Kitchen measuring service

IKEA kitchen measurement service gives you a reliable foundation to plan your new kitchen – and peace of mind that all your planning will lead to perfection. Let our technicians provide correct measurements and document the necessary details.

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The IKEA kitchen measurement service is quality assurance that everything’s right, so you’re less likely to run into costly mistakes or surprises during dreaming, planning, ordering and installing. If you buy our IKEA kitchen installation service, the measuring service is obligatory.

How it works | Good to know | List of specifications |Do-it-yourself guides

Price: CHF 199.00 all-inclusive

How IKEA kitchen measuring service works

Before and during a kitchen measuring appointment

Start dreaming and researching by browsing our kitchen inspiration or trying our online kitchen planners.
Book a measuring appointment: Consult a co-worker in the kitchen department of your preferred IKEA store or plan and order point.
Be sure your space is ready to be measured. Walls and ceilings must be finished. Plumbing, gas and electrical connections must be present.
During your appointment, a professional technician will collect all the necessary details about your kitchen space like room dimensions, wall/corner inspections and locations of doors, plumbing, etc. To get an idea of what the technician will document, consult the list of required kitchen specifications in the section below.

Book a measuring appointment in your preferred store

After a kitchen measuring appointment

The technician will provide comprehensive documentation and all required dimensions in the IKEA Home Planner software.
Update your dreams, designs and plans based on your validated measurements.

Good to know:

This service is obligatory when you book the kitchen installation service.
When you buy a stone kitchen worktop, the price for the installation is already included - find out more about installing stone worktops.
If you would like more help from us, you can take advantage of our kitchen planning service and get one-on-one advice from a kitchen specialist.
The service costs are payable directly to our service partner.

With IKEA kitchen measuring service, a technician will collect all the details below. If you’re doing your own kitchen measuring without booking the installation service, here’s the information you’ll need to have to plan accurately.

Room dimensions: You’ll need measurements for width, wall length and ceiling height. On each wall, mark connections for electricity, water, gas, vents. Measure dimensions and mark locations of obstacles like radiators, pole supports, columns, chimneys, etc.

Windows: Measure window dimensions, floor-to-window distance, window glazing thickness and window frame dimensions. Measure the space needed to fully open each window.

Doors: Measure door dimensions, floor-to-door distance, door thickness and door frame dimensions. Measure the space needed to fully open each door.

Electrical: For electrical outlets, measure the distance from the floor and sidewalls. List the type of electrical connection (single-phase or three-phase). Note the amperage and number of appliances that you will connect electrically (dishwasher, refrigerator, stovetop, oven). Measure and document the location of light switches.

Vent: Measure the diameter (and if necessary, the adaptation to the IKEA standard for the flexible exhaust pipe), the distance from the floor to the vent (at the bottom of the opening), the distance from the sidewall at the vent (the beginning of the opening).

Water connections: Measure the distance to the two water sources from the sidewalls, the distance to the water drain from the floor and the wall and if there are additional water connections (like a dishwasher or washing machine).

Relocating electrical outlets, drains, water connections, etc.? Detail where you want these new elements to be.

How to take your own kitchen measurements

When you’re cooking, a bit more of this or a little less of that doesn’t usually matter. But when you’re planning a new kitchen, every detail counts. Measuring where you’ll install your new kitchen is extremely important. Give yourself plenty of time to measure precisely – and measure more than once, if possible, to check your work. Reference the complete list of what to measure and document above and check out the tools below.

Follow along with a video

Get a quick overview and watch our “How to Measure Your IKEA Kitchen” video. When you’re ready to work, hit pause along the way so that you can measure at your own pace.

Watch on Youtube

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Use a kitchen planning guide

Our kitchen planning guide, “Your New IKEA Kitchen” that covers everything from measuring to installation. Find the “Measure” section and carefully complete each step.

Download our Kitchen Planning Guide in German

Download our Kitchen Planning Guide in French

Download our Kitchen Planning Guide in Italian

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Try the online kitchen planner

If you have a desktop or laptop computer, you can use the IKEA Kitchen Planner. The “Room Layout” section lists elements that can help you understand what to measure and document.

To the IKEA kitchen planner

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