MEASURING KITCHEN CABINETSMeasuring kitchen cabinets is easier than it sounds. If you're simply replacing your old cabinet doors, its easier still. Just measure those. If, however, you're replacing the doors with another style or type ... well, that's another matter. There are three types of doors; partial inset (sometimes called lipped inset), overlay and full inset.
NOTE: You will be measuring kitchen cabinets to the closest 1/16" under. In other words, its better to be slightly under than over.  Get your tape measure and start measuring. A great way to record the measurements is to sketch the layout first. Use ruled legal paper or blue line graph paper. Do one wall at a time. Measuring kitchen cabinets using a soft pencil (number 2 or a carpenter's pencil) is the most efficient. Draw slow. Don't "hack" away or "sketch" using short fast lines. Remember, you're going to write and draw all over this sheet before you're done and then you're going to throw it away. Your drawing doesn't have to be "to scale", it just has to convey the exact information you need to do the job. And draw large enough to actually read the drawing. This is your first step. Several of your door fronts  will be the same dimension and you'll have "groups" (ie. 6-18"x28", 4-16"x24", etc) when you order. These notes you should keep on the same sheet you made the drawing. When you talk to the salesperson, its better to have everything on one sheet. You should always write the horizontal dimension FIRST, then the vertical, like this—14" x 32", which salespeople, contractors and manufacturers will read to be a cabinet door that's fourteen inches wide by thirty two inches tall. Its universal. Finally, its a good idea, if you plan to remodel the rest of your kitchen to make an overall drawing showing the Work Triangle, which is an area defined by your refrigerator, the range and sink. |
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