Standard Kitchen Door & Drawer Gap Dimensions

By Kevin Sorby | Kitchen Designer & Cabinetmaker

The standard kitchen door front gap size or distance between doors is 3 mm (1.5 mm on left of door and 1.5 mm on right of door). This gap allows your doors to open and close properly without hitting each other. 

For example: If a single door cabinet is 500 mm in width, then the door will be 497 mm wide (500 - 3 mm). See - Standard Kitchen Door Sizes

If a double door cabinet is 900mm in width, then the door will be 447 mm wide (900-6 mm)/2).

The gap between the underside of the benchtop and the top of the base cabinet door is also 3 mm. (the bottom of the base cabinet door will be flush with the bottom of the base cabinet)

Kitchen Drawer Gap Size

The standard drawer gap size between drawers and doors is also 3 mm.  

📍 Looking for other technical kitchen information? Go back to our master checklist of standard Australian kitchen dimensions to learn more.