Modular kitchen cutting list
Panel sizes for a 10 ft run of base units in 18mm board, how each size is worked out, and how many 8×4 sheets the job takes. Change any size and the calculator works it out again, in rupees.
The kitchen
A straight 10 ft run (3000mm) of five base units: 600, 600, 900, 450 and 450mm wide. Each carcass is 720mm high, standing on legs, and 560mm deep, in 18mm board. The 900 unit has two shutters; the others have one each.
| Part | Size (mm) | Qty | How it’s worked out |
|---|---|---|---|
| Side | 720 × 560 | 10 | Two per unit: carcass height × depth |
| Bottom | 564 / 864 / 414 × 560 | 2 / 1 / 2 | Unit width minus two sides (600 − 36) |
| Stretcher | 564 / 864 / 414 × 100 | 4 / 2 / 4 | Front and back top stretchers, same width as the bottom |
| Shelf | 564 / 864 / 414 × 520 | 2 / 1 / 2 | Bottom width, 40mm shallower so it clears the shutter |
| Shutter | 716 × 596 and 716 × 446 | 2 and 4 | Carcass size less 2 to 4mm for gaps; the 900 unit takes two 446 shutters |
Carcass panels on 8×4 sheets
The carcass panels for the five units are loaded, in 18mm board at an example price of ₹3,200 a sheet. Put in your own sizes and your dealer’s price.
Shutters, with the grain
Shutters are entered height first, along the 8 ft length of the sheet, and can’t turn, so the laminate or veneer grain runs up every shutter.
What the calculator shows
The carcasses for this kitchen need 3 sheets of 8×4, and the six shutters fit on 1 sheet, even with the grain kept running up each shutter. Keep the offcuts: the 900 and 450 bottoms leave strips that make good drawer parts and fillers.
Before you buy, compare 8×4 with 7×4 or 6×4 boards by tapping the sizes above: for some units a shorter board wastes less. And don’t order by total area divided by sheet area; on jobs with long panels that sum is often a sheet short (see the wardrobe cutting list for an example).
Also on the list
- Backs: 6mm or 8mm board, the unit width and height less the groove or rebate you use.
- Laminate: one sheet of laminate for each face you cover. The shutter layout above is also your laminate layout.
- Edge band tape: add up the visible edges of every shutter and carcass front, plus 10% for trimming.
- Hardware: hinges (two per shutter up to about 900mm high), legs, skirting, channels for drawers, and handles.
- Wall units: add them as more parts. A 720mm high wall unit 300 to 350mm deep is worked out the same way.
Questions
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