figuring out kitchen cabinet sq footage for redo
Hi, I really need to remodel my small, post WW II, bungalows kitchens accessability to those deep, up high or low reccesses in the cabinetry. I want to incorporate the devices that “spring-up” heavy appliances, heavy duty glides and so the like so that when I do this I`ll be utilizing every valuable inch leaving very little to waste. I am not very sav vy with surfing. I`ve gone to the box stores for help, but they where`nt able to help me figure out my cabinetrys sq footage to find out ( if after I install some of these units, how much space I`ll have used up with them ) if the all new gadgetry was worth the trade off? I know I need to be real inovative here of which is good, I just hope some of you could lead me to a site or two to help me figure it all out. I know what I want, it`s just the how and where, and hopefully I can sqweeze blood out of this turnup.
The 8` X 9` X `8high space is what I have.
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Figuring square feet
Square feet is just width times length. For comparison, a standard sheet of plywood is 4' x 8' or 32 sq ft. Just measure the width and height of each cabinet to figure each cabinet's sq. ft. If you need to break it down even more measure the length of a shelf and multiply it times the distance in height to the next higher shelf in the cabinet. If you need cubic feet the top cabinets are roughly 1 ft. deep so a top cabinet has the same number of cubic feet and square feet. A bottom cabinet is rougly 2 ft. deep so multiply the sq. ft. by 2 to derive the number of cubic feet in the bottom cabinets.
It sounds like you are trying to figure out how much space your "spring-up" appliances are going to take up inside your cabinets. I suggest you get some graph paper and make an accurate scale drawing of your cabinets. Then make scaled rectangles or squares to represent your appliances. This will let you play around with the placement of the appliances inside the cabinets to determine your best layout.
Good luck
gdblake
Cabinets have certain dimensional standards. A base cabinet is 24" deep and the counter top 25". The standard is to have a 4-0 wide aisle in front of our between cabinets, which works out well for your 8-0 dimension.
Cabinets used to be sized in 3" increments of width starting at about 9" wide. A sink base is usually 36" wide.
A stove or range is 30". A dishwasher is 24" wide. Of course you can get bigger appliance but they probably wont fit in your kitchen. I saw a beautiful italian professional range that in addition to coming in the giant widths came in a unit 24" wide.
Refrigerators used to need 33" width but now are more like 36" wide. Refrigerators are at least 30" deep and often deeper. If you have a base cabinet next to the refrigerator, a neat trick is to pull them forward 6" and have a deeper counter to make the refrigerator flush with the line of cabinets.
Lifts, making shelves into shallow drawers all take space. As the post before said, how much space may be the question you are asking.
The only thing you may wish to do is to increase the height of the wall cabinets from 30 to 42" to gain the extra storage space. You do not have a lot of space to work with.
Peter
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