Hello everyone,
I am currently planning my kitchen. One side of the kitchen has a niche width of 2200 mm (86.6 inches) +/- 1 mm (0.04 inches), depending on the position of the tiles (the adhesive was applied rather carelessly). The following base cabinets are planned:
20 cm (8 inches) cabinet – 60 cm (24 inches) cabinet (sink) – dishwasher (60 cm/24 inches) – 80 cm (31.5 inches) cabinet
All with pull-out drawers. There is obviously no space for side panels, but those are not visible anyway. In the worst case, if it really doesn’t fit, I could simply omit the 20 cm cabinet… though I’d rather avoid this due to storage space for cleaning supplies, etc.
Do you perhaps have any little tricks, tips, or ideas on how I could save about 1-2 mm (0.04-0.08 inches) in width? 😕
Best regards from the Rhine
I am currently planning my kitchen. One side of the kitchen has a niche width of 2200 mm (86.6 inches) +/- 1 mm (0.04 inches), depending on the position of the tiles (the adhesive was applied rather carelessly). The following base cabinets are planned:
20 cm (8 inches) cabinet – 60 cm (24 inches) cabinet (sink) – dishwasher (60 cm/24 inches) – 80 cm (31.5 inches) cabinet
All with pull-out drawers. There is obviously no space for side panels, but those are not visible anyway. In the worst case, if it really doesn’t fit, I could simply omit the 20 cm cabinet… though I’d rather avoid this due to storage space for cleaning supplies, etc.
Do you perhaps have any little tricks, tips, or ideas on how I could save about 1-2 mm (0.04-0.08 inches) in width? 😕
Best regards from the Rhine
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robi_aus_ffm3 Sep 2016 22:55Then try to fit all the cabinet carcasses into the dishwasher. If it doesn’t fit, you can place the belt sander (or the orbital sander) on the left side of the 20cm (8 inch) cabinet carcass in the back area 😀 (or on the cabinet carcass farthest to the right).
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Apfelfreundin3 Sep 2016 23:07Belt sander – noted. I’m curious… hopefully, the dimension at the back-bottom isn’t even smaller. Unfortunately, I can’t measure it with the kitchen currently installed.
If you plan so tightly without side filler strips on the left and right, your drawers might scrape against the wall when opened or even hit protruding tiles, door frames, etc. It’s better to leave a 15cm (6 inches) gap for dish towels on one wall and also maintain about 3-5cm (1-2 inches) clearance on the other side.
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Apfelfreundin4 Sep 2016 10:26Thanks, but I already considered that. On the left is the radiator niche, and on the right is the fireplace – which is recessed. The drawers won’t hit anything anywhere. 😉
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nachtvogel8 Sep 2016 00:43From my experience, you need more space for the kitchen unit than its actual width.
According to calculations, we should have had a 7.5 cm (3 inches) gap, but in reality, it was only 5 cm (2 inches).......
The 2.5 cm (1 inch) somehow got lost...... 😕
Reducing from 7.5 cm (3 inches) to 5 cm (2 inches) was no problem for us........
But going from 0.0 cm to -2.5 cm (-1 inch) would have been a big problem.
According to calculations, we should have had a 7.5 cm (3 inches) gap, but in reality, it was only 5 cm (2 inches).......
The 2.5 cm (1 inch) somehow got lost...... 😕
Reducing from 7.5 cm (3 inches) to 5 cm (2 inches) was no problem for us........
But going from 0.0 cm to -2.5 cm (-1 inch) would have been a big problem.
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Apfelfreundin8 Sep 2016 20:39Hi,
2.5 cm (1 inch) is certainly quite a lot... I'm curious to see how it turns out. On Thursday, the truck will arrive with the 170 boxes :p I will keep you updated.
2.5 cm (1 inch) is certainly quite a lot... I'm curious to see how it turns out. On Thursday, the truck will arrive with the 170 boxes :p I will keep you updated.
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