Price difference for kitchen pan drawers - 800mm v 1000mm

RubyTues

Hi all,
We are currently planning our new kitchen and are considering the Howdens Burford range.

My question is in relation to the price difference between a 800mm two drawer base unit and a three drawer 1000mm base unit. Can anyone give me an indication?

I'm looking for 2 of each but if we go for the 800mm size I'll need an additional 300mm drawer unit for cutlery (will rejig design to fit).

Thanks in advance.

JP08

Don't know anything about the price difference, but go for the biggest one you can afford. They just swallow pans, bowls etc. As per advice from our kitchen fitter. He was right.

Might be a good time to mention but he was also right about pull out larders. Don't have the ones that look swish with all the shelves pulling out with the door. Have hinged doors and individual pull out baskets. With the latter you don't have to leave space above the goods in the basket to get stuff in and out, so can put the shelves closer together and get more in the thing. Also the "pull it all out" ones weigh a ton when rammed with cans, bottles, dried goods etc.

And my tip with any baskets / corner carousels etc. Go into the showroom, pull the thing out to the maximum and give it a damn good hard shaking in all directions. If it breaks, bends or moves around then it ain't fit for a decade or two of kitchen use. The Other Half found it a little embarrassing when I unshipped a Wickes unit in the showroom tho ...

Splemoni

Well the 800 will be cheaper then the 1000 due to the size difference and less drawer boxes but you will have to buy another unit to fill the void.if you have the 800. So it could balance it self out.

I would go with the 1000 option.

With regards to the pull out larder what you've got to realise is it has a overall Max load capacity where is the individual pull out drawer have there individual Max load capacity. This way you will be able to carry more weight in the unit.

CKdesigner

Hi

It will always cost less overall to have fewer bigger units than more smaller ones.

To make an 800mm unit takes all the same components and exactly the same time to put together as a 1000mm unit, so the only way an 800mm wide one will cost less is because there is slightly less raw materials.

CK