Standard Kitchen Outlet Height

While following the ada americans with disabilities act specifications when installing kitchen outlets is not a must have requirement it is still good to follow them in case you ever end up needing them for a disabled person in your family.

Standard kitchen outlet height. Around here 48 is no longer the standard as 43 seems to be the accepted practice. Where the cabinets run all the way to the ceiling 48 inch cabinets are the logical choice. This height may change slightly for a variety of reasons ranging from varying kitchen cabinet heights to worktop thickness. The height of the outlet should be high enough to clear the built in backsplash on the countertop but no higher than 18 inches from the top of the countertop work surface.

If you place the outlet 18 inches high you will need to decrease the width between outlets. Ada rules then there is no set height. The americans with disabilities act on the other hand specifies 15. Common wall cabinet heights are 12 36 and 42 inches.

Since these are highly visible outlets it s a good idea to carefully make sure that the height for all of the outlets in the kitchen are equal. The electric code requires that you install outlets on countertops every 4 feet and the height cannot exceed 18 inches. The standard outlet in a kitchen sits around 44 to 48 from the floor to the top of the outlet box. This is often between 8 to 12 from the countertop surface.

The standard height for wall outlet boxes is about 12 inches from the top of the floor covering to the bottom of the receptacle box or 16 inches to the top of the box. From the kitchen floor the correct height of electric outlets should be about 43 inches. If you are setting box heights prior to the installation of the subfloor floor covering or any underlayment be sure to account for this expected height difference. Receptacle outlets must be installed every four linear feet more is acceptable but less will get you in hot water countertops separated by range cook top refrigerator or sinks are considered separate countertop spaces.

Added together this means the standard socket height is 1060mm from the floor to the bottom of the socket. I do switches and receptacles at 43 off the sub floor to the bottom of the box. The nec has no official requirement concerning the height of a receptacle above any finished floor including the kitchen floor. Unless you are dealing with ada rules most homes do not req.