Appliance Garages

Appliance Garage Cabinets

An appliance garage door lifts up and slides into the top of the cabinet. Please note that when this cabinet is open, the door will protrude outside of the cabinet.  

You’ll need to measure the interior depth of your cabinet to select a “SLIDE” that fits. “L” is representing the true length of the slide or the interior space that it needs. The “TRAVEL” shows how much the door will slide inside the box of the cabinet. We use this hinged door slide.

Measuring for an Appliance Garage

The door of all appliance garages is placed inside the frame (inset). If you are pairing this with other frameless cabinets, we recommend making it as deep as the adjacent cabinets including the door; if your adjacent cabinets are 14” deep, the appliance garage needs to be 14-⅞”, so their fronts are flush to each other.

Inside the cabinet, the slide and the door use 2-⅝”, so the usable interior height will be reduced by that amount.

Size Limits

We recommend designing your cabinet so the door does not stick out more than 8”. To accomplish this, you need to follow this formula, paying close attention to the depth and height of your cabinet.

Appliance Garage Examples: 

• If the cabinet on top of the appliance garage is 15” deep, the appliance garage cabinet will be 15 ⅞”. The interior depth of the appliance garage is 14 ⅛” (15 ⅞”  - 1 (back) - ¾ (door thickness)). This means that you need a smaller than 14 ⅛”, such as the Slide #14 (13.96” long). 
• If the height of your cabinet is 19” and you don’t have a bottom, your door will be approximately 1” smaller, 18” tall. When the door is opened it will TRAVEL 10.5” from the back of your door to the back of the cabinet, allowing the door to protrude 6 ¾” (18 - 10.5 (travel) - .75 (door thickness)).