New pan drawers in kitchen have low sides inside. What can we put as inserts so stuff doesn't fall over the sides?

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As the title says.

these

or cut up a cereal packet and gaffer tape it on

Chopping boards on either side might help.

That is the sort of thing but our drawers don't seem to have the bar across where those sides hang on.

I don't think I could cope with cut up cereal boxes and tape in my shiny new kitchen.

Then possibly the kitchen has been fitted with the wrong drawer boxes, pan drawers should at least have the high back and rail or they are no more use than shallow ones. Can you go back to the company you got it from?

photos please

Look for maker's name on the drawer mechanism or parts. Quite likely to be Blum or Hafele, and you can buy components easily.

Or like me, in the drawers under the sink I put plastic storage boxes, which also retain any leaks or spillages e.g. from bottles of cleaner, and are easy to lift out.

I cant do a photo at the moment.

It came from Homebase, would they use those makes?

The normal drawers (500m width) have similar drawers, looks deep on the outside but when you open it its really shallow and you can't actually put much in because it would fall, over the sides, and I like to cram my drawers full of crap, that's the point of them!

Plastic boxes sound like a good idea for the smaller drawers.

drawing of drawers

This is a drawing online I found with the drawer slightly open.

Oh yes www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/30155019/ these boxes from Ikea are good for putting in drawers to stuff with crap organise the inside. Of course you then risk going to Ikea to buy a £3 item and spending a further £80 on candles and bathmats...

Those BLUM drawers or their identical versions are virtually universal in kitchens. Homebase do some cheaper ranges so it may not be standard - that's very cheapskate though!

I should go back to Homebase, open the drawers in the display kitchen like yours, see if they've missed something out. You can buy just the drawer interiors from places if you wanted to upgrade but that's not really what you want with a new kitchen I guess.

Ah do your drawers look like this? (arf)

White metal with grooves on the side? They are good drawers but a bit no-frills. You can get deeper side runners but you would need someone who can cut up a bit of wood and drill a few holes to fit them.

low-sided drawer boxes are not good with a high front, because the leverage may cause the front to come loose or bend away from the drawer box.

We had this in the pan drawers and had problems if a pan slipped as the drawer was shut. We then found ourselves unable to open the drawer as the pan handle jammed it shut.

We did try having table mats stood up at the side of the drawer but it wasn't great. I wouldn't have that type of drawer again.

We have these. I use them for pans/bowls/tubs - but without handles. They can be stacked & they don't seem to tumble. Not needed any side support. I was thinking along your lines when we first moved in, but for want of time just started using them - and it's just worked!