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Kitchen Design

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  • MX5huggy
    MX5huggy Posts: 7,163 Forumite
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    This kitchen is just too small, can you knock down the wall with the door in it?
  • Howdens appliances are rubbish. Get yours from somewhere else, especially as when they inevitably go wrong, you'll spend months trying to get the warranty repair/replacements sorted.
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  • tobycgraham
    tobycgraham Posts: 46 Forumite
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    Its always good to have other people's input, even if it is going to cost me money!

    MX5 - No, there is no room the other side of the door. The hole house is small.

    Jojo - I've heard that they're quite expensive as well, if I were to go with them, I would source my own.

    Doozer - this chimney has been the bane of my life ! What do you think of this?
  • Doozergirl
    Doozergirl Posts: 34,075 Forumite
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    Honey, if it's listed, you can't take it out without Listed Building Consent! Not even for the range. Listings don't just apply to the outside, they apply to the inside as well.

    You might get permission to open it up, but I very much doubt that they'd consider letting you remove it.
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  • tobycgraham
    tobycgraham Posts: 46 Forumite
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    I've had someone round from the planning department and they ok'd me to remove it from the house, as long as the exterior stack remained and the fascia of the bit in the kitchen remained. Thats why I'm not going to remove it - but look for a solution to use it.. but I want to make it look nice at the same time ! Will get a structural engineer round to have a look, but what thickness of wall would you expect to have either side of the opening?
  • Sorry to butt in on your thread, but am hoping someone can advise me too. I have the same units as shown on tobycgraham's kitchen pics and need to do some moving about to get rid of the fridge/freezer from the dining room. Can you use a normal larder housing unit (I have one already) to accommodate an integrated fridge or would I have to buy another housing unit specifically designed for integrated appliances? I'm hoping to put the huge fridge/freezer in the garage and just buy an integrated fridge for the kitchen.

    Also - could I house a washing machine in a normal larder unit too or would I have to buy a new machine and integrated cabinet (worried about movement of machine when in spin)? Hope someone can help. Have next to zero cash to do this, so if I can re-use what I already have then that would be brilliant.
  • Doozergirl
    Doozergirl Posts: 34,075 Forumite
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    You don't need a new tower for a fridge freezer - you can take the shelves out. The only problem you might have is if the doors on your larder unit don't match up with the heights on the fridge freezer. Fridge freezers vary because some people like more fridge space, others 50/50 so you order the doors to match the f/f.

    Washing machines don't fit into a unit at all, you buy a special door for them.

    toby, I'm sure I replied to your last post?! I said panic over about the PP and that I honestly didn't know what you would want to hold it up - as much a possible really! The structural engineer will probably know just by looking at it. Post back when you've cleared that area!
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  • Doozergirl wrote: »
    You don't need a new tower for a fridge freezer - you can take the shelves out. The only problem you might have is if the doors on your larder unit don't match up with the heights on the fridge freezer. Fridge freezers vary because some people like more fridge space, others 50/50 so you order the doors to match the f/f.

    Washing machines don't fit into a unit at all, you buy a special door for them.

    toby, I'm sure I replied to your last post?! I said panic over about the PP and that I honestly didn't know what you would want to hold it up - as much a possible really! The structural engineer will probably know just by looking at it. Post back when you've cleared that area!

    Thank you for your reply, it's much appreciated!!! (and now I can have a think about what the possibilities are...and what to get!) :)
  • tobycgraham
    tobycgraham Posts: 46 Forumite
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    Right, stage one is now complete:

    photo13.jpg

    How would you proceed with the design? I'm still thinking about a range, mainly because I'm not sure if a standard cooker will look right inside the chimney.
  • shar46y
    shar46y Posts: 249 Forumite
    I know it's not quite the same as here the chimney breast has been partially removed (not by us, I hasten to add!), but when we did the kitchen in our previous house we didn't put in a range - I didn't like the idea of grease etc being able to hide around it - but by placing the hob and the built-in oven within the chimney breast "area" I think it sort of looks like a range...

    (Hope this link works)
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/22737238@N00/2558665473/sizes/z/in/set-72157605484281366/

    Plus we could then put the extractor hood inside the chimney breast.
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