Advice on building own kitchen!
Discussion
Giving it a go currently, or at least about to! Got a good plan made up and all seems straight forward, but there are just two things I can't work out in my head:
1. What to do where I've 2 integrated appliances together... Presumably I need some sort of support between them for the worktop to rest on?
2. What do do at teh end of a run of units where the lastunit is an integrated appliance - I could cut and fit an end piece in the same finish as the doors, but how do I attach the plinth to it?
Help please!!!
1. What to do where I've 2 integrated appliances together... Presumably I need some sort of support between them for the worktop to rest on?
2. What do do at teh end of a run of units where the lastunit is an integrated appliance - I could cut and fit an end piece in the same finish as the doors, but how do I attach the plinth to it?
Help please!!!
1. I had 2 appliances (albeit one being a 45cm dishwasher) and the worktop just spanned across the two of them. Worktop was professionally fitted so assume this is ok.
2. You need a full size end panel. The plinth will usually clip to the legs of the units, so I would cut a small block of wood and screw it to the inside of the end panel to stop the plinth moving backwards and then just fix it to the other legs as normal, with perhaps a dab of grip fill on the block.
2. You need a full size end panel. The plinth will usually clip to the legs of the units, so I would cut a small block of wood and screw it to the inside of the end panel to stop the plinth moving backwards and then just fix it to the other legs as normal, with perhaps a dab of grip fill on the block.
GTO-3R said:
You deffo need a support panel between two appliances as over time the worktop will sag and look awful. At the end of the run, again put a support panel in but choose one that goes with the style of kitchen
Mine had no support panel, and hadn't sagged at all after 5 years. you dont require a support pannel between to intergrated appliances , if fitted orrectly the legs on the applincaes will be raised and the applince has brackets that acttualy screw into the worktop hence why they dont pull out when in use etc .
wnd panel on the verry end fixed with cornor brackets 2x floor 2x wall 2x to worktop just be carfull where you place them as makes appliances hard to get in , as for fixing plinth use a small cornor bracket from plinth to end panel at the top so cant be seen or
wnd panel on the verry end fixed with cornor brackets 2x floor 2x wall 2x to worktop just be carfull where you place them as makes appliances hard to get in , as for fixing plinth use a small cornor bracket from plinth to end panel at the top so cant be seen or
just remember if you do fit one between the to appliances you will require one 600mm deep otherwise will look a mess . yep i fit kitchens well used to fit them day in day out for many years .
same goes for the end panel/block end at the end of your run , do it 600mm rather than the 570/575 of the base units otherwise you will see appliance and also look mess
same goes for the end panel/block end at the end of your run , do it 600mm rather than the 570/575 of the base units otherwise you will see appliance and also look mess
Edited by wizzbilly on Tuesday 10th November 18:34
Support between two appliances; it depends upon a lot of things. If you have thin worktops (25mm), and no batten along the back, I guess it is possible that it will sag over time.
I put in our own kitchen and put a batten along the back of all the worktops, screwed into the wall, and the worktops rest on it at the back. (Putting such a batten in is a pain and takes time, but makes fitting the worktops MUCH easier and makes for a more solid kitchen). This batten goes behind the built-in appliances as well, and we have no sag where the worktop (35mm, wood) spans a dishwasher and a fridge, side-by-side.
End panel - many ways of doing it. Lots of suggestions here. I put a run of worktop vertically down the end, to the floor, and it looks good.
Oli.
I put in our own kitchen and put a batten along the back of all the worktops, screwed into the wall, and the worktops rest on it at the back. (Putting such a batten in is a pain and takes time, but makes fitting the worktops MUCH easier and makes for a more solid kitchen). This batten goes behind the built-in appliances as well, and we have no sag where the worktop (35mm, wood) spans a dishwasher and a fridge, side-by-side.
End panel - many ways of doing it. Lots of suggestions here. I put a run of worktop vertically down the end, to the floor, and it looks good.
Oli.
Edited by zcacogp on Wednesday 11th November 10:21
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