Hanging cabinets
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Steevo
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Your workbench top is 39" high?
Ideally, you want no less than 18" between bench surface and cabinet bottom, so 57" to bottom of cabinets as a minimum.
Ideally, you want no less than 18" between bench surface and cabinet bottom, so 57" to bottom of cabinets as a minimum.
Toomanytools?
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Rules for Kitchen cabinets are 36" base cabinets this was adopted in the late fifties early sixties for people in the range of 5.5 - 6 foot. Then 18" space puts the bottom of upper cabinets at 54". Some tall people say over 6'1" like taller bases so they aren't stooping over the work surface. I say put them at a height that is comfortable for you to work at.
vartz04
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does that height include the counter (36") Cause i am looking at new kitchen cabs and all I can find is like 34.5" tall base cabs.
Toomanytools?
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Yes most bases are 34.5" then add your counter 1 1/2" and nets out at 36". Most bathroom vanity cabinets net at 32", though the trend for the last 5 years has been to raise that to 34" or 36" finished height.
tkonbass
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I would put the cabinets as high as you can comfortably use them otherwise you may find them interfering with activity on the worktop. Especially since you have a 24" deep top and 14" deep cabinets effectively only leaving you with 10" of clear space for working on taller items.
I've always elected to put my cabinets elsewhere and just put a high and shallow shelf over my workbench for items I want readily available. I'm 6' 2, my top is at 38" and the shelf is 36" above that. Works well for me.
Of course it's all personal preference and you can always relocate them if your needs change.
I've always elected to put my cabinets elsewhere and just put a high and shallow shelf over my workbench for items I want readily available. I'm 6' 2, my top is at 38" and the shelf is 36" above that. Works well for me.
Of course it's all personal preference and you can always relocate them if your needs change.
Motorhead Extraordinaire
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This is how we install Lista benches and cabinets ....
Typically a workbench for heavy work is about 35-1/2" tall. A stand up bench for lighter work is about 41". You are mid-way between on relatively standard bench heights. One important thing to note, you are talking about a workbench not a kitchen. While similar in nature, the work performed is vastly different.
We like to have 18" between bench top and the bottom of our 29" high overhead cabinets. Any less and the overhead cabinets encroach on the workspace.
We also take into consideration the type of work situation and the users physical characteristic. Are you going to working sitting down or standing up or a combination of the two? How tall is the primary user of the bench/overheads?
The overhead cabinets then need to be positioned with as much bench-to-cabinet free space that your body and work position will allow you to comfortably reach. Get some blue masking tape and tape out the critical parameters on your bench/wall area. Test the reach and also the workspace accessibility.
This particular setup is based upon a 37-1/2" bench top height. The overheads are positioned 18" above the work top. Larry, who is a little taller than the owner, is 6'-1". In this installation we used a 2" frame base to add a little to the height. This bench is for light car detailing and maintenance and will be used standing up.
Good luck on your project.
Joe
Typically a workbench for heavy work is about 35-1/2" tall. A stand up bench for lighter work is about 41". You are mid-way between on relatively standard bench heights. One important thing to note, you are talking about a workbench not a kitchen. While similar in nature, the work performed is vastly different.
We like to have 18" between bench top and the bottom of our 29" high overhead cabinets. Any less and the overhead cabinets encroach on the workspace.
We also take into consideration the type of work situation and the users physical characteristic. Are you going to working sitting down or standing up or a combination of the two? How tall is the primary user of the bench/overheads?
The overhead cabinets then need to be positioned with as much bench-to-cabinet free space that your body and work position will allow you to comfortably reach. Get some blue masking tape and tape out the critical parameters on your bench/wall area. Test the reach and also the workspace accessibility.
This particular setup is based upon a 37-1/2" bench top height. The overheads are positioned 18" above the work top. Larry, who is a little taller than the owner, is 6'-1". In this installation we used a 2" frame base to add a little to the height. This bench is for light car detailing and maintenance and will be used standing up.
Good luck on your project.
Joe
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Falcon67
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Mine are 16" off the bench. Bench is 37 1/2" off the floor. Cabinets are 28" tall. 16" worked out as the best height after a few experiments.
mtwaterguy
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Here's a picture of the workbench and cabinet setup I just did. Bench top is 36 1/2" tall, 24" deep, 22 1/2 between the bench and cabinet. Puts the top of the cabinet at 87".
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