- Please record your measurements in millimetres
- When measuring for an alcove cabinet or wardrobe, you ignore the skirting and picture rails and measure wall to wall at the widest point
- Your measurements do not need to be mm perfect. We allow a tolerance of up to 20mm within the cabinet construction.
- Please tell us about any window ledges, curtain poles, plug sockets or radiators which we then accommodate
- Measurements we require:
- Alcove width
- Alcove height
- Alcove depth
- Skirting height
- Base cabinet height
- Base cabinet depth
- Total cabinet height including bookcase
- Base Alcove Cabinets:
- Are usually between 700mm to 850mm high
- The base of the alcove cabinet protrudes from the chimney breast by approximately 50mm to 150mm
- The maximum cabinet depth is the base cabinet top. You’re internal cabinet shelf depth will be 8cm less than the base cabinet top depth
- Wardrobes:
- The ideal minimum internal depth for alcove wardrobes is approximately 540mm
- Allow a minimum of 1,000mm (height) for an average hanging rail inside the wardrobe
- Floating Alcove Unit:
- For aesthetics allow a 100mm gap down each side this also enables an easier installation. The height from the floor should be approximately 200mm to create the ‘floating’ illusion
- Skirting:
- Do not remove skirtings, picture rails or dado rails from within the alcove space, we can work around these and allow you to retain original features