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?

"JK" wrote in message
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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.

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/

On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 10:17:43 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski"
wrote:


"JK" wrote in message
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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.

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.

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!

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

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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".

Extra long leveling legs for a stove?
 

On 2/21/2019 8:23 PM, wrote:
"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".

Â*38" is tall for a standard kitchen counter top . The industry standard
is 36" and has been for many years . Except for "specials" virtually all
the kitchen cabinets I builtÂ* were 34 1/2" tall to allow for a 1 1/2
inch thick counter top . And I built quite a few in nearly 20 years
working in cabinet shops ...

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Yes , I'm old
and crochety - and armed .
Get outta my woods !

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. :o

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.)


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