"Roy Smith" wrote in message
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I'm about to start making the upper cabinets of a kitchen project and
I was wondering if it would be a good idea to add a couple of extra
inches to the length of the cabinet and face frame to accommodate
under cabinet lighting? All suggestions welcome.
Mikey

Undercabinet lighting is great. We put in some halogen bulb strip
lights under all our kitchen cabinets, wired up to wall switches. The
lighting fixtures are completely hidden behind the bottom lip (only
about an inch deep) of the face frame, and the light is really wonderful.

One thing we didn't consider when we did it is that you need to be a
contortionist to get under there to change bulbs, compounded by the fact
that the fixtures we bought are a pain to open up to get to the bulbs.
Look at the fixtures you're thinking of buying and make sure they'll be
easy to get at when bulbs need to be changed.

i've seen this more than once. watched a friend tear out the whole top
above his cabinets after most of them burned out just to change the bulbs.

as you say, buy the ones that you can replace the bulb from the outside
instead of the back side, or build in such a way that you can get to them.

randy