3 meter ceiling, 60cm above kitchen bulkhead alternatives

Jstan · Apr 12, 2023 6:57 am

Hi all,

We have 60cm of space above the kitchen cabinets.
We could have made storage all the way to the top but cost would have been big I guess.

We looking for alternatives as we are thinking we dont want a normal bulkhead all the way to the top.

Any suggestion please.

Thankyou.

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Spazzen · Apr 12, 2023 10:54 am

Make a bulk head out of the same cabinet material but set back 10cm and just as a solid piece.

You get the benefit of it looking almost the same as having the cabinets run to the ceiling, but you're not paying for hinges, shelves, supports etc.

strannik · Apr 12, 2023 3:28 pm

i doubt that extending storage upwards would cost that much. simple cabinets with doors aren't that expensive. it's usually the drawers that add a lot.

you'll probably find that making a "bulkhead" out of the same material wouldn't be much cheaper than simply putting a second row of cupboards in.

alexp79 · Apr 12, 2023 11:44 pm

Gyprock bulkhead will certainly cost much more then cabinet panels. Although it just doesn't make much sense to have storage at that height from practicality standpoint.

But it looks you would also have to integrate aircon duct into same space somehow?

strannik · Apr 13, 2023 7:51 am

We've done this in our kitchen. The idea is that you would use top row for storing things that are only used couple of times a year, so using a small ladder to get them is nbd.

Jstan · Apr 13, 2023 5:14 pm

Spazzen

Make a bulk head out of the same cabinet material but set back 10cm and just as a solid piece.

You get the benefit of it looking almost the same as having the cabinets run to the ceiling, but you're not paying for hinges, shelves, supports etc.

Thanks for the suggestion Spazzen!

Jstan · Apr 13, 2023 5:15 pm

strannik

i doubt that extending storage upwards would cost that much. simple cabinets with doors aren't that expensive. it's usually the drawers that add a lot.

you'll probably find that making a "bulkhead" out of the same material wouldn't be much cheaper than simply putting a second row of cupboards in.

Thanks strannik. We are considering this option and getting the joiner to price us something.

Great to know you have done this. Would you mind sharing us some pictures to visualise this? Did you have 3meter ceiling?

Jstan · Apr 13, 2023 5:17 pm

alexp79

Gyprock bulkhead will certainly cost much more then cabinet panels. Although it just doesn't make much sense to have storage at that height from practicality standpoint.

But it looks you would also have to integrate aircon duct into same space somehow?

Thanks alexp79
We were thinking panels but the joiner is to confident or i guess he is pretty much against them route as the panel can be glued or stuck on the the frame above the cabinet and not screwed. Not getting much traction here.

We are thinking atleast cabinet, yes would need to consider the rangehood duct. Though sparsely used atleast it hopefully looks a bit better.

Thanks again.

alexp79 · Apr 13, 2023 6:31 pm

you could install some ply framing and stick them to it

strannik · Apr 13, 2023 9:23 pm

Jstan

strannik

i doubt that extending storage upwards would cost that much. simple cabinets with doors aren't that expensive. it's usually the drawers that add a lot.

you'll probably find that making a "bulkhead" out of the same material wouldn't be much cheaper than simply putting a second row of cupboards in.

Thanks strannik. We are considering this option and getting the joiner to price us something.

Great to know you have done this. Would you mind sharing us some pictures to visualise this? Did you have 3meter ceiling?

ours are 2.75 or somewhere around there. i don't have a good photo as it's still being built, but here's one i have:

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strannik · Apr 14, 2023 1:14 pm

just thought i'll show you another option from our current house. 2.8m ceilings, and the builders ended up doing a small bulkhead out of gyprock, but then extending the cabinets all the way up. the top bit isn't usable storage, just the panels from the same material: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅

Jstan · Apr 20, 2023 6:02 pm

strannik

just thought i'll show you another option from our current house. 2.8m ceilings, and the builders ended up doing a small bulkhead out of gyprock, but then extending the cabinets all the way up. the top bit isn't usable storage, just the panels from the same material: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅

Thanks for sharing. Looks good.

The joiner has come back with a quote of close to 5k. I think we are going to not do it.
Attaching panelling is something they are dead against.
So we no other option than gyprock it. sigh.