Select a location where you will be able to run wiring if you don t already have an electrical.
Cutting kitchen cabinets to fit microwave.
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.
Choose an over the range microwave.
My husband is a photographer and very visual.
The standard clearance is about 69 off of the floor to the bottom of the upper cabinet that is over the stove top.
Make the cabinet over the stove shorter.
It sounds tough and a bit crazy but it worked fine.
These babies are never cute but they have dual functions and in a small.
How to cut a cabinet for over the range microwave step 1.
How to cut a microwave opening in cabinetry 1.
Remove any doors that cover the spot where you wish to cut the opening.
If you surgically remove and shorten the bottom.
I work at a cabinet shop and it seems once a month someone buys a new refrigerator and its bigger than the old one so they need to replace the old cabinet ab.
Use a cordless gun to remove the hinges from.
It s possible to shorten a hood cabinet so an over the stove microwave will fit.