Measure the distance from the bottom of an adjacent cabinet door to the bottom of the interior cabinet.
Convert cabinet to garbage drawer.
Since the hole in my cabinet was actually a little wider than the height of the doors i wanted to be able to re use the center frame piece to build out the cabinet frame to the correct width.
A sturdy drawer on full extension slides gives you access to the cabinet s contents with a simple pull of the handles.
Then measure the height from the bottom of the cabinet to the top of your drawer slide plus another 1 8 for clearance.
You will be using that line as a guide for placing the two strips of wood which will hold the drawer hardware.
Use a level to extend that line across the width of the inside of the cabinet wall.
Measure up from the bottom of the cabinet sides and mark the height you ve just found the trash can height plus one inch with a pencil.