Lesgrandepotato Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Seems to be coming together well. Currently at about £3300. Ikea units with an oak trim strip made from some oak skirting :-) Picking up the granite tomorrow AM hopefully we will be looking and hopefully pretty bespoke. That'll be £300 and £90 for the acrylic. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crofter Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Very crisp, well done! Does your budget include the appliances? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesgrandepotato Posted September 16, 2017 Author Share Posted September 16, 2017 Yes, that's the plan. Couple of dishwashers in the 3.3k. Still need to sort out two ovens and a microwave. Have a quooker tap in stock for £900. Suspect we might be slightly over the 6k but wanted to prove it could be nicely finished and not break the bank :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Why 2 dishwashers? I once heard it discussed to save emptying, you just leave it in the first one, remove each item as you need them the put into the second? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesgrandepotato Posted September 16, 2017 Author Share Posted September 16, 2017 Fair question, it's to do with the open plan kitchen diner living space. In essence you can cook whilst talking to people / guests. You then plate up and chuck the pots in the dishwasher. All good. You then finish the meal and want to clear again but the dishwasher is full.. if not then in an open plan space you end up looking at the detritus you would have abandoned in a separate kitchen. In most cases we won't use them both but when we need them they are there and they won't wear out any quicker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crofter Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 51 minutes ago, ProDave said: Why 2 dishwashers? I once heard it discussed to save emptying, you just leave it in the first one, remove each item as you need them the put into the second? I've tried to persuade SWMBO on this. Two dishwashers, no cupboards. Take out what you want, use, put in the other. When full, swap over. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennentslager Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Like the look and thinking behind this...well done old fruit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 (edited) 11 hours ago, Lesgrandepotato said: Seems to be coming together well. Currently at about £3300. Ikea units with an oak trim strip made from some oak skirting :-) Picking up the granite tomorrow AM hopefully we will be looking and hopefully pretty bespoke. That'll be £300 and £90 for the acrylic. LIke the look. Is that an Ikea light? I might like to get one Edited September 17, 2017 by Ferdinand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Is that the Ikea short legs on the units ..? And how have you done the oak..? Got a close up pic as that's very neat..! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesgrandepotato Posted September 17, 2017 Author Share Posted September 17, 2017 2 hours ago, Ferdinand said: LIke the look. Is that an Ikea light? I might like to get one The lights are from ablectrics in Bristol - they also have a big web shop. It's one of three. We have a lime one, an orange and the blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesgrandepotato Posted September 17, 2017 Author Share Posted September 17, 2017 10 minutes ago, PeterW said: Is that the Ikea short legs on the units ..? And how have you done the oak..? Got a close up pic as that's very neat..! Just the ikea regular legs on. The units were dry built and the gap measured. Then some spacers inserted to even up the gap. The oak trim is square edge 70mm * 12mm skirting board slid in to have about a 20mm left poking out then simply screwed between the units like you would normally to attach the run together. I dont like clumsy trim pieces and corner posts so I wanted it to look like it was made for the space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney12 Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 7 minutes ago, Lesgrandepotato said: Just the ikea regular legs on. The units were dry built and the gap measured. Then some spacers inserted to even up the gap. The oak trim is square edge 70mm * 12mm skirting board slid in to have about a 20mm left poking out then simply screwed between the units like you would normally to attach the run together. I dont like clumsy trim pieces and corner posts so I wanted it to look like it was made for the space Great thinking. Love those lights!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 5 minutes ago, Barney12 said: Just the ikea regular legs on. The units were dry built and the gap measured. Then some spacers inserted to even up the gap. The oak trim is square edge 70mm * 12mm skirting board slid in to have about a 20mm left poking out then simply screwed between the units like you would normally to attach the run together. I dont like clumsy trim pieces and corner posts so I wanted it to look like it was made for the space Very tidy ..! Ikea now seem to use a short leg on their units - it's not the 150-160mm used elsewhere and gives more space. Downside is that they use a non-standard unit size so it makes fitting things that are 70 or 90cm a challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesgrandepotato Posted September 17, 2017 Author Share Posted September 17, 2017 Yep legs are about 8cm. Units only come in 200/400/600/800 widths is why you need to be clever with trim pieces :-) that space is 3860 wide so a particularly obvious space to deal with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToughButterCup Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 14 hours ago, Lesgrandepotato said: [...] You then finish the meal and want to clear again but the dishwasher is full.. [...] Get a grip man. Just empty it. (Your partner has not told me to write this post ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesgrandepotato Posted September 20, 2017 Author Share Posted September 20, 2017 Well excitingly the granite has turned out to be less than square. This will take a little light engineering... bit of prototyping gives a plan. We'll pull the upstand forward to hide the wobble and put the light bar behind it. I've picked up 12 drawer fittings to use as strengthning bars in the carcasses so hopefully we'll have a trial fit at the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesgrandepotato Posted September 23, 2017 Author Share Posted September 23, 2017 Well today is the day for the granite to go in for a test fit. Looking at the unit tops the ikea units have a metal bracket that the worktop runs on. Not ideal for the granite so I pooped into ikea and bought some more internal drawer fronts. At 55cm they are the perfect length for adding onto the side of the cabinet at metal rail height to give a nice level surface for the stone. pleasingly they also look pretty 'factory'. Time will tell how much of a wobble we need design out on this run of granite. One end is 57cm and the other is 59cm.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crofter Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 1 hour ago, Lesgrandepotato said: .... so I pooped into ikea... You do know those bathrooms are for display purposes only, don't you... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesgrandepotato Posted September 23, 2017 Author Share Posted September 23, 2017 10 minutes ago, Crofter said: You do know those bathrooms are for display purposes only, don't you... I'll pop back with some febreeze and a child to blame it on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesgrandepotato Posted September 23, 2017 Author Share Posted September 23, 2017 Good days work today. Granite dry fitted. Turns out it's not to bad to work with. Just used a 4.5'' grinder with a diamond blade and a plant sprayer to keep it wet. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 There are a lot of misconceptions about cutting granite - it's the polishing that's the hard job ..!! Don't forget to keep the cut out bits and make a nice serving platter ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tennentslager Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 9 hours ago, Lesgrandepotato said: I'll pop back with some febreeze and a child to blame it on Unfortunately I am that man...chatting to the sales guy in plumb world turned around to see my big lad pulling his trousers up...he's got lots of autism and just did what came naturally in the display pan, oops! Sales guy was brilliant and sent us on our way with a wry smile, said it'd take him a minute to make good. I did offer but he insisted. Never been back again 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesgrandepotato Posted September 24, 2017 Author Share Posted September 24, 2017 Getting closer! Next week will see it stuck down and we'll start making the Oak breakfast bar 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickfromwales Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Looking good. Having the upstand does give some forgiveness but you still have balls of steel my man! Like the mash-up with the lights, and I may well steal the oak decor end idea too, of course pretending that it was my idea 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 I'd have been cacking myself cutting that! So do you drill (core?) holes in the corners & cut to them? Thinking sharp internal corners and stress points etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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