A 42 inch cabinet would touch the top of an 8 foot 96 inch ceiling or might not fit at all if you have soffits crown molding or other ceiling trim installed.
42 inch wall cabinets 8 foot ceiling.
You will need to do this for the entire wall s of cabinets.
In a kitchen with a 9 foot ceiling you re usually left with 54 inches of space for upper cabinets.
In other words say a 36 wide cabinet 13 deep 18 for a door 31 deep from the wall.
When using 42 inch cabinets in an 8 foot ceiling there will be no room left for a crown molding.
Or we could combine a 36 inch high cabinet with an 18 inch high cabinet.
If you have 9 foot tall ceilings you can choose to fill the available 54 inches of wall space with one row of 36 inch tall cabinets with a row of 18 inch cabinets above them.
To make cabinets that go all the way up to the ceiling we d need another 54 inches of cabinetry because 54 plus 54 equal 108.
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But be warned the extra space does come with a few caveats.
If the mark on the wall is higher than the ceiling at the 31 mark your door will bind on the ceiling therefore the cabinets need to be lowered more.
Use a level longer than 30.
I noticed various cabinet manufactures only offer 30 and 42 inch wall cabinets and not 36.
Some people are completely focused on having as much storage as possible in the kitchen and selecting 42 upper cabinets will definitely give you more space.
For the upper cabinets we could combine a 42 inch high cabinet with a 12 inch high cabinet.
If the kitchen has a 9 foot ceiling the largest standard size wall cabinets 42 inches high are used.
Feb 15 2015 42 cabinets 8 ceiling have 36 inch cabinets 8 ft.
If you have 8 foot tall ceilings and want cabinets that run to the ceiling 42 inch tall wall cabinets will fit perfectly.
I have 30 inch cabinet height with crown molding that is about a foot from the ceiling.
I have hung 36 cabinets with a 6 filler strip but never 42 s with an eight foot ceiling.
On two sides of my wall i have 42 inch cabinets with a simple crown molding which goes to the ceiling height of 8 feet.
Also what do you think about rta cabinets.
It also helps make the ceiling appear larger by having the cabinets touch the ceiling.
Instead you can use a small height crown molding and drop the cabinets 1 1 2 2 inches but you ll sacrifice the backsplash height.