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Extra long leveling legs for a stove?
We recently remodeled our kitchen, and purchased a slide in Fridigaire
stove/oven. The problem is, we had our cabinets custom made and for some reason made the base cabinet too tall. Long story short, our countertop is now 38 inches high, and the leveling legs don't crank up that high. I looked online for extra log legs to no avail. Anybody know if they make these, and if not, any suggestions. To me the obvious is to build it up with wood or something? Anybody see any issue with this? |
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"JK" wrote in message news:GUH6e.6338$%c1.6242@fed1read05... To me the obvious is to build it up with wood or something? Anybody see any issue with this? That's what I'd do. All you need is two strips so the sides are properly supported and it can slide. |
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JK wrote: We recently remodeled our kitchen, and purchased a slide in Fridigaire stove/oven. The problem is, we had our cabinets custom made and for some reason made the base cabinet too tall. Long story short, our countertop is now 38 inches high, and the leveling legs don't crank up that high. I looked online for extra log legs to no avail. Anybody know if they make these, and if not, any suggestions. To me the obvious is to build it up with wood or something? Anybody see any issue with this? Hi, I looked online for extra log legs to no avail. Anybody know if they make these The manufactures for the -most part- do not make any. Are the legs metal or plastic? If plastic, you will probably have to use some wood shims to raise up the range. If metal, I usually take one of the legs to local hardwars store and match up the thread count and bolt size and purchase 4 longer carriage style bolts and make my own longer legs. A small piece of felt glued to the carriage bolt head will protect the floor when moving the range. jeff. Appliance Repair Aid http://www.applianceaid.com/ |
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On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 10:17:43 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski"
wrote: "JK" wrote in message news:GUH6e.6338$%c1.6242@fed1read05... To me the obvious is to build it up with wood or something? Anybody see any issue with this? That's what I'd do. All you need is two strips so the sides are properly supported and it can slide. That's all you NEED, yes, but what you really want is to build a whole platform, with a secret door from the cabinet on the side, so's you can hide your egg-money there. |
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JK wrote:
We recently remodeled our kitchen, and purchased a slide in Fridigaire stove/oven. The problem is, we had our cabinets custom made and for some reason made the base cabinet too tall. Long story short, our countertop is now 38 inches high, and the leveling legs don't crank up that high. I looked online for extra log legs to no avail. Anybody know if they make these, and if not, any suggestions. To me the obvious is to build it up with wood or something? Anybody see any issue with this? No problem. just get a couple of 1x4's long enough to hit the back wall and short enough that they don't extend past the front of the stove. If the 1x4 (3/4" high) isn't enough then add another piece of wood, plywood 1/4" or 1/2. If you need 1-1/2 height rise, then use 2x4's. Lay one on each side of the opening, and slide the stove in. Might want to put a piece of wood or other trim in front to hide the gap. 38" high? Hope you folks are tall. |
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You might consider putting "shoes" on the existing leveling screws to extend
them. The "shoes" can be PVC tubing with a cap (or just the cap.) Place washers, nuts, whatever in the cap/tube to give you the extension you need. If the extension "wiggles" pour in some drywall compound. If you want to remove it, you add water! |
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Extra long leveling legs for a stove?
replying to Appliance Repair Aid, edwardkelly wrote:
should there be anything else on the head of the bolt? seems like it might be a little shaky without the base -- for full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/mainte...tove-8198-.htm |
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Extra long leveling legs for a stove?
"38" high? Hope you folks are tall."
I just ran a tape-measure up past my belly. Not excessively higher than standard height! And in a couple more decades, with the avg. American male exactly 6', and women avging 5' 7". |
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Extra long leveling legs for a stove?
Terry Coombs wrote: " 38" is tall for a standard kitchen counter top . The industry standard"
Like I said, only a two inch difference. It's not like it's up to my chest, lol! And from what I have seen of the class of '24, it 38" might become the standard soon. I'm only 5' 7.5", and 38" is actually quite ergonomic to me - I'm all torso. |
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Extra long leveling legs for a stove?
replying to George E. Cawthon, Grace wrote:
We needed to raise our stove 4 inches above the tile floor because the gas pipe was installed through the concrete slab and our plumber could only reduce the protrusion to 4 inches above the slab. So we purchased an 8 foot fir 6 x 4 at Home Depot and had HD cut it into 2 side rails and 1 front connector inserted and booed between the two side rails. We are both 58. The stove went in perfectly, looks great and we find the height ergonomic. Yes, the counter top on the left is 4 inches lower, but its no problem. Amazon sells a set of silicone strips designed too fill the gap at counter level. (I designed this solution after a local handyman quoted us $700 to build a platform. Outrageous, but this is the west side of Los Angeles where our many home owners seem price indifferent. However, we dont like to be ripped off.) -- for full context, visit https://www.homeownershub.com/mainte...tove-8198-.htm |
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