DIY kitchens unit internals question

[kitchenhail]

Hi,

After some help from anyone with a DIY kitchen. Trying to be really sensible and plan where everything would go in a new kitchen - current thing is whether a Kmix would fit in one of the base units, the height is 720mm and the height of a Kmix is 353mm apparently, but I don't know the thickness of the internal shelf - can anyone help?

Also, with the wide base units, has anyone removed the central support to retrofit drawer boxes from blum? Just wondering whether it's possible with say the 900mm reduced depth base units or whether without that central upright the unit will sag. The drawer configuration I'd want is not available in the reduced depth units.

Thanks in advance for any light anyone can shed.

Hopeful bump

Our kitchen aid goes in a 600 wide base unit with no internal shelf fitted. It fits alongside the magimix and there are also a couple of trays in there. The shelf is removable and we popped it into another base unit with different items in.

A pan drawer is even better for a large, moderately heavy item.

Thanks both. I'd love to put pan drawers in but can't get them in the size I need (reduced depth) for that side of the island. There will be pan drawers on the other side but I don't think that's the best place for the kmix.

@kitchenhail

Thanks both. I'd love to put pan drawers in but can't get them in the size I need (reduced depth) for that side of the island. There will be pan drawers on the other side but I don't think that's the best place for the kmix.

(surprised emoticon)

what size are they?

They're the 300mm deep base units from DIY. We are not totally fixed on the size, but possibly the 900 width (not the 5 drawer one). I'm aware blum do internal drawers but I assume I'd need the central support post removed to fit those and I don't know if that's possible.

Do the "other side" units back onto each other? If so can't you just reverse them?

I wouldn't like to comment on the central bar removal.

Base cupboard heights (based on the pre drilled holes on mine brought 2 years ago - you could always add extra holes to change the heights, buy would have to be v careful on the measurements).
From the bottom to the shelf placed on the top holes = 33cm.
From the top to the shelf placed on the bottom holes = approx 42cm.

Pic shows the three holes (shelf is on the top ones).

Fab, thanks for that @Chasingsquirrels. We can't reverse the units, no. It's really a first world problem, wondering if I can get my kmix in there! It's just that this is supposed to be a long term house with a long term kitchen after several years of housing nightmares so I want to really think about the kitchen. I'm possibly in danger of overthinking...

FWIW my DP drilled extra holes in a number of mine to place shelves in different positions, he is pretty handy but it it really just a case of VERY careful measuring.

The no. of pre drilled holes was one of the very few things I'd quibble about on my DIY Kitchen. My last kitchen had holes running all the way up so you had much more choice about where the shelves went.

The other being the placement of the drawers in the drawer unit. The drawer fronts are placed high on the runners, so the depth of the drawers is restricted. This could be rectified by placing the drawer fronts lower but would also mean lowering the runners - it's on my list of things to get sorted but 2 years later not done yet as it will be pretty fiddly to be exact.
Essentially you don't get the full depth of the drawer, I noticed it because my cheese grater used to lie on its edge next to the cutlery drawer in my old units and wouldn't fit in the new ones. Other cutlery items stick so I have to space things out more.