Query regarding kitchen fitting/worktops?
Discussion
As we're getting to the stage now where I need to think about this, typically nothing is ever easy with our house so this will be as much of a chore as everything else...
None of the walls are straight, and there is a variance of ~50mm from the end of the main run to the other. I have lined the units up straight, one end is butted up to the wall, the other is freestanding by the amount above. How is it best to deal with this? Should the worktop be cut to accomodate this variance? This in itself causes a few issues as worktops are what, 600mm deep (or 665?). I guess we would need to use 665's to allow for the variance?
Also, at one end of the runs, there is a corner unit, which finishes about 100mm short of the wall. There is a dishwasher going up against the blank side of the unit, which is obviously 600mm deep, therefore a deficit of 100mm. Now, I thought of dealing with this one of two ways, one would be to stud wall it and draw the services through the boarding and run a normal sized worktop, or what would be better for us, would be to have a slightly deeper worktop at this point, as its a corner of the kitchen that won't get used a great deal and could be used to store a few extra bits.
Question is, where's best to get deeper worktops then? Most offer a 665 which should cover the main runs, my thought for the deeper section would be to order a breakfast bar run and hack it up to size, or is that a stupid idea? I won't be fitting the worktops myself, no mitre!
None of the walls are straight, and there is a variance of ~50mm from the end of the main run to the other. I have lined the units up straight, one end is butted up to the wall, the other is freestanding by the amount above. How is it best to deal with this? Should the worktop be cut to accomodate this variance? This in itself causes a few issues as worktops are what, 600mm deep (or 665?). I guess we would need to use 665's to allow for the variance?
Also, at one end of the runs, there is a corner unit, which finishes about 100mm short of the wall. There is a dishwasher going up against the blank side of the unit, which is obviously 600mm deep, therefore a deficit of 100mm. Now, I thought of dealing with this one of two ways, one would be to stud wall it and draw the services through the boarding and run a normal sized worktop, or what would be better for us, would be to have a slightly deeper worktop at this point, as its a corner of the kitchen that won't get used a great deal and could be used to store a few extra bits.
Question is, where's best to get deeper worktops then? Most offer a 665 which should cover the main runs, my thought for the deeper section would be to order a breakfast bar run and hack it up to size, or is that a stupid idea? I won't be fitting the worktops myself, no mitre!
Should have added, house is ~300 years old & listed, so we're a little restricted as to what & not we can & can't do. The walls are lime plastered and its not hugely thick, so can't chase the worktop that deep into the walls, also if we do it complicates things yet futher with the waste pipes. They will have to be cut to run through the actual units rather than down the service run at the back (albeit cutting through part of the carcass still.
I'll put a picture up of the plan regarding the corner unit coming up short - might make more sense than my ramblings!
Regarding the placement of the D/W - yes, will space it away from the corner unit by the means of a corner post.
Cheers
I'll put a picture up of the plan regarding the corner unit coming up short - might make more sense than my ramblings!
Regarding the placement of the D/W - yes, will space it away from the corner unit by the means of a corner post.
Cheers
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