dumb cabinet question

allen levine

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is there a standard industry height to mount a pull on a kitchen cabinet door?
(dumb, I know, but I measured a few cabinet handles and they are all different heights from the bottom of the door frame)

is it just what looks good to the homeowners eyes?
 
I imagine there are ergonomic guidelines but, I go for looks while taking the height of the individual into account. If I don't know who will be using something, I go just for looks.
 
My cabinets are pretty dumb too.

For a knob, I usually look at centering on both the rail and stile (about 1 1/4 in from bottom and side). For slab doors maybe 2 inches each way.

For a handle (two screws) I usually put it on the stile, above/below where the rail enters.

In both cases, if something else looks better, go for the better looks.
 
I take it you are making cabinets for your own kitchen? Why not discuss it with your lady and decide on a height that is comfortable for whichever of you uses the kitchen most, or a height you both like? even if there were a standard height, you don't have to apply it to your own kitchen.
 
I went to my local Borg ang took some measurements, brought those home and made adjustments from them to how my wife and I agreed on how we wanted them placed:)
 
No standard for knob/or pull positioning. Put them where ever you please. I wouldn't recommend putting them at the bottom of a base door, or at the top of a wall cabinet though....
 
sometimes I think I got in a bit over my head with redoing a kitchen, but I started, so Im going to do the best I can.

I found a plastic jig I purchased a long time ago when I put knobs onto my cabinets.

It places the handle 1.5 inches from the bottom. The stile is 2 and 7/16 inch wide, 2 inches of flat, wanting the handle centered in that 2 inch, Im using a spacer.

Kind of crummy that such a small detail like attaching a handle consumed so much of my time.

(I made 2 simple jigs today, 1/2 ply with holes drilled, but after drilling a few times, the hole wasnt perfect, so I scratched them both and looked for the piece of plastic.)

good news is a few days of curing, by sunday I will be able to hang the first small section and see how it all looks. Then Ill rip out another section of faceframes and build a floor to ceiling cabinet to do the next section.
 
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