Detached Victorian renovation, London.

[Johnniem]

ooid said:

Lovely good old pork... Here is another NW one from me, spotted around Highgate.



And Bloomsbury

For anyone who works in London and is interested in good italian food, Ciao Bella is one of the best italian restaurants I've ever been to in UK. In Lambs Conduit St. You're welcome. Nice car!

[Adam.]

Hi Harry

What can you get at that you couldn’t otherwise? I have had an eye on maintenance and access for our ongoing (endless) build but can’t see how our island would suffer


Granite top and sides, units front and rear, two double sockets inside units but internal panels could be removed I think, everything else accessible from under sink


Do you have one of those pop up plugs on top or similar ?

[Harry Flashman]

For me, dropping the back panel where the stools slot in mean oodles of access to all the plumbing for the sink, dishwasher, and electrics for the entire island.

It's always possible to access things by fiddling around through apertures: but I prefer open cast mining to keyhole surgery!

In the meantime, that barren old garden is now maturing nicely!

[Adam.]

Harry Flashman said:

For me, dropping the back panel where the stools slot in mean oodles of access to all the plumbing for the sink, dishwasher, and electrics for the entire island.

Ah we have full depth cupboards behind the stool aperture which makes a difference

[Harry Flashman]

Ours is just 90cm deep, so we don't. I guess you could have made the backs of the cupboards removable for access of required, but that's quite a lot of customisation work...

[Sheepshanks]

Our sink is against the wall (I don't 'get' having sinks/hobs in islands, but there you go ) - I asked the fitters how the tap could be changed if needed and they looked at me oddly and said "just remove the sink".

I'm sure that's easier said than done - it's attached to the worktop with adhesive.