Ikea kitchens/intergrated appliances

rev229

if I buy and ikea kitchen will I have any difficulties in reusing my exsisting intergrated appliance ie washing machine, dishwasher, fridge. I am planning to buy either a bocsh/AEG double oven but will they fit or do I have to stick with ikea appliances. Should I buy sink and worktop from ikes or else where.

jennifernil

Integrated appliances are made in standard sizes so you can use any make you like. We used Bosch in an Ikea kitchen.

You will need to choose your new ones and get their sizes, and measure up your old ones. That way you can double check it will all fit. There are different types of integrated fridges and dishwashers, some need a cabinet to slot into, others are floor-standing and fit between the adjacent units, so you need to make a note of all this so you can order the correct units/doors.

If you can afford it and plan to stay in the house a good while, I would go for a Franke sink and tap, they are better quality but of course more expensive. Some good prices on-line. To save a bit you could get the Ikea tap. they are quite good.Their sinks are OK too, just not as good as Franke.

Worktops...........I have seen it said on here that the Ikea ones are not very good.
However we have done a kitchen and a utility room at our Guide hall, using Ikea ones in the kitchen and ones from a builder's merchant in the utility and I can see no obvious difference. The Ikea units seem to be a few millimeters deeper than some and we found the worktops from the builder's merchant only just covered the tops of the doors. The Ikea tops are a little deeper and fit, and look, better. At home , and in our daughter's flat, we have used some of their beech block worktops and find them very good. They are easy to join at corners and can be cut in nice shapes as they need no edging, unlike veneered chipboard ones. If you get the beech ones use Junkers Rustic or Danish oil on them, not the Ikea stuff. The finish is far superior. There is also a nicely shaped matching beech trim for along the back, good if you have wiggly walls. This trim is not in the catalogue so you have to ask for it, it is about £10 for 2.4m I think. It too is easily joined.

As you probably know, the Ikea units go right back to the wall, so if you need to run any pipes or wires you need to put them low down in the plinth space. That is much easier than cutting the units. It is easy to reposition the legs on the units if necessary.

Incidentally, re your oven and fridge mentioned in your other post, it is ok to have them next to each other as long as you have a decent ventilation gap behind the cupboards above them. My Mum has them like that in her kitchen without problems.

grumbler

rev229 wrote:

if I buy and ikea kitchen will I have any difficulties in reusing my exsisting intergrated appliance ie washing machine, dishwasher, fridge. I am planning to buy either a bocsh/AEG double oven but will they fit or do I have to stick with ikea appliances. Should I buy sink and worktop from ikes or else where.

AFAIK all Ikea appliances are Whirlpool in fact. I used other makes without problems in my DIY Ikea kitchen. All built-in appliances have standard sizes.

rev229

I don't think we will have a problem with pipework as it is currently in our kithen cupboard taking up a lot of space hopefully our bulder will tidy it all up Wehave build in appliances with spurs at the bac so that should be ok.