Last minute kitchen rethink

[Kelvin]

5 minutes ago, dpmiller said:

doesn't help if you find yourself in a chair at short notice. BTDT...

 
In which case you’d need to consider re-doing/adjusting your kitchen to accommodate your change of circumstances among making other changes to the house. Some houses would be completely unsuitable for wheelchair users. On balance of probability you’re more likely to become old and less mobile than wheelchair bound. Therefore building to that outcome makes the most sense. Also depends on the age you are now and the likely lifespan of the kitchen. We are late 50s so the kitchen might see us out. If we were in our 30s then we might have looked at things differently. 

[G and J]

3 hours ago, Kelvin said:

They have a facility where you can lay your kitchen out using movable units

Wren kitchens have that too.  It’s brilliant.  

[Kelvin]

1 minute ago, G and J said:

Wren kitchens have that too.  It’s brilliant.  

I appreciate it needs space but your typical dedicated kitchen design place lay their shops out all wrong as they focus on cramming everything they sell in rather than how it might work in reality. I rendered our rooms in 3D and we spent ages moving around the renders to try and imagine how it might work. I would have liked to have moved that to VR but didn’t have time. Trying to imagine how something will work from 2D drawings and static 3D renders is really hard. 

[CalvinHobbes]

Just thought I would show you the revision. We cannot change the door so working within the parameters. I think the microwave looks a bit imbalance size wise alongside the oven....might move it on top but would prefer at the same level for accessibility, meh.

I know too it doesn't quite go to the window. Bah, not much I can do about that.

Re the induction hob, going with recirculatory, read comments about cold spots in kitchen with vented and not going through all this mega insulating and ensuring there are no holes to make a big un. 

Read something too about plasma filters??? I know I should have done all this ages ago but run off my feet and doing overtime to help pay for it lol. Meeting the spark at 10. 

I have whittled it down to a choice of 3 hobs

https://donaghybros.co.uk/samsung-nz84t9747vk-ur-infinite-range-combi-hob-with-recirculation-built-in-extractor-fan.html?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwlbu2BhA3EiwA3yXyu4cPoHfm8Udu_7DDS_a7whsyyW5QF_0tGnEEfUc6s9cEikgDH8d0ThoCrB4QAvD_BwE

(bells and whistles)

https://www.appliancesdirect.co.uk/p/eiq80indd/electriq-eiq80indd--4-induction-hob-hob?utm_source=awin&utm_campaign=531573_ShopForward+CSS&utm_medium=affiliate&refsource=awin&sv1=affiliate&sv_campaign_id=531573&awc=74734_1724898895_3a498932d9d11043e6b0a3664552aea8

(Cheap & cheerful but good reviews)

https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/foerdelaktig-induction-hob-integrated-extractor-ikea-700-black-90534852/

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Edited August 29 by CalvinHobbes

[Kelvin]

Ditch the microwave and fit two ovens. 

[Dave Jones]

2 ovens, micro and coffee machine in a quad setup.

[Kelvin]

You can also get full size microwave combi ovens. We considered it instead of the two AEG 9000 steam ovens. 

[Conor]

Is one of those units a fridge freezer? If so move it to the left of the oven. And move your hob one unit to the right on the island. You don't want it right at the end. We've a 400mm wide unit at the end to push the hob in a bit.

[Dave Jones]

On 24/08/2024 at 18:43, G and J said:

Tuck, our air fryer, has proven itself invaluable, but like his fictional namesake he is a wedgie one so takes up a lot of space in me pantry.

 

So I’m going for a combined fan oven/air fryer.  Methinks all an air fryer is is a powerful fan and a nicely powerful heating element.  

 

almost like an oven but with zero insulation round it!

[Bozza]

100% agree having the high units and oven in the alcove.  If me I’d put two ovens in the central unit, and put the microwave in the utility room (as we have done ourselves to satisfy my OCD symmetry).  We’re not foodies but can’t believe how we existed previously with only one oven.

put the sink central to the window. Likewise have the hob, central to the island.  Unsure of the rationale of their current locations but that’s bad design.  Or alternatively the sink in the island and the hob/extractor between the windows.  

 

 

 

 

[Mr Punter]

I have fitted an Ikea Metod kitchen and was not impressed.  There is no recess at the back and the plinth space is only 80mm high.  All services can be a nightmare to accommodate.  The wall cupboard hanging is bizarre.

[Mike]

10 hours ago, Conor said:

And move your hob one unit to the right on the island. You don't want it right at the end. We've a 400mm wide unit at the end to push the hob in a bit.

+1. Allow at least 300mm for safety.

 

15 hours ago, CalvinHobbes said:

I think the microwave looks a bit imbalance size wise alongside the oven

I'd be more concerned with trying to line up the doors, if that's possible:

 

[CalvinHobbes]

On 29/08/2024 at 08:29, Conor said:

Is one of those units a fridge freezer? If so move it to the left of the oven. And move your hob one unit to the right on the island. You don't want it right at the end. We've a 400mm wide unit at the end to push the hob in a bit.

Yep fridge freezer on right so thats why we wanted the oven on the left. He has come back at us with this, i thought it was unwise to put an oven next to the fridge freezer?