Hi,

I'm starting a kitchen reno and demolished the old kitchen last weekend. Going to do the electrical soon and was wondering about where to put the outlets on one of my walls.

Here is the new layout:

The wall in question is the one on the top with the fridge and stove. Here is a quick elevation I made in cad:

I need to have an outlet between the door and stove to service that area of countertop. I also need one between the stove and fridge.

First question is, how high off of the countertop are your outlets? Distance to the centre would probably be best for comparison purposes since some people have them vertical and some horizontal.

Second question is regarding the outlet between the door and stove. I have a switch for the exterior light to the right of the door that will go at 4' off of the ground. Should the outlet be combined with that switch to lessen the visual clutter in that area? This outlet will likely rarely get used.

For the outlet between the stove and fridge, I'm leaning towards putting it between the window and the fridge at a "typical outlet height" rather than matching the one between the stove and door.

As for the sink side wall, I didn't draw up an elevation yet because I need to measure the height of the half wall I built, but I'm thinking I can probably have one approximately centered over the cabinet that will have the microwave underneath for the toaster oven. And the other will go between the dishwasher and 36" wide cabinet on the other side of the sink for the kettle.

I think 4 outlets should be more than adequate for this space. Anyone think differently?

Thanks a lot,

Dan