We're in the final stages (I hope) of planning our kitchen. It's a small space, there will only really be a handful of cabinets. The sink is in the middle of one run. The cooker is in the middle of another, it is freestanding with an induction hob and will have base units and wall units either side with a chimney extractor above.
We will be producing our own drawings for the fitter.
In terms of details like:
Height of wall cabinets above work surface;
Space between base cabinet and free standing cooker;
(Horizontal and vertical) Space between wall cabinet and free standing (induction) cooker;
And anything else similar that I haven't thought of...
...Please could someone let me know if there are hard and fast rules about these things which we need to follow? OR if not rules exactly then any principles at least?
I've been using the Ikea planner but it seems to suggest, eg wall cabinets must be 51cm above work surface, and I'm not sure if that is necessarily true. We are probably not getting the actual kitchen from Ikea.
Also, whilst I'm at it, are there any other technical details like this that you are glad you got right, or gutted you got wrong? I mean things like spacing, corner posts, clearances, voids etc...
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Kitchen planning - golden rules?
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mabelbabel · 28/01/2014 11:35
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