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Filler Questions for My Design
Hello, I’ve been mocking up a City Cabinets kitchen design in Solidworks and had a few questions on the appropriate fillers for the circled areas in the two attached photos.
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I am not sure of the best way to make the transition from the deeper over-fridge cabinet to the adjacent standard 12″ depth wall cabinet. Right now I have a finished panel on the deep over-fridge cabinet and a slim filler between that and the wall cabinet, but I think the wall cabinet door pull will hit the fridge with this configuration? Putting a standard 2″ filler between the two cabinets looked weird however. Any recommendations?Green:
Can I get away with slim (0.75″) fillers in all these areas since the door pulls will stick out past the adjacent walls when the doors are open?Blue:
I am blocking off this corner and just putting some fillers between the sink cabinet and an adjacent drawer cabinet, as I don’t care for the blind corner or lazy susan etc. Is there some kind of blank/dead base corner box you’d recommend dropping into that dead space in the corner, to support the countertops? Or just make our own framing onsite?
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Sure, see here:
Red circled areas
No fillers are needed between a finished end panel that is deeper than the cabinet terminating into it. That wall cabinet can be placed directly next to the end panel and the hinges will still operate properly. These are Blum Blumotion hinges that are designed to allow doors to open in this situation. You can use a filler here, but it will look odd in my opinion and you will lose usable space.As far as the handle hitting the end panel, that can happen, but it would still happen with a 2 inch or 3 inch wide filler because the hinges open a full 110 degrees. It is very common to leave it as is since your hand is on the door when you open it anyway, which prevents the handle from hitting adjacent cabinets. Blum sells a restrictor plate that you can add onto the hinges, if you want, but most people avoid using them.
Green circled areas
On the left side of the refrigerator opening you should use a 2 inch wide filler to create a proper transition into the wall. This is standard and gives you several advantages over a very slim filler, which is typically only used in tight, worst case scenarios. I will post a photo showing why 2 inch fillers are preferred.Island green areas
It looks like you have an oversized depth island end panel to support the countertop overhang. This is good and standard. We have a 1.5 inch thick plywood finished end panel that works very well for this application. It eliminates the need for a filler because both the front and back edges are finished to match the sides. See here:https://www.citycabinets.com/product-p/bfethick.htm
Blue circled area
I would use a pair of fillers attached together at a 90 degree angle and add 2×4 cleating on the back walls for countertop support during installation. Since this space is dead anyway, this saves money versus using a full custom panel while still providing proper support.
