Plinth drawers in kitchen - any use?

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We are currently designing a new kitchen and I have seen plinth drawers are a thing.

I am torn between thinking great, extra storage and wondering whether they are actually useful and glide nicely or whether they end up being a pain and not used.

Has anyone got any experience of them, good or bad?

Thanks

Watching this thread! They sound like a great idea in principle.

Yes they are brilliant, highly recommended. We retrofitted ours via https://www.drawerboxes.co.uk and will be installing them in our new kitchen as well. You need a minimum plinth height of 12cm but it's SO worth it for the extra storage.

We’ve only got them underneath our ovens and they are perfect for baking trays and the like. We’ve got a big kitchen so didn’t really need them elsewhere but if you’re short on space then I think they’re a great idea. No issues with ours - I regularly use my foot to open and close ours and they’re still going strong a few years down the line!

That’s helpful thank you @NelliesWellies and @Zinnia.

I love mine. Worry every penny!

I got some fitted when I redid my kitchen a few years back - one under the sink unit (chopping boards), and two under the pan drawer cupboard units (baking trays for one and cling film/foil/baking paper in the other). Wouldn't be without them, especially in a smaller kitchen.

If you have a small kitchen - yes if you can get down without leaning on a cupboard door. If it’s a large kitchen I’d question your sanity in putting chopping boards and baking trays so low down lol

Do slugs ever go in them?

They are useful, never had one break but the actual normal plinth bits are for ever shifting around! Keep dishwasher tabs in one, baking trays and other cleaning stuff in another.

@Konyeshno no, the drawers are fully-encased in boxes (well mine are) and have a push open/shut mechanism so slugs would have to be pretty speedy to get inside! The box seals the contents from dust etc in the same way that any other drawer does.

Not had a problem with the plinth itself moving about on ours, as the plinth forms the front of the drawer, like a cabinet front. They don't get stuck as there's a tiny gap of a couple of mm (imperceptible from standing height) between the front of the drawer and the floor, and as the mechanism is held within the box it's stable.

Does anyone know if you can have a plinth drawer and plinth lights or is it one or the other?

Thanks all

How do you manage not damaging the plinth drawers whilst hoovering and mopping the kitchen floor?? 😳

They are the same as the plinths, so there's no difference.

Does the mechanism attach to the unit above, or does it sit in wheels on the floor? My floor doesn't continue under the units so there would be a small ledge.

There's also some kind of heater under one. I wonder how easy it would be to remove?

watched the video for the drawer boxes & they look like the drawers are quite shallow, how much can you actually fit in them pls?

We have one. We don't use it regularly - it's for storing instruction manuals for household appliances. However we occasionally get mice (Victorian terraced house in London - kind of inevitable) and I've noticed droppings in the drawer before (but no droppings in other cupboards). So I wouldn't get more for storing food related items.

We have a couple and we use them a lot, but we have a small awkward shape cottage kitchen and need all the space we can get. We have tea towels in one and cling film/bin bags/parchment and all that sort of thing in another.