Browse Forums Kitchen Corner Re: Double Island? 2Oct 06, 2013 5:41 pm Yes, I have built them! Cutting Edge Kitchens and Cabinet Making http://cuttingedgekitchens.net.au http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cutting-Edge-Kitchens/290484196676 Mobile : 0419 430 575 PH: 9452 4772 Fax :9452 4772 cuttingedgekitchens@outlook.com Re: Double Island? 4Oct 06, 2013 11:52 pm I don't really understand the point of them. Surely you'd just end up using one most of the time? And you'd always be walking around one to get to the other? Or is it more kinda a way to replace a dining table rather than extend the usefulness of the kitchen? Build thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=65085 Re: Double Island? 5Oct 06, 2013 11:55 pm I haven't seen them like this but I've seen ones where the island is more of an L shape, often with one part dropped a bit lower than the other so that the lower bit is used for eating/homework etc. Personally I think it looks funny like in your photo but looks fine as an L shape. Is an L a possibility? Re: Double Island? 6Oct 30, 2013 12:57 am Looks more like a modern version of the central butchers block... the middle one is for prep and the other island for seating/socialising/serving. This looks like a waste of space to me. It's currently popular to join them together. Re: Double Island? 7Nov 04, 2013 5:05 pm Didn't they have it in the TV show I can't remember the name but I remember it had Tim Taylor and tool time and the wife's name was Jill ? I am sure that their house had it DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair Are you going to have the frame exposed or are you cladding it with something. Usually if you are making an exposed frame you would use solid legs around 100x100 or… 3 4648 id suggest getting an engineer to give you an opinion rather than a builder. 1 11944 I am saying that double brick has similar thermal performance due to thermal mass effect. It will be still very interesting to see the state of your framing after 10-15… 10 23180 |