Typical Coat Closet Rod Height

Standard closet rod height.

Typical coat closet rod height.

Once you have your overall closet size nailed down it s important to ask how high should a closet pole be. One rod is mounted just below the top shelf and the other rod is mounted 42 inches above the floor. Adjust the standard closet rod height if installing a double rod closet system. This again depends on your closet.

In a double hang configuration one rod is positioned at the height of 42 inches and another rod is positioned above it at 84 inches above the floor. For a single rod closet the standard rod height is 66 5 inches. The very top shelf in the closet is commonly 84 inches above the floor level. This configuration provides two short hang spaces one above the other.

This allows a double deck arrangement of closet rods below this shelf. Anywhere from 60 to 65 inches high is an ideal height for your coat closet rod which gives enough space for overcoats and long rain jackets and is still easy to reach. At 7 feet high the top shelf is a stretch for many people. For the average person whose wardrobe contains few lengthy garments single rod systems leave lots of unused square.

However this is simply the standard and closet rod. For a double rod closet the standard height of the top rod is 81 75 inches from the floor and the standard height of the bottom rod is 40 5 inches. Since overcoats take up lots of vertical space a coat closet rod needs to be higher from the ground.