Good morning everyone,
I have the following question. We are planning to renovate/refurbish an older prefabricated house from 1978. To create more space in the kitchen, we would like to remove the radiator. The consultant from the kitchen company pointed out a baseboard heater (model Kickspace 500) that could be connected to the standard heating circuit, potentially saving the cost and space of a larger radiator.
The question now is whether a radiator is absolutely necessary in the kitchen? I guess opinions may vary, but I would like to hear your thoughts.
For example, my parents no longer have a radiator in their kitchen since the door to the heated living room is always open (except when cooking, but then it’s warm anyway).
I have attached the floor plan. Below the kitchen there is currently a room for oil tanks, but those will be removed as we are switching to gas. The room underneath will likely become a bathroom. Also, there will be a door to the living room which will probably remain open most of the time, except when the kitchen is in use. The kitchen layout will also be different; this is an old plan. The cabinets will be rearranged to allow for the passage to the living room. No seating is planned in the kitchen.
What do you think— is this baseboard heater necessary? It would save us about 500€ and we could invest that money elsewhere. Besides, I don’t find this baseboard heater very attractive.
Thanks.
I have the following question. We are planning to renovate/refurbish an older prefabricated house from 1978. To create more space in the kitchen, we would like to remove the radiator. The consultant from the kitchen company pointed out a baseboard heater (model Kickspace 500) that could be connected to the standard heating circuit, potentially saving the cost and space of a larger radiator.
The question now is whether a radiator is absolutely necessary in the kitchen? I guess opinions may vary, but I would like to hear your thoughts.
For example, my parents no longer have a radiator in their kitchen since the door to the heated living room is always open (except when cooking, but then it’s warm anyway).
I have attached the floor plan. Below the kitchen there is currently a room for oil tanks, but those will be removed as we are switching to gas. The room underneath will likely become a bathroom. Also, there will be a door to the living room which will probably remain open most of the time, except when the kitchen is in use. The kitchen layout will also be different; this is an old plan. The cabinets will be rearranged to allow for the passage to the living room. No seating is planned in the kitchen.
What do you think— is this baseboard heater necessary? It would save us about 500€ and we could invest that money elsewhere. Besides, I don’t find this baseboard heater very attractive.
Thanks.
This is how I imagined it when I read your words. Unfortunately, I find this kitchen layout somewhat impractical. The refrigerator is too far away from the cooktop/sink.
Unfortunately, there are no measurements of the room at all, so it is difficult to make a constructive alternative suggestion.
Unfortunately, there are no measurements of the room at all, so it is difficult to make a constructive alternative suggestion.
I would follow this approach... In the corner, install two tall cabinets for the oven, pantry, etc., with pull-out shelves. The pantry cabinet could also have pull-outs at the bottom, with one being a table pull-out for placing items. The upper part of the pantry cabinet would then have a door with internal pull-outs.
Box in these cabinets, so that a slim, tall radiator can be placed against the boxed-in wall.
Glass doors leading to the hallway and dining area.
Then extend the countertop up to the window, placing the sink as far to the right as possible, so the space created by the window can be used effectively.
However, fundamentally, I would probably plan quite differently by creating a larger opening for the kitchen space and placing the somewhat recessed sofa/reading corner there instead, and moving the actual kitchen to the area currently shown with the sofa and other furniture.
Box in these cabinets, so that a slim, tall radiator can be placed against the boxed-in wall.
Glass doors leading to the hallway and dining area.
Then extend the countertop up to the window, placing the sink as far to the right as possible, so the space created by the window can be used effectively.
However, fundamentally, I would probably plan quite differently by creating a larger opening for the kitchen space and placing the somewhat recessed sofa/reading corner there instead, and moving the actual kitchen to the area currently shown with the sofa and other furniture.
@kbt09:
Thank you for your explanation. I don’t think putting the oven in the corner instead of the refrigerator is a bad idea. Otherwise, the planned kitchen layout is similar to your suggestion, except that we have one or two fewer wall cabinets. Overall, though, the arrangement of the sink and cooktop is the same.
The idea of a partition wall is good, but honestly, I’m not so keen on how it would look. I also don’t think you can fit two large tall cabinets into that corner if I want to place the door in the middle, since on the right side there would basically be only about 1.11 m (3.6 ft) left. If I estimate an oven width of about 50–60 cm (20–24 inches), I believe only, for example, a pull-out pantry cabinet would fit there.
I actually don’t think that would be a bad thing. However, I’m now wondering whether, given the rather small kitchen, it’s that important for the refrigerator to be right next to the oven.
One thing I didn’t understand: what exactly did you mean by the sofa/reading area?!
Thank you for your explanation. I don’t think putting the oven in the corner instead of the refrigerator is a bad idea. Otherwise, the planned kitchen layout is similar to your suggestion, except that we have one or two fewer wall cabinets. Overall, though, the arrangement of the sink and cooktop is the same.
The idea of a partition wall is good, but honestly, I’m not so keen on how it would look. I also don’t think you can fit two large tall cabinets into that corner if I want to place the door in the middle, since on the right side there would basically be only about 1.11 m (3.6 ft) left. If I estimate an oven width of about 50–60 cm (20–24 inches), I believe only, for example, a pull-out pantry cabinet would fit there.
I actually don’t think that would be a bad thing. However, I’m now wondering whether, given the rather small kitchen, it’s that important for the refrigerator to be right next to the oven.
One thing I didn’t understand: what exactly did you mean by the sofa/reading area?!
And why do you want to place the door in the center?
I would put the sofa/TV/reading area in the old kitchen/dining space and create a nice new dining/cooking area with access to the terrace from the living/transition to dining area.
However, I am not a big sofa person and definitely prefer a nice large dining table for everything from playing games to chatting with friends.
I would put the sofa/TV/reading area in the old kitchen/dining space and create a nice new dining/cooking area with access to the terrace from the living/transition to dining area.
However, I am not a big sofa person and definitely prefer a nice large dining table for everything from playing games to chatting with friends.
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