KIT-16DS26B
Cabinet-to-ceiling junction detail
Kitchen- Best for
- A ceiling that is uneven or high, where closing the gap would cost more than it returns — or a kitchen that is not meant to be permanent.
- Watch out
- The gap collects dust and grease and is awkward to clean, and it reads unfinished in a kitchen that is otherwise fitted.
- Cost effect
- None — nothing is built.
- Scope effect
- None; it can be closed later with either a soffit or an infill.
- Best for
- A painted bulkhead that meets the cabinet top squarely — the fitted read, and a place to run ducting and lighting.
- Watch out
- Built by a plaster trade before the cabinetry, so the cabinet height has to be known first; a bulkhead built to a drawing with cabinets fitted later can leave a step or a gap.
- Cost effect
- Moderate — a plaster trade's work, priced separately from the cabinetry.
- Scope effect
- First-fix: framed and skimmed before walls close, with the extraction duct route and any lighting decided at the same time.
- Best for
- A filler in the cabinet material cut to the ceiling line, so the run reads as one fitted piece in one finish.
- Watch out
- A wide infill shows a ceiling that is out of level as a tapering strip; it is cut on site and depends on the fitter's scribing.
- Cost effect
- Moderate — the panel is cabinetry, fitted on site.
- Scope effect
- Ceiling height measured at several points along the run, and the infill depth decided against the highest and lowest.
- Best for
- A deliberate recessed line between cabinet top and ceiling — it reads as intended, and it hides a ceiling that is slightly out of level.
- Watch out
- A reveal is a detail, not a gap: it needs a return panel set back to read as one, and it still collects some dust.
- Cost effect
- Modest — a set-back return panel per cabinet top.
- Scope effect
- Reveal depth and colour decided with the fronts; the ceiling is usually finished first so the reveal reads against a clean surface.
ELS field guidanceSettle before cabinets are cut (fabrication) · costly to change later · after KIT-11 Wall-cabinet height
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