Fitting a corner kitchen cabinet problem
I’m building the cabinets for our kitchen. The corner where the sink base cabinet will go is badly out of square, that is the angle is greater than 90 degrees, resulting in a run out of approx 3/4″ five feet from the corner. Both walls are exterior and have windows at the corner so I don’t have a problem with an upper corner cabinet.
The sequence of cabinets is, on one wall the sink base (occupies 42″ of wall space), 30″cabinet, 30″stove, 20″cabinet then the refrigerator at end of run. On the other wall, sink base, 20″ cabinet, dishwasher then a 45 degree corner and a bank of cabinets. Both walls have upper cabinets. The cabinets will sit on 2X framing. The cabinet backs are full overlay 1/2″ ply and are face framed extending 1/4″ to each side of the carcass.
I don’t want to cut into the 1/2″ sheetrock if I can help it given that they are outside walls so what else can I do to address this problem and which wall would I be best off doing the correction on? As usual, TIA.
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Its going to depend on the counter top material you will be using. When the corner is that far out you will need a template for a good fit. I would leave the corner as it is and keep the cabinets parallel to the walls. The "wide" corner will show less with the tops the same width on both legs.
With the lip of the face frame / box you should be able to rock back the corner cab to the sink wall cabs, and then do the same with the other bank of cabs. Splaying them will expand that square corner the cabs should be taking.
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Why not build the corner cabinet out of square to match the angle?
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either that or mount away from the wall and hide with trim.