Nice people thread part 7 - a thread in its prime

lostinrates

The more I look at that fridge ( and actually read the articl) the more I like it.

Still, I cannot have it so....

zagubov

lostinrates wrote: »

The more I look at that fridge ( and actually read the articl) the more I like it.

Still, I cannot have it so....

And it has the advantage that you really could fit Narnia in at the back.:D

Hmmm - always winter but never Christmas!? I've just realsied how this fridge actually works

chewmylegoff

PasturesNew wrote: »

Big fridge ..... http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/10/11/article-2215914-157491A6000005DC-44_636x394.jpg

From: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2215914/With-refrigerator-needs-kitchen--41-500-model-pantry-coffee-maker--television.html

Costs $41,500

look at the size of that bloody thing versus how much you can actually get in it. if i had something that big in my kitchen i'd want to be able to fit a year's worth of frozen kebabs in it.

this is our fridge below, it is a similar concept in that it takes up loads of space (thankfully not as much as the behemoth you posted) but when you open it you can fit about six carrots and a findus crispy pancake in it. i am sure it is very energy efficient though due to the fact that (a) most of it is insulation and (b) if you put six carrots in it, it is full, and fridges use less power when they are full.

silvercar

Is that your kitchen?

I love the idea of a skylight above the kitchen area.

Of course I would put the sink on a unit near the wall to leave the island as one smooth work surface.

lostinrates

silvercar wrote: »

Is that your kitchen?

I love the idea of a skylight above the kitchen area.

Of course I would put the sink on a unit near the wall to leave the island as one smooth work surface.

But then where would the hob go?

silvercar

On fridge efficiency. we had the dilemma of whether to turn off the fridge when we left the holiday home or keep it running for months until the flat is next used.

The costs of running an empty-ish fridge in a hot place. Anyone got an idea?

Wheezy_2

silvercar wrote: »

On fridge efficiency. we had the dilemma of whether to turn off the fridge when we left the holiday home or keep it running for months until the flat is next used.

The costs of running an empty-ish fridge in a hot place. Anyone got an idea?

If it's for months, I'd turn it off.

When we go away for weeks, we stuff the fridge with water bottles and turn it up a degree or two.

chewmylegoff

silvercar wrote: »

Is that your kitchen?

I love the idea of a skylight above the kitchen area.

Of course I would put the sink on a unit near the wall to leave the island as one smooth work surface.

yes it is - the skylight looks nice, but it doesn't work that well. this picture shows you why. our flat is the brown timber clad bit in the middle.



(1) the skylight is on the far right of the flat roof, so directly under the shadow of the eaves of the bit of the building to the right; and

(2) as you can see from the picture of the kitchen, the skylight is at roughly the same level as the top of the windows, so it is sunken quite deeply into the roof.

so basically not much light gets in through it.

in terms of the sink, i agree, it's annoying having it there but the whole thing is pretty cramped and there isn't enough worktop at all. if the fridge was thrown away and replaced with a wider under-counter fridge flush to the wall on the left, with more counter over the top of it, that would probably be a better solution.

chewmylegoff

silvercar wrote: »

On fridge efficiency. we had the dilemma of whether to turn off the fridge when we left the holiday home or keep it running for months until the flat is next used.

The costs of running an empty-ish fridge in a hot place. Anyone got an idea?

i think that when you're not opening the fridge, it doesn't make much difference whether it is empty or not, but that may be bollox. but it would seem to me to be pointless leaving it on if you're not going to be there for months and there is nothing in it. what benefit is there to running it. i think if i wasn't going to be in a property for months, i would turn off the electricity at the fuse box.

pastures will be worried your fridge is going to catch fire now.

Wheezy_2

silvercar wrote: »

Is that your kitchen?

chewmylegoff wrote: »

yes it is

Can't be. There's no jeans, passports, nor kindles on the floor.