Make the cabinet over the stove shorter.
Cutting kitchen cabinets to fit microwave.
My husband is a photographer and very visual.
Due to the integrated installation of the cabinets certain moldings trim shelves or fillers can t be disturbed by removing the entire cabinet.
We have a grey yes elephant grey hood fan that vents back into to the kitchen for goodness sake and a cabinet to take out and he could not visualize how the new bigger microwave could fit it we took out the cabinet.
Many of the older style kitchens were not built to accommodate a microwave over the range.
It sounds tough and a bit crazy but it worked fine.
How to cut a cabinet for over the range microwave step 1.
How to cut a microwave opening in cabinetry 1.
These babies are never cute but they have dual functions and in a small.
He needed this to see how our new micro could fit.
The standard clearance is about 69 off of the floor to the bottom of the upper cabinet that is over the stove top.
If you surgically remove and shorten the bottom.
It s possible to shorten a hood cabinet so an over the stove microwave will fit.
Choose an over the range microwave.
Remove any doors that cover the spot where you wish to cut the opening.