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How much space does a corner oven take up?

16 years ago

I am just starting to plan a kitchen re-model, and am having a hard time finding space for a 30" wide Advantium wall oven that needs to be about 36" off the floor. I have seen a few pictures with wall ovens placed in corner cabinets that are set diagonal to the adjoining counters. The corner unit adds some interest to the L shape and answers the question of what to do with the dreaded corner base cabinet.

I have tried to sketch the design on graph paper, and it looks like it will take 4' from the corner on each side to have the 30" wide front match up with 24" deep base cabinets. Is that correct, will I really lose that much counter space with a tall corner unit?

I would love to hear from anyone who has corner ovens or has designed for them. Do you like them, or do they waste too much space? Pictures are very welcome of course!

Comments (15)

  • 16 years ago

    Yep that about right. We've got a corner wall oven/micro wave cabinet. Our one wall is 179" (~15 ft), the counter from the wall oven to the opposite wall is 130" leaving 49" (4') for the angled cabinet. There's a bit of filler for the side panels but that's less than 2".

    I'll try and post pictures as soon as I get them loaded off my camera.

  • 16 years ago

    Kitchen is in the final stages of completion in these pictures however, you get the idea of how much room a corner wall oven takes.

  • 16 years ago

    Bump. Would love to hear from others too!

  • 16 years ago

    They may "waste space", but they may improve the usability enough to make it a worthwhile trade-off.

    And you will have extra-deep cabinets under and over the oven for storing big stuff. My neighbor had a corner oven installed and they have a pot drawer under it that holds all the tamale pots, roasters and other humongous things.

  • 16 years ago

    Here's with a 27" Advantium in the corner. This thread (scroll down) shows her drawing and a closeup of her Advantium, plus some other corner ovens and cabinet treatments.

  • 16 years ago

    Check out Alku05's corner ovens...they take up less floor space, but the same wall space...approx 48".

    If you have plenty of counterspace, then this can be a great option if it helps make your kitchen more functional.

  • 16 years ago

    Jeff, your kitchen looks great. Thanks for posting the pictures.

    Plllog, thanks for pointing me to Raynag's kitchen. I was thinking about putting the Advantium at counter height with drawers below and a cabinet with vertical tray storage above. I never would have thought to recess the Advantium so there is counter in front of it instead of being even with the drawers below.

    Lazygardens, I had not thought about having extra deep drawers. I just thought I would have 24" deep cabs set at an angle. Since I will likely be doing custom cabinets, I could ask the cabinet maker to go deeper into the corner, depending upon the upcharge.

    Buehl, Alku05's corner ovens look great. If we go with a corner oven, we will have less counter space on the range run than I would like, but we will have an island for prep work.

  • 15 years ago

    http://www.blum.com/us/en/01/40/80/index.php

    This uses almost the full corner.

  • 7 years ago
    Jeff, Can you tell me the overall size of your kitchen? Thanks. For the 4’ that the corner oven takes up, is it 2’ on one side of the counter and 2’ feet on the connecting counter. I’m not sure if I’m understanding it correctly and I’m trying to measure it out in my kitchen. Thanks again.
  • 7 years ago

    The thread is almost 9 years old. I think they probably solved the issue one way or other by now.

  • 7 years ago

    Thank you for your help Green Designs. Although the original was an old post, it was very helpful. Jeff's design is very similar to my layout so if he was still active on Houzz, I was curious on his dimensions. Thanks again! Much appreciated.

  • 3 years ago

    Hi I’m trying to measure out a corner double wall oven as well and am having trouble. So it is 48 inches from BOTH sides of the corner? Losing 8 feet total? When I’m drawing it out, I thought it was more like 2 ft from each corner for counter space lost?

  • PRO
    3 years ago

    It is 48” in both directions, plus fillers adjustments for door clearances. Making it more like 51” in both directions. It is a huge loss of otherwise usable space. Corner placement of appliances should be avoided.

  • 3 years ago

    Thank you for detailing this out!

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