For kitchens and bath base cabinet installations, what is your typical backset dimension from face of cabs (doorfronts) to face of toekick? It measures 3″ in my kitchen with cabs by Crystal.
I’m doing a large job right now with KD mail-order boxes, and all the bases mount on HC leg levelers the toekicks clip to, so I am looking for a sanity check before I screw on all the HCs.
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It measures 3" in my kitchen
I like a little deeper, 2 3/4" plus the door, but always adjusted both height and depth to the customers' footware. It's attention those little details that have worked great to get glowing referrals. And stubbing one's toe is something you definitely don't want your customer to remember.
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I've seen as little as 1 1/2" to 3" as you have. The 1 1/2" was from a cabinet line that was geared toward remodeling, as to cover existing flooring conditions, but that only really works if you would be replacing exact foot print.
So to answer your original question, I think 2-3 works.
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the cabinets i install all have 2 1/2 inches deep and 4 5/8 high toekick space
caulking is not a piece of trim
In frameless cabs, is this number from face of cab or from face of fronts?
3"
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3" x 4", North American standard spec from some archtectural body, forgot which.
European spec is 3 x 5 1/2 - 6