(17-07-2015, 03:33 PM)chippy1970 Wrote: Those shoes are a nice touch are they loose or do you have to screw up into the panels from below before fitting ?

(17-07-2015, 12:38 AM)Colour Republic Wrote: Blimey! For some reason after reading the Corian threads I somehow didn't expect it to be going in it to such a modern kitchen. Not sure why? I just assumed it was an older client and a more traditional design.

Hang on a minute! didn't you have some curves going on in the corian thread? Are they in the utility or am I imagining it?

The join in the island isn't nearly as visible as it was before. I had to blow the pictures up and really look for it before I spotted it

From the initial small pictures I didn't think I'd like the stainless shoe the end panels sit in but again blowing up the pictures I can see that it actually adds a really nice little touch to that style of kitchen.

Overall it's visually very impressive and looks expensive! It screams Essex styling but that is maybe more to do with the cool blue lighting more than anything.

I have a few questions though...

1) The wood veneer shelves. You say you had to make them on site. Is that because you wanted to make them because dimensions might of changed during the fit? Or do Stormer not make shelving units to custom sizes if you produced drawings for them?

Very nice btw, I think that element of wood in the kitchen to soften it ever so slightly and add contrast and interest.

2) The under cupboard lights. Were they factory fitted by Stormer? I've often thought about fitting slim line LED's on site and cross drilling the carcase to hide the cables but it's a tricky job doing it free hand, not to mention sourcing a long wood bit. One little slip or get the wrong angle and you're coming through the face of the unit. Much safer to get factory fitted if poss.

3) The fly over shelf above the sink/wall opening. How did you fix that? It's quite a run and I don't see any sag, so I assume it has some sort of floating shelf fixings in it at some point?


BUT..... always has to be!

Firstly, the positioning of the American fridge freezer is very poor. It's not even in the kitchen to start with. I can only assume this was an after thought!

I can see you've had to have a filler panel to the left of the oven tower due the pipes running down from upstairs. I think personally I would have made the r/h side decor panel athracite to bulk out the tower unit and made it look more 'solid' but I suppose that's a personal preference.

Again personal preference but I think I would have had the three down lighters in the flying shelf centralised over the opening rather than centralised over the total length of the shelf. It's one of those design elements I know I would ponder which one would be right and flit between the 2. If I knew exactly where the opening would fall and wasn't likely to move between ordering the kitchen and install, then i'd go for over the opening. If the size and position of the opening was down to a third party, then i'd play it safe and go for lights centralised in the shelf length (Assuming the lights were factory fitted like I think they were?)

Lastly... Do you know where I can get any compact Siemens appliances at short notice? I see you have one and word on the street is they're rare as hens teeth

(17-07-2015, 09:01 PM)bitzz Wrote: Really nice looking kitchen, out of curiosity how long did it take you to do from start to finish?

(18-07-2015, 10:50 AM)Colour Republic Wrote: Snezza do you remember the name of the Kardean? I'm thinking that one would go quite well with a kitchen i've got coming up

(18-07-2015, 11:37 AM)stejoke Wrote: Very impressive Snezza

Got two questions for you, one of which you may not answer!

- I fit Mistral - how did you find the fit of Corian v Mistral, and how would you compare the finished products?

- and here we go... how much would something like that cost, and how long would it take you to fit

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Sorry - you already answered fit question!