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Furniture Design

The Most Frequent Question About Furniture Assembly — Answered by a Professional

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We explore whether furniture can be placed directly against walls and why gaps are needed

"Will it stay like this?" — this question troubles customers most often after furniture assembly is completed and relates to the gaps between built-in furniture and the wall. Furniture expert Nikita Zhil'tsov explained that there can be three reasons for this question.

Nikita Zhil'tsov is a furniture expert at Silver Home and specializes in furniture production and installation.

This is not a gap — it's a clearance

According to GOST, a technological gap is necessary. It should not exceed 5 mm. So if your furniture has a small offset from the wall or ceiling — there's nothing wrong with that. On the contrary, it is rather a sign of professionalism of the designer-consultant and measurer.

Clearance is necessary to open the door.

However, if this offset exceeds 1 cm, a question arises — did your manager discuss this gap with you?

Clearance is also necessary near various utilities, built-in appliances, and heating systems.

This cabinet system is mounted on a rail using hooks for hanging. A minimum clearance of 5 mm is required. Additionally, clearance is needed for mounting upper cabinets — at least 5 mm. The manager must definitely know this. Unfortunately, this rarely happens.

Over-caution and oversight

A designer-consultant, unsure of the measurer, will overdo it and make gaps so large that the kitchen will definitely fit in the room. The customer, of course, is never told about them.

Here, a gap was left for opening the door, but it's too big.

Installers then have to come up with explanations for the client as to why such gaps were needed and why the customer lost useful kitchen space.

Example of proper clearance.

It's not about furniture

There are many reasons — walls, floors, ceilings can all be uneven. As we say, "furniture shows everything".

A gap formed due to an uneven wall. Read also:
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