Ikea worktops???

GT60

Hi we are getting an ikea kitchen But i have rad something on here about an ikea worktop being different to a say Durapal one.

please can someone tell me the different's and why e.g. bigger

Next we have a normal dishwasher 600 wide and we want to hide it behind a unit say a 800 wide unit with two doors.
would we need to use a breakfast bar for worktops so they are 620 wide and cover the DW?
What is wrong with Ikea's sinks and Taps?

thanks niall

jennifernil

We have Ikea units in our Guide Hall, in the kitchen and the utility room. The Ikea units are very good, but do seem to be slightly deeper back to front than say B&Q units.

In the utility room we needed a worktop about 4 metres long, which we could not get from Ikea. We got one from our local builder's merchant, it does cover the units + doors, but only just, and the door handles do stick out quite a lot.

In the kitchen we were OK with the Ikea worktops, so we just got them. They have been fine despite the abuse the guides subject them to, and they do look better compared to the units/doors/handles.

Not sure about your dishwasher Q. Personally, I think I would just slot it in, in a 600 mm space. Later you could replace it with an integrated one if you wish (buy an extra door now if that is your plan). If you want to conceal it now, you would need a deeper top as non-integrated ones are deeper. Ours is just slotted in.

There is nothing wrong with Ikea taps and sinks, you get what you pay for.

How long do you plan to stay in this house/keep this kitchen? If a long time then you could consider getting better quality stuff.

We have Franke sinks and taps, even after 22 years of use they are still good.

The Ikea sinks are not as sturdy as the Franke, the steel is thinner. A very heavy guide has presumably sat on one of our sink drainers as it now has a dip in it. This is not something you would encounter in a domestic situation!

Having experienced both, for personal use I would go with a better quality sink if you are staying there long term. Otherwise the Ikea stuff is fine. I particularly like that you can drill the tap-hole where you want it. We have had no problems with the Ikea taps, but we have only had them 7 years.

P.S.......have we met on UKCS? BOB the builder sounds familiar!!

GT60

Thanks for that yes i am on UKCS but dont know you YET ;0)
long term in our house so it will be either frankie or Blanco sink and tap BUt the builder problem is taking most of the cash set aside for the kitchen.
Thanks Niall

jennifernil

I know how you feel, we have had a run in with builders too! Slightly similar to yours, but luckily we had not paid over all the money, only as much as the work actually done.

We were left with a balcony without any rails etc, but OH is excellent at DIY so he completed it with the materials of our choice (far superior to what they proposed) at half the cost, since his labour was "free"!

becs

We had the Ikea custome made worktops so you can have those made to any depth. We have an extra deep worktop at the front of the kitchen as I wanted to bring the units in line with a door and the units would have had a 12cm gap at the back of them. Doing it the way we have done means we have a fantastically deep worktop space which is great when cooking and preparing stuff.

GT60

becs wrote: »

We had the Ikea custome made worktops so you can have those made to any depth. We have an extra deep worktop at the front of the kitchen as I wanted to bring the units in line with a door and the units would have had a 12cm gap at the back of them. Doing it the way we have done means we have a fantastically deep worktop space which is great when cooking and preparing stuff.

How deep is your worktop ?
Thanks Niall

jennifernil

That sounds ideal!

We have (non Ikea) beech block tops and we chose 650mm deep tops so our dishwasher would not stick out even with the water hoses behind. It has worked really well, and as you say, the extra depth is useful.

GT60

Duropal breakfast bar cut down to size and is bomb resitant eg our kids and ME
just the price.

say hello on ukcs as i dont know who you are on there

becs

Hi sorry for delay in replying. It's 720mm so about 20mm more than the usual standard "deep" workops and 120mm deeper than their normal worktops.
I'm a bit of a baker so I especially love it as gives me loads of room to roll out pastry and things and have plenty of space around me for tins and things.

chippy1

durpal all the way or axiom , fitted most nd can highly recomend spending that bit more .
as for your intigrated appliance it is irelivant how deep your workop is because the units will only be 570/575deep there for every unit would need to be off the wall to make the run .

trying to get intigrated appliances back is always a tight fit never mind a oem item .

best of getting a spare door and keeping it for when the machine you have now packs in and eplace with intigrated.

it can be done but in all fairness it's realy not worth the hassle and most you have to cut a big chunk out the plinth because wont sit back.