Browse Forums Kitchen Corner Re: Handleless Kitchens - Advice 3Jul 14, 2015 6:16 am M Y C U S T O M C O R A L B R O N T E 43 ...............Kitchen! 16 Nov 2016 https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=79581 Re: Handleless Kitchens - Advice 6Jul 14, 2015 3:45 pm 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: Handleless Kitchens - Advice 7Jul 14, 2015 3:47 pm 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: Handleless Kitchens - Advice 13Jul 15, 2015 6:48 am [quote="Choppy182"][quote="MrsJM"] 50mm is not much, if it's an issue, simple increase cabinet heights and drawer depths and go with a lower than normal kick height. You'll have the same problem on handles with fingerprints and let's be frank doors will always have them, it can be a messy place /quote] Well its a deal breaker for 60-70% of my customers! When I actually open one of there existing drawers and show them the depth if it were sharknose they are blown away!! Remember its 50mm per drawer, so in a bank of 3 that's 150mm in height you are loosing, this CANNOT be made up by increasing bench height and lowering the kick. It would make the kitchen look stupid!! You don't actually have the same problem with handles, with a handle your dirty fingers tend to leave the marks on the back of the handle rather than on the polyurethane. The handles stand up to repeated cleaning far better than poly fronts as well! As I have already stated don't get me wrong I like sharknose handles but if you have a small to medium kitchen or are tight on space then it can be an issue! 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: Handleless Kitchens - Advice 14Jul 15, 2015 7:50 am AJW MrsJM The only thing I've picked up is to achieve the shark nose profile, apparently this can only be done in polyurethane and not laminex/polytec. Just means I'll have to rethink my colour scheme (and budget!) Not true. Ploytec now do shark nose on their non painted doors. It isn't offered in their full range, but quite a few non the less. http://www.polytec.com.au/products/laun ... rs-panels/ Also as a poster above said it can be done by cabinet makers too. That's good news then! Yet another incorrect answer provided to me by head office of the company we have received a tender from... (Who I will no longer day 'we are building with' due to all of their pushback and incorrect information!) M Y C U S T O M C O R A L B R O N T E 43 ...............Kitchen! 16 Nov 2016 https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=79581 Re: Handleless Kitchens - Advice 15Jul 15, 2015 3:59 pm Hi Ktotherose, I have just installed my own kitchen and gone all drawers throughout the whole kitchen. Along with the drawers the wall cabinets have servo drive. I just love the look of having no handles and everything opens with the touch of the drawer or door. It costs a little more, but in the end I think it is well worth it. With 25 years kitchen experience and a passion for what I do, I have joined this forum to offer advice or at least my opinion on all things relevant to kitchens. I was a cabinetmaker by trade and am now a senior manager of a kitchen company. Re: Handleless Kitchens - Advice 16Jul 15, 2015 4:12 pm Kitchenpro Hi Ktotherose, I have just installed my own kitchen and gone all drawers throughout the whole kitchen. Along with the drawers the wall cabinets have servo drive. I just love the look of having no handles and everything opens with the touch of the drawer or door. It costs a little more, but in the end I think it is well worth it. Servo drive is a great option! 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: Handleless Kitchens - Advice 18Jul 15, 2015 7:53 pm Thanks so much for all your advise! Its been great. Since we are on the topic... does anyone have any other things for me to consider when designing the kitchen any must haves/don't do's??
Re: Handleless Kitchens - Advice 19Jul 15, 2015 8:49 pm ktotherose Thanks so much for all your advise! Its been great. Since we are on the topic... does anyone have any other things for me to consider when designing the kitchen any must haves/done do's?? Depth of fridge cavity. Our builder didn't even think of it and our plans came back with a 700mm deep fridge cavity. Allowing for one of the bigger double door fridges plus water behind, we increased our depth to 96cm (which may still not be enough) or we would have had massive overhang M Y C U S T O M C O R A L B R O N T E 43 ...............Kitchen! 16 Nov 2016 https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=79581 Re: Handleless Kitchens - Advice 20Jul 15, 2015 9:21 pm Dont forget that fridges have to hang their doors outside the recess in order to open fully. Even some of the largest french door fridges that are 960 deep only need a recess of 800 or the doors wont open fully. Theres no point making the recess to deep as the fridge cant be pushed all the way back and ends up sticking out even further. I'd typically put the power point and water above the height of the fridge behind the fridge over head so they dont get in the way. The other option is in an adjoining cupboard with a hole through the side of the fridge recess. Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 "is it exempt or do I need to get permission from council" Call your Council and ask them 1 1520 Versaloc is a mortarless besser block system that still needs a properly engineered footing. If you just do a 400x200 footing it will fail in time. At 17m long you need it… 1 15464 Thank you so much for the effort. We will use it to talk with builder. We also had idea of building duplex instead and seeking suggest ions. viewtopic.php?f=31&t=106744 11 13817 |