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April 17, 2006 at 8:39 am #6305

keefness

Dear Tim and Forum
I have posteda question on the other kitchen question site, but i read it and dont think i explained

it right.
My kitchen is a small kitchen 5sqm, and it has an opening not a door, which faces west, the wall in front and the

wall to the right are outside walls, the right wall has a large window on it, the wall to the left is an internal wall, and

behind it is the downstairs cloakroom and the stairs go up facing the wall, now we are ripping out what we call an annoying

badly designed 10yr old kitchen (thats how old the house is) and want to design one as we want it. me and my husband are

poorly, he has three crushed vertebrae and he is constantly in pain, and he wants and i agree a higher worktop, and we thought

of pull out drawers with baskets in so we can easily get to whatevers inside, without going on our knees,
now this is the

problem, we are fitting the kitchen outselves, well me and my friends and relatives, keith will help where he can but he cant

do much, but here it is
as you look through the door the free standing cooker (gas) is infront of us on an outside, wall,

well we are trying to get as much worktop space as we can so we thought, we have bought a stoves ceramic hob, (i prefer

electric) and we are going to get a single oven, we thought can we put the oven in an eye level housing unit to the left as u

go into the kitchen on the wall which isnt an outside wall, do you have to vent or anything, do you have to have a special

electric socket, or if that isnt allowed, would we be able to put it to the right of the door as you go in under the hob, it

is up against the wall of the opening which is a door width, is it ok we thought about putting it there because it is electric

and it doesnt matter with the window being there, we have no curtains, or anything, any help you could give us would be of

enormous help to us
confused and frustrated
ness graham :cry:

April 22, 2006 at 8:04 am #6308

jono

Hi keefness

I think I understand you problem so

forgive me if I don’t quite get it right.

I have just fitted my kitchen and have 900mm high units which give me a

worktop height of 930mm which is great.
Open baskets would be a good answer for you or the pull out baskets in conventional

cupboards.

The hob and oven must be supplied by a seperate supply to the sockets with a 40 Amp fuse. This may determine

where you put it as any electrical rewiring has to be done by a certified electrician as it is in the kitchen.
Given your

stated health situation an eyelevel mounted oven may be best but this will reduce worktop space.

I would avoid putting

the hob in front of the window as this will create condensation problems and you will need to site the sink adjacent to the

existing drain outlet I expect.

Remember the rule of the golden triangle between the sink hob/oven and

fridge.

In specific answer to your question , yes you can place the oven pretty well anywhere inthe

kichen.

Magic corners also make the most of those awkward corner cupbords.

Don’t be afraid to get two or three

‘free’ designs done by kitchen companies as these often give you good ideas.

Good luck

Jono

April 22, 2006 at 9:18 am #6310

keefness

Der Jono
Thankyou for your reply,

could you tell me what magic corners are ?
thanks again for your help
kind regards
ness and keef graham :D

April 22, 2006 at 3:51 pm #6311

jono

Magic corners are baskets which fit in a corner

base cupboard and pull out using a clever mechanism. thereby giving you increased access and storage.

All the kitchen

companies can provide them

regards

Jon

April 22, 2006 at 10:43 pm #6312

timfoley

Keefness,

I couldn’t add much to Jono’s contribution here and good luck with your project.
Thanks Jono. Your

answers here were spot on.

Keep us updated and if you require any further advice do come back to us.

Tim

June 28, 2006 at 11:25 pm #6384

Larks

I think you may be able to find the

kitchen door information you are looking for by clicking the link.

Good luck

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