Hi. I intend to build a soffit above my new kitchen cabinets. 1. Should I build the soffit before or after I install the upper cabinets? 2. Is it merely personal preference whether the soffit is built flush with the face of the cabinets or extends 2″ beyond? Thanks for your advice.
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<<<<1. Should I build the soffit before or after I install the upper cabinets? 2. Is it merely personal preference whether the soffit is built flush with the face of the cabinets or extends 2" beyond?>>>
1. either way works.... after means you can be more precise.. before means you cn save time & money
2. depends on the look you are trying to acheive..... your choice in both cases
Build the soffits before you do the cabs. But build them out to counter-depth, rather than to wallcab depth. I prefer a depth of maybe 25 or 26 inches.
That allows you to wire the new space for can lights, to get some needed task lighting down on those countertops. I prefer Juno's 3" cans, or if on a bigger budget, the little 12V thingies from someone like Premier.
If you make the soffit flush, any inconsistency will be obvious. A little "reveal" will hide the inconsistency.
Dans right. Shadow lines!
I like Gene's idea, put the can lights in the soffit.
Doug
Reveal & shadow lines are two different animals in my Zoo....and no one has mentioned crown or other transition mouldings over the cabs...
jrnbj
Reveal & shadow lines are two different animals in my Zoo
Sorry, there the same animal in mine
Reveal is the offset between, for example, the edge of a jamb and the applied casing...
In my zoo, shadow line usually implies a rabbit, painted black, where you aren't using trim or casing to cover a joint....
JM2 centsW
jrnbj
I look at, or should I say, I see shadow lines as any change in trim/walls/planes..........
Probably more semantics then anything or more a quirk on my part.
Doug