I'm tearing out old kitchen right now for remodel. Found my oven line feeds up through the floor about 8" from the wall. I want to know the most common places for range outlets. I've wired 50+ kitchen remodels and they are all different. Sometimes I have to move the outlet left or right, sometimes I have to move from floor to wall.

Since I am shimming up the floor under cabinets to bring even with tile I installed ba couple years back. I want to put the plug in the most common place possible for a basic mid-range oven. The only pattern I have figured out over the years is, if unknown, lower left flush mount plug.

If I had already bought the oven I'd just refer to owners manual, but it will be a month plus for appliance shopping. So I want to do it backwards, find most common locations or openings in the back of ovens. Some of the high-end ones give you a window as small as 8x8 to locate the outlet. I will not be buying high end, maybe even try to score scratch and dent at home Depot if lucky.

Anyone know best location for widest range of ranges?





I fix this problem all the time for my customers, I don't want to have to do it in my own home.

It would be nice if there was a standard. But noooooo we can't do that. Most of the electric ranges have been a spot about 6-8 inches from the right rear if you're standing as you would face the range. But it's a crap shoot. I'd bring a whip up in the wall on center, if a client hadnt picked a range. For a long time the outlet was always floor mounted, now some want it in the wall.

May not be an option I realize, but if at all possible and you have access under the floor, why not just leave it hanging until you get a stove. Then drill and put it up where needed.

leave it wild right next to the wall. cut it in after the fact. I have been in the cabinet making business 33 years and can guarantee you every single one is different.

btw top of hood vent is 66" and top of micro hood vent is 69"

I would opt for a flush mount on the back wall, center third (left to right) behind the oven drawer/broiler.

I attached some cut sheets from different manufactures. The most common space is on the wall directly behind the drawer.

https://products.geappliances....HS930BL_SL_R2_17.pdf

https://products.geappliances....50DJ_EJ_BJ_R2_17.pdf

https://www.whirlpool.com/cont...e-W10403811-D-WH.pdf

https://image-us.samsung.com/S...t-aa/NE59R6631SS.pdf

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Originally posted by XLT:
leave it wild right next to the wall. cut it in after the fact. I have been in the cabinet making business 33 years and can guarantee you every single one is different.

btw top of hood vent is 66" and top of micro hood vent is 69"

Good, maybe you can answer me this. Is there a standard for the toe kick area? My current ones are about 3". Since I have to shim up the floor I want to know if I have to match exactly to tile floor height or go slightly higher, or if it don't matter because they are all the same. Cabinets will be Kraftmaid if that means anything.

This is why I want to relocate oven outlet first if needed. I will be adding plywood to match heights from subfloor to tile. I have ontop of sub floor 1/4" layer of wood, durarock, then tile, about an inch total. Was thinking I'd just use two pieces of 1/2" plywood to bring level. If toe kick space is not a standard, I'll make the plywood shims come to exact height or 1/16th, it 32nd higher.

Thoughts?

Toe kicks vary, but typically you don't want less than 3" or more than 4".