Kitchen Cabinet ?

Dave M · 04-23-2009, 11:48 AM

My daughter just bought a house and the refrig is 1/8" or so to high for the cabinet its going under. There's an inch or so below where the 1st shelf is on the cabinet. Want to remove cabinet(carefully) and cut a half inch off the cabinet. Was planning on using a skil saw with a guide or a table saw with a rip fence. Any issuses with doing this. Any other suggestions.

Did think about buying a smaller height cabinet but don't know if I could match whats there. Besides this maybe cheaper(hopefully).

Thanks in Advance

Dave M

granitebox · 04-23-2009, 12:09 PM

Sounds like you can get the piece of frame off the cabinet if you are thinking of using a table saw. To remove 1/2" from the frame I think you'd be happier with the results if you used a planer. Might take a couple passes to get the full 1/2" but it would look very good once done. Just make sure you remove ALL the nails/brads/stables before sending the piece through.

Good Luck.

AC2717 · 04-23-2009, 03:10 PM

Planer is the best bet for look and control of cutting, plus will not jagged the finished edge, remember the finsihed edge is a spray on with a clear coat, any cut, whether fine tooth blade out not will cause chips, a sharp hand held planer is better, or
the best would be an electric planer, you should be able to take the cabinet apart piece by piece and run the box pieces through it.

just a quick one I am sure you thought of: are their legs on the fridge? if so are they all the way up? might be able to fully removed them?
Another thought is that, if there is no crown moulding on the cabinets, you could take that over the fridge cabinet, slide it up the wall the space you need, and then run crown around the cabinets making it a flush look, now you could only do this if the cabinet is not a full door front, in other words the door does not cover the whole cabinet.

Good luck, there is really no easy way of doing this, as no matter which way you go you have to be very careful at what you do.

If it were me, I would move the whole cabinet up! Even if do not do the crown moulding thing, a offset cabinet above the fridge does not look out of place, for one it is deeper than your standard cabinet and it is understandble higher because of the fridge size

DickR · 04-23-2009, 05:23 PM

Check with the documentation of the refrigerator to see if it requires certain clearances for movement of air around it.

04-23-2009, 11:48 AM	#1
Dave M Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 395 Thanks: 4 Thanked 26 Times in 24 Posts	Kitchen Cabinet ? My daughter just bought a house and the refrig is 1/8" or so to high for the cabinet its going under. There's an inch or so below where the 1st shelf is on the cabinet. Want to remove cabinet(carefully) and cut a half inch off the cabinet. Was planning on using a skil saw with a guide or a table saw with a rip fence. Any issuses with doing this. Any other suggestions. Did think about buying a smaller height cabinet but don't know if I could match whats there. Besides this maybe cheaper(hopefully). Thanks in Advance Dave M

04-23-2009, 12:09 PM	#2
granitebox Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Steamboat Springs - Bear Island Posts: 161 Thanks: 161 Thanked 82 Times in 36 Posts	wood Sounds like you can get the piece of frame off the cabinet if you are thinking of using a table saw. To remove 1/2" from the frame I think you'd be happier with the results if you used a planer. Might take a couple passes to get the full 1/2" but it would look very good once done. Just make sure you remove ALL the nails/brads/stables before sending the piece through. Good Luck.

04-23-2009, 03:10 PM	#3
AC2717 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Maynard, MA & Paugus Bay Posts: 2,616 Thanks: 756 Thanked 369 Times in 277 Posts	Planer is the best bet for look and control of cutting, plus will not jagged the finished edge, remember the finsihed edge is a spray on with a clear coat, any cut, whether fine tooth blade out not will cause chips, a sharp hand held planer is better, or the best would be an electric planer, you should be able to take the cabinet apart piece by piece and run the box pieces through it. just a quick one I am sure you thought of: are their legs on the fridge? if so are they all the way up? might be able to fully removed them? Another thought is that, if there is no crown moulding on the cabinets, you could take that over the fridge cabinet, slide it up the wall the space you need, and then run crown around the cabinets making it a flush look, now you could only do this if the cabinet is not a full door front, in other words the door does not cover the whole cabinet. Good luck, there is really no easy way of doing this, as no matter which way you go you have to be very careful at what you do. If it were me, I would move the whole cabinet up! Even if do not do the crown moulding thing, a offset cabinet above the fridge does not look out of place, for one it is deeper than your standard cabinet and it is understandble higher because of the fridge size __________________ Capt. of the "No Worries"

04-23-2009, 05:23 PM	#4
DickR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 765 Thanks: 4 Thanked 260 Times in 172 Posts	Check with the documentation of the refrigerator to see if it requires certain clearances for movement of air around it.