What is the standard measurement between the bottom of a wall cabinet and the top of the counter top?

When totally finished, you should have a cabinet resting on the floor that is about 32 1/2 inches tall. On top of that is usually preformed countertop, for a total of ab out 34 to 34 1/2" from floor to top of countertop, not counting backsplash.

The spacing between the top of the countertop and the bottom of a wall mounted cabinet is about 18" in most cases. However, much depends on how high your ceilings are and whether you are mounting all the way to the ceiling or leaving some space above the wall units. Of course, you use 15" tall cabinets over refrigerators, and some microwaves if you plan on putting one on a wall. Most premade wall cabinets themselves are 30" high by 12" deep by whatever you decide on for width (12, 15, 18, 24, 36, latter being the largest most cabinets come in.

Remember, find the studs and get them marked, so you will know where to place the screws you will use to mount the cabinets to the wall, and since the mounting strip is usually 1/2 to 3/4" wood, you will want to penetrate into the stud at least 2 1/2" more, preferably three for good holding power. You can do it with 3 1/2" screws, but I would opt for 4" to be sure, using four screws per cabinet unit, sometimes 6 if you are going with 36" wide. The cabinets can then be screwed together as well, to create a "seamless" looking effect.

. Generally speaking 18 inches from the top of the counter top to the underside of the wall units, this measurement came about because wall tiles used to be 6x6 inches, and it was customary to have three tiles high as a splash back.

Here is my own recommendations, if you plan on installing a kitchen for your own use, the height of the cabinets will be determined by several factors.

If you are a dwarf, why would you want to try and reach up so high? if you are a giant why bend down so low?

If you are going to tile the wall between the counter top and the underside of the wall unit and decide to use four inch tiles, what benefit would it be to have the wall cabinets 18 inches above the counter top. ? 16 inches plus the thickness of each grout line on the tile I.E. four tiles at four inches high, plus five grout lines of lets say one quarter inch would give you an optimum measurement of 17.25 inches.

Work smart not hard LOL.

Good luck from a man that does this for a living

Paul M

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32 inches from floor to finished countertop