chance that something located over an installation spot, for example, a window or sink.
Sit lower than the top of a base cabinet or higher than the bottom of a wall cabinet. Investigate moving your cabinet or purchasing a custom cabinet intended to accommodate the item.

Make note of any existing lines, jacks, outlets, and other fixtures.

Like all parts of your home.
Your kitchen can only work properly if it has proper access to water, power, and rest of the utilities.
To avoid damage to your kitchen’s infrastructure.
Make notes on your diagram indicating the location of all important lines and fixtures,
including.
• Water lines
• Drains
• Power outlets
• Range outlets
• Light switches
• Ventilation shafts
• Light Fixtures
• Phone jacks

Finding the Measurements of Existing Cabinets

Find the total height and depth of each cabinet.

Hold a measuring Tape.
Then decide the height of each cabinet from base to top and the depth of each cabinet from front to rear.
For accuracy, find out the depth by measuring from the outside of each cabinet, not inside.
Make beyond any doubt to incorporate any toe kicks, countertops, frame less doorways, or other appendages in these measurements.
• Standard size base cabinets have a height of 36 inches (91 cm) and a depth of 24 inches (61 cm).
• Standard size wall cabinets have a depth of 12 inches (30 cm) however feature variable heights.

Measure the width of each cabinet

Much the same as when finding the height and depth.
Decide the width of each cabinet using a measuring tape.
Remember that regardless of whether a cabinet resembles a solitary unit.
It may be made of numerous cabinets that each have their very own width.
Unlike with the previous measurements, kitchen cabinets don’t have standard widths.

Find each cabinet’s interior measurements.

The inside of a cabinet will be somewhat, if not significantly, smaller than the outside.
Because of this, you’ll have to discover each cabinet’s inner height, width, and depth separately from the outer measurements.
This is especially important in the event that you plan on altering the inside of a cabinet with things like shelves or mirrors.

Check the measurements of any cabinet appendages.

Depending on a cabinet’s specific design.
It may come with additional elements like a toe kick, oversized countertop, or frame less door. Though your initial measurements already included these appendages.
Finding their height, width, and depth separately will give you a more accurate picture of how large each cabinet is.

Find the distance between your kitchen cabinets and other fixtures if necessary

In the event that you plan on adding, removing, replacing, or extending a kitchen cabinet.
You’ll have to know the distance among it and any encompassing fixtures.
To do as such, run a tape measure from your cabinet to adjacent or nearby items.
Like windows, sinks, microwave, dishwashers, and other cabinets.