NKBA Clearance Guidelines

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The standardized building clearance metrics governing aisle widths and door swing boundaries within a kitchen layout.

The NKBA dictates a minimum aisle width clearance of forty-two inches for single-cook kitchens and forty-eight inches for multi-cook pathways. Furthermore, a minimum clearance of fifteen inches is required adjacent to refrigerators and cooking surfaces to serve as landing space.

Common Examples

• Shrinking the island footprint down by six inches allowed our floor plan layout to satisfy the strict NKBA clearance guidelines safely.
• Maintaining proper NKBA clearance boundaries ensures that the oven door and dishwasher door can be fully lowered simultaneously without colliding.