Browse Forums Kitchen Corner 1 May 24, 2007 10:56 pm Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Whilst building your new home…… 3May 24, 2007 11:07 pm Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Whilst building your new home…… 17May 25, 2007 11:15 am Definitely good lighting. We installed downlights over the benchtop in our current kitchen and now cannot live without them. Nothing worse than working in shadow.
Enough bench space for two people to work at the same time. Good layout - all the usual crockery near the dishwasher, pots and pans near the oven etc. The kitchen to be a part of the living space, not tucked away so the cook/chef misses out on all of the fun when entertaining. Re: Whilst building your new home…… 18May 25, 2007 11:48 am stonecutter1309 The fridge ventilation intrigues me - how would you do this with a slab? Just a big vent on the floor connected to an earth-tube style device? To my mind creating a dedicated cooling duct in a slab is a big commitment regarding the permanancy of your kitchen layout; which is not to say it can't/ shouldn't be done. If you are looking at a need to vent the fridge cavity and there is adjacent cabinetry, you could consider running a duct through the kickspace of the the floor units and out the nearest external wall - from where you could then either go easily underground or just into the outside environment. There is normally at least 145mm underneath your floor cabinets which would allow a significant diameter of duct to be placed in. Just some thoughts... Cheers, Earl Re: Whilst building your new home…… 19May 25, 2007 12:04 pm Hmm,
I suppose you could use an earth tube style idea on a slab - Hence why I said not so easy with a slab but not impossible. Principle is to place a vent in the floor and walls with fine wire mesh to stop roaches etc, and this then allows fresh cooler air from under the house to rise up past the compressor and cooling tubes of the fridge and then vent this air out the back of the fridge cabinet out and up into the roof and out of the house. It's said to improve fridge efficiency by something in the order of 20% but this would depend on the temp o fthe air and the type of fridge. This is a big issue with boat fridges due to a closed environment (The tends to float better without holes in the bottom .) So it is common to draw air in from above and push it past the fridge and back out via a fan just to make it work on less power. See picky below of the hosue design. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Steve Re: Whilst building your new home…… 20May 25, 2007 4:12 pm ROOM ROOM AND MORE ROOM!
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