Properly Measuring Before Buying Kitchen Cabinets Online
Homeowners all over the country have realized that buying
kitchen cabinets online is a welcome replacement for spending excessive amounts
of money at local and national chain hardware stores. It's important for people
to remember, however, that these huge savings come at the cost of handling many
aspects of the project themselves. The most significant facets of this job is
getting proper measurements. Without accurate measurements, putting in new
kitchen cabinets is simply not going to happen. Luckily, there are some
easy-to-follow steps for any homeowner who is wanting to measure their kitchen
and spend less on their new cabinets.
Making a Grid
Kitchen measurements start with a simple sheet of graph
paper. This paper can be purchased in books at several types of stores or
simply printed online for free. Artistic ability won't come into play on this
diagram, but uniformity and consistency will. It's important to assign a
specific value to each square on the grid. Most people make each square
represent six or twelve inches, but six inches will probably provide more
accuracy. Only inches should be used for measurement since cabinet measurements
come in inches. This, of course, is just a basic information about how to use
the graph. The fun part is the measuring itself.
How to Measure the Kitchen
Every kitchen's diagram has to start out with the
measurements of the room's walls. Unfortunately, walls aren't always exactly
the same length. Worse is the fact that one wall may vary slightly in
measurements at the top, middle, and base of the wall. This is the reason a
measurement should be made on each wall at each of these three spots (top,
middle, base). The smallest measurement of the three should be used to draw the
initial diagram. This will ensure that, regardless of whether the kitchen
cabinets are for the base or the wall itself, all the cabinets will fit.
What about Obstructions?
Obstructions such as windows, appliances, and doors, also
need to be accounted for. Every one of these features must be drawn on the
graphing paper exactly where they appear in the kitchen. Once again, you don’t
need to be Leonardo da Vinci -- it is enough that these features be drawn
accurately where they appear in the kitchen. Windows and doors should not be
measured at their openings. It's important that they're measured from the edges
of the trim that surrounds them. Drawings for appliances also need to be placed
accurately on the grid and if new appliances that aren't installed yet are
being used, it's vital to get accurate measurements for them.
When you're buying kitchen cabinets online, it's critical
that you get the measurements right in the beginning. At RTA Cabinet Store,
we're committed to ensuring that this happens. Visit us online at http://www.rtacabinetstore.com/kitchen-cabinets-online for our tools to help you get accurate dimensions the
first time around.
