Help with kitchen diner layout

Help with kitchen diner layout

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richatnort

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3,018 posts

130 months

Friday 22nd July 2016
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Afternoon all,

I’m after a bit of help. I'm wanting to knock my kitchen dining room through but I don't know how to go about doing it.

My initial thoughts were to block the door up to the dining room, block the side door as we could just use the front and patio door, take the chimney breast out and also block up the pantry under the stairs as it only got a few shelves and the fuse box / electrics coming into the property in it so pretty pointless keeping.

I've then have my kitchen from the pantry round in a U shape to the patio door with the fridge freezer and another unit next to it for food.

I don't know if there is any other way of doing it or any other suggestions people have. I’ve attached the floor plan below. The grey bit in the kitchen is the pantry.



singlecoil

33,310 posts

245 months

Saturday 23rd July 2016
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richatnort said:
Afternoon all,

I’m after a bit of help. I'm wanting to knock my kitchen dining room through but I don't know how to go about doing it.

My initial thoughts were to block the door up to the dining room, block the side door as we could just use the front and patio door, take the chimney breast out and also block up the pantry under the stairs as it only got a few shelves and the fuse box / electrics coming into the property in it so pretty pointless keeping.

I've then have my kitchen from the pantry round in a U shape to the patio door with the fridge freezer and another unit next to it for food.

I don't know if there is any other way of doing it or any other suggestions people have. I’ve attached the floor plan below. The grey bit in the kitchen is the pantry.

I think you would get more interest/help if you provided some kind of sketch (or modify the existing floor plan) to show people what you have in mind. It's not easy to work from a written description, a picture is worth many thousand words etc.

Are you sure it's ok to remove the chimney breast, and is there any particular reason for doing so?

richatnort

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3,018 posts

130 months

Sunday 24th July 2016
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Ahhh yes probably a good idea! This is a very rough idea of where the worktops, units, appliances and table would go.

If i were to take the chimney breast out i would be able to put the table against the back wall and give us a bit more space to get past.


singlecoil

33,310 posts

245 months

Sunday 24th July 2016
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It looks ok to me so far, it will depend on the detail (which is where the devil is, in kitchen design). Do you have a particular make/style in mind? Most firms have an online design facility which will allow you to enter the basic dimensions onto a plan and then put units in to suit.

The fridge freezer looks quite deep (front to back in kitchen design speak) whereas the peninsula looks quite shallow. The latter is also right on the door frame of the back door.

You'll want the worktop to be at least 25mm from the edge of the door reveal, and to have at least 10mm overhang on the peninsula units, so the depth of the available units will be crucial to how much room remains on the kitchen side of the peninsula. You'll probably want to go with standard base units for that, with a decor panel on the dining side to hide the backs of those units.

There's also the question of worktops, because if using laminate you will want a rolled edge (post-formed) on both sides of the peninsula so check depths of available breakfast bar worktops. If you are having solid wood or granite it won't matter.

Laundry appliances, dish washer?

21TonyK

11,494 posts

208 months

Sunday 24th July 2016
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I'd give yourself a bit more space for dining. Not a lot of room to pull chairs in and out on the above if its to scale.