Another bespoke kitchen install

[jonny round boy]

I've been doing another install this week for a bespoke kitchen company. Kitchen supplied by Puddled Duck Kitchens, but made by the company I used to work for, Drew Forsyth & Co.

Main kitchen run:



700 wide gas on glass hob not yet fitted, but it's pretty obvious where it goes! Furniture is just in primer at the moment, but will be painted in an off-white. Some of the furniture will be in an aubergine colour as a contrast (probably the oven housing, or cocktail bar, or both). Probably F&B 'Pelt'.

The whole run is getting on for 6m, so no chance of getting the oak top in a single piece, so it's joined either side of the Belfast sink. Not the greatest idea to have oak round a Belfast IMO; even worse idea to have joints there too, but hey; these designers know what they're doing!

Detail on oak drawer fronts:



The BZP screws in the handles are only temporary; they'll need to be removed for painting, so they'll be put back with the blackened, slotted screws then.

Reverse view:



Fridge housing:



Client doesn't like this - it doesn't frame the fridge properly. Is being replaced with a bigger unit, 200 wide pull-outs either side, and will be flush with front of fridge doors - the opening will be made wider to accommodate the opening of the doors. At least that meant we didn't have to bother fitting the cornice & skirting on this bit!

Oven housing:



Cocktail bar:



Opening in the centre will have a back panel & open shelving.

Utility room:





The floor tiling was done quite badly - it's black slate, but there's massive steps between tiles, hideously-wide grout lines, and some god-awful grout I've not seen before: like jet black coarse sand, held in a sticky goo. Almost like very fine tarmac. Apparently it was put down as a dry mix, brushed in, and then wetted with something. It's set hard in some places, but in most it was still soft. Was (and always will be, probably) a right bastard to keep clean!

Overall, a very long, exhausting fit. Started Tuesday at 8am, and finished early today at 4:30pm (most days were 8am start, 7pm finish!). We also did a run of 5x 750mm wide open shelving units (oak MFC, from a different supplier) in another room too, but I didn't get any pics of that.

Drove 2 hours home, and need a week to recuperate - unfortunately I've got one of my own fits to start at 8am on Monday!

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Forgot to mention - the dishwasher was a Neff one, apparently an 'XL' version? Not come across these before. It's a full 870mm high, and the furniture door slides on the d/w door as it drops down. Luckily Dan was fitting it, and not me - he hadn't done one before either. It took him about 2 hours to figure it out, and a lot of swearing...

[Stretch]

Looks a million dollars mate, even though it's still unfinished.

We don't get a lot of call for this style of kitchen down our neck of the woods so it's good to see that some people still hanker after the traditional style, butt hinges and everything (assuming they aren't dummy hinges - viewing this on the iPad)

And there are two versions of that slide down door Neff DW thingy. One is at 870 high and the other is at the original height of about 820 + adjustment. The fascias are a proper pain to fit - just ask CL as I've never actually done one - but the 870 high thing can be a problem once flooring goes down if you haven't made sufficient allowance.

[Mbcarpentry]

Nice job mate

[PJK]

Love it mate very nice indeed. Yep those D/W do need a bit of head scratching to get the door on.

[snezza]

Very nice JRB...

As Stretch said, I don't get much call for this type of kitchen down my way either, but I do still admire that look.

What colour are they going to paint it?

[PREM]

Very nice indeed Johnny i do like the primer colour if you hadn't told us i would have thought it was the finished coat.

That utility sink must have been a tight fit.

Is there any up-stand for the wall to worktop?
A 6m length of oak is going to move around with the seasons.

Disapointed no festool on show.

Sweet fit Sweet pee.

[jonny round boy]

What colour are they going to paint it?

Not sure on the main colour, but it will be an off-white. Accent colour will probably be F&B 'Pelt'.

Very nice indeed Johnny i do like the primer colour if you hadn't told us i would have thought it was the finished coat.

I like that colour too. I was surprised when she said it was being painted a completely different colour.

That utility sink must have been a tight fit.

It was - the base unit is 600 wide, but with integrated 6mm décor ends, so the internal width was only 552. I had to rebate the inside edge of the LH cheek to fit the overflow in!

Is there any up-stand for the wall to worktop?
A 6m length of oak is going to move around with the seasons.

No upstand, but the walls are all having tiled splashbacks.

Disapointed no festool on show.

There was, but I thought it would be best to wait & take the pictures after we'd cleaned up!

Sweet fit...

Thanks!

...Sweet pee.

Piss off

[Colour Republic]

Looks like a top class fit as always

Glad the fridge housing is getting changed, looks completely undersized. Looks like you've got plenty of room before the wall steps back and starts with the other units.

The grout lines look huge and unsightly like you say but to a certain extent that is determined by the tile sizes and the pattern. My guess is that it's uncalibrated slate and was meant for an exterior patio where it would have been pointed rather than grouted.

Odd choice of extractor, isn't really in keeping at all. Was that a customer choice or the designers?

It's a beautiful kitchen but the layout just doesn't do it for me. I know it's an odd shaped room so not easy to design around. Not sure what I would do, but not the above really.