Suspend-It Seating Bar Stools
Bar Frames
The bar frame is the frame work that is designed to support your Suspend-It Seating bar stools. The unique cantilever design gives your Suspend-It Seating bar stools the illusion of being suspended from the counter top. The Bar Frame can be purchased as a single frame (supporting one stool) or a double frame (supporting two stools). Each bar frame will be custom built to fit the measurements of your cabinetry and counter tops. For maximum comfort, the recommended counter overhang is 15 -16”, but any smaller overhang can be comfortably accommodated to a minimum of 9”.
Suspend-It Seating bar stools are completely independent of your counter top and cabinetry. Suspend-It Seating bar stools do not require you to modify your existing cabinetry or your counter top. These custom built bar frames are available in your choice of two styles of feet to support your suspended bar stools. Either style creates a unique and beautiful look in your kitchen, or at your wet bar.
Standard Foot Design
Suspend-It Seating manufactures bar stools that are custom built to fit your specific needs. The Suspend-It Seating Standard Foot Bar Frames bolt directly to the floor. The vertical post can be concealed behind the finish panel of your cabinets (new construction). Or, they can be added to your existing cabinets with the vertical post being exposed. The vertical post is then painted or powder coated to match the colors or hardware in your kitchen (retro-fit). In either application, the bar frame bolts directly to the floor and will be concealed beneath the foot rest.
The foot rest is framed around and over the bar frame feet, and installed at the time that your Suspend-It Seating system is installed. This serves two purposes. First: when finished, it provides a comfortable place to rest your feet when sitting in and enjoying your Suspend-It Seating bar stools. Second: it covers the supporting frame work of the bar frame. After it is installed, you can have the foot box covered to match your existing flooring.
Inverted Foot Design
The Suspend-It Seating bar stools inverted foot bar frame design is a popular design for wet bars as well as for kitchen snack bars. The inverted foot will fit backwards under the toe kick of the cabinets. Inverted foot style bar frames must be set into position before the cabinets are set. When using the inverted foot design, a foot rail is recommended when the counter top is higher than 30”.
Plan Ahead
When planning for the inverted foot bar frame design, please consider that it is important to have access to the underside of the floor to install reinforcement blocking. This blocking is intended to strengthen and reinforce the sub-floor and the floor joist system in your home. You should consult with a qualified contractor before ordering your Inverted Foot Bar Frames.
When using the inverted foot frame, it is important to consider all appliances that may be built into the cabinetry opposite of your Suspend-It Seating bar stools (dishwasher, trash compactor etc). The professionals at Suspend-It Seating can design the frame work of the inverted foot bar frame to fit around these appliances. Please email or fax your drawings.
Design
Counter Spacing: the minimum space required for each Suspend-It Seating bar stool. Proper spacing will allow all of the occupants sitting on your Suspend-It Seating bar stools to sit comfortably.
Minimum 24" counter space per chair for standard size chairs
Chairs by a wall add 4" to 6"
Chairs on 45 degree corners add 2" to 4"
Smaller chairs (stool tops) require 2" less space per chair
Subtract 2" to 4" for a chair positioned at the open end of a counter
Counter Overhang: the distance measured from the finish panel of the cabinetry to the edge of the counter top.
15-16" counter overhang recommended
9" is the minimum overhang that may be accommodated
Vertical Measurement: the vertical distance measured from the floor to the underside of the counter top.
Critical for the proper fit of the bar frame under your counter top
Any counter height can be accommodated
Dead Space: new cabinetry only. The dead space is built into your cabinetry by your cabinet maker. This space is used to conceal the vertical post of the bar frame behind the finish panel.
3 1/2" space between base cabinet and the back panel is required for concealed bar frames.
In some cases, covered frames may be installed inside the natural dead spaces of the base cabinet
No dead space is required for exposed frames. Exposed frames are normally used when adding Suspend-It Seating bar stools to your existing kitchen snack bar/breakfast bar or wet bar.
Foot Box: used to conceal the frame work of the standard foot bar frame where it attaches to the floor. The foot box also adds a comfortable place for the occupant of the bar stool to rest their feet.
Height 6 ½" (other heights may be used with raised counters)
Depth 15" (covered post frames)
Depth 18" (exposed post frames)
Raised panels and access doors under the snack bar or wet bar must be above the finished foot box
Have your foot box covered to match kitchen flooring
Foot boxes are not required for inverted foot bar frame installations. A foot rail attached to the cabinetry is generally necessary for most chair occupants to rest their feet and sit comfortably. However; when using the inverted foot bar frame design at a dropped counter, the foot rail may not be necessary