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Pull out bin cupboard

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WongWifi · 16/08/2023 03:52

I’m putting this here for traffic.

Currently designing a new kitchen but remain undecided about those pull-out bin cupboards.

  • If you have one, do you like it or is it a bit of a bother?
  • What are the things you like/dislike about them?
  • Do you recommend I have one?

AIBU - you gotta have one!
AINBU - don’t do it!

I’m at a loss so any input/advice would be great. Thank you so much!

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Globules · 16/08/2023 06:30

Don't do it.

Currently awaiting my new worktop to be fitted in my new kitchen, that I didn't get a pull out bin for, so I've recently gone through this myself.

This is my third new kitchen in 7 years. XH insisted on pull out bins in the previous two. Far far too much of a faff. They fill up far too quickly. You have to pull on a cupboard, often with dirty hands, to access it. It makes putting something tiny in the bin, like a tissue, a real event. Open cupboard, pull cupboard...get my drift? You can't just pop something in the bin.

In both the previous 2 kitchens, I ended up putting the proper sized bin back into the kitchen. The pull out ones got on my nerves so much.

Twizbe · 16/08/2023 06:08

Love ours. It has 3 compartments. Plastics/glass, paper and general waste. We have a separate food waste cady which sits in another cupboard.

It does fill up fast but it’s nice having it all out of sight.

Fluffycloudsfloatinginthesky · 16/08/2023 06:04

It was one of the things i was in fence over with mine as I think it worked out about £400 and I was like That's alot for a bin.

I have it split in 2 equal sizes front is normal bin, and I use back for recycling.

I was wary of ones with multiple sections as I think they would be too small to be useful. I also didn't want food in it. That I have a separate bin for on counter top.

I don't regret it at all.

Caspianberg · 16/08/2023 05:34

Yes love ours. Ours is large drawer pull out under sink. We have space for 4 small bins there ( regular, paper, plastic, metal). There is also a shelf above where we can fit small compost bin and store dishwasher tables in tub.
Most can be configured to however many bin combinations as you need

Rainbowshit · 16/08/2023 05:12

Absolutely love ours. You have to get one.

Just wish we'd the room to have two so we could have had separate plastics and paper recycling.

Thelondonone · 16/08/2023 04:07

I like mine. Please don’t get an insinkerator fitted. It’s a huge cause of fat bergs. No food should go into the water system and it means that food is wasted that could be used as biofuel.

Dellys · 16/08/2023 04:06

Yeah I like ours and we have bin at the front half and a box at the back we use for paper. Our issue is not having somewhere to put plastics so it ends up having to sit out and be taken out every few hours which isn’t ideal but there isn’t another place we could put a box. Wishing we’d got a bigger pull out bin or something with space for paper and plastic recycling

TaylorNotSoSwift · 16/08/2023 04:03

I have one, it’s fab. I also had an insinkerator fitted, it’s a waste disposal unit which churns up food waste so it can go through the standard drainage system - no more food waste caddy. It was about £200 when having a new kitchen installed. The waste system and pull out bin are great additions to the kitchen.

Lucy377 · 16/08/2023 04:01

We have a sink and small drainer' sink/compartment and have placed two small lidded caddies in the small side for food waste and composter stuff.

Lucy377 · 16/08/2023 03:58

You gotta have one. Ours is an Ikea kitchen so the cupboard under the sink is pull out door / tray with a space behind.
We've a recycle bin and a common bin in there. So handy. We keep the cleaning stuff in the utility but you would fit a few cleaning things behind the bins too.
Nothing I dislike about it. I'd hate a free standing bin.

Whygobald · 16/08/2023 03:55

I love mine. It has two swing bin sized bins in it. When it's closed a sheet of metal kind of seals in any odour. They are a great size and it's really streamlined and tidy.

I use it for standard and recycling waste. I don't have a built bin or caddy for compost which is a pity.

Mama3737 · 16/08/2023 03:54

Got one - absolutely love it!