Building A Base For Wall Cabinets

This is a comprehensive video that gets into great detail on what is required to make kitchen cabinets including different styles of cabinet face frame and.

Building a base for wall cabinets.

Base cabinets have extra space at the bottom known as toe kick space as well as being between 24 and 30 inches deep. The best material for building cabinets is plywood 3 4 inch plywood for the box sides top bottom and shelves. Standard counter height is 36 with the cabinets usually being around 34 5 tall to allow room for the countertop material. Face frames cover plywood edges.

In this post we will look at specific dimensions and assembly for base cabinets. But i wanted a really nice natural color for the bottom doors so i used the hickory 2 x4 purebond plywood panels for the doors on the base cabinets and pantry. Standard counter depth is 25 which the cabinets themselves being 24 to allow for a 1 countertop lip. The two main differences between a base cabinet and a wall cabinet are the dimensions of the cases and the inclusion of a 4 1 2 inch toe kick on base cabinets where the cabinet meets the floor.

Build a separate base it s important to use dead straight wood for bases so it ll be flat for setting the cabinets. The 3 4 plywood case eliminates panel jointing planing and glue ups. Plywood that matches the cabinets. Once your cabinets are installed finish off the base front with a strip of 1 4 in.

Overlaps on the sides let you fine tune the cabinet width during installation. Make sure to read the general how to build cabinets post here so you can see the different types of cabinets pros and cons of each a general overview of cabinet parts and general assembly. The lower cabinets which rest below your countertops are base cabinets while those that are at eye level are wall cabinets. Begin with the right cabinet dimensions.

A wall cabinet in its most basic form is little more than a plywood box that is securely mounted on the wall. The sample base and wall cabinets shown below have these features to make building them as simple as possible. Wall cabinets typically have one or more shelves not including the bottom of the cabinet and may or may not have doors.