Kitchen cupboard internal drawers

taka

Hi. I have a lower kitchen cupboard that I would love to add internal drawers to. I think it is Magnet tatton and is a standard 600mm wide unit. I use the lower half is used to store my pots/pans etc but the upper half is just awkward space that is not easy to utilise and access everything and drawers would make it much more usable. It unfortunately has an isolation power switch at the back near the bottom for my kickspace heater so I'm not sure if I could add a pan drawer there.

Any suggestions of where best to get internal drawers at a reasonable price and what my options are? Also tips on hinges as mine are the standard softclose ones that only open to 90 degrees so I guess may well need changing too.

Thanks in advance!

Robin9

You might be better off with 3/4 mesh baskets which slide in runners attached to the sides.

jennifernil

Try a company called Trade Hinges and look at their DIY drawer kits, you can make any width of drawer you need.  If you pack out the hinge side runner you can keep the same hinges, or get wider  opening ones.
Fixed size drawers often come in different depths if you need to leave space at the rear of the cupboard.

taka

Thanks for that Jennifernil.

FreeBear

Blum do a range of internal drawer units that take in to account door hinges - https://www.drawerboxes.co.uk/blum-tandembox-internal-kitchen-drawers-c102x2276411

(not a recommendation, just the first page that came up in a search - Other suppliers available).

Be_Happy

I had my kitchen refitted 2 years ago.  Had existing shelves in units replaced by pull out wire shelves from Wickes.  Has made a tremendous improvement to accessing things.  Brackets hold the shelves far enough out to clear hinges, so it's just a matter of checking sizes.  Have seen similar things on Amazon.

jennifernil

My OH has made about 20 of these drawers recently, plus some plinth pods previously, using the drawer kits and free panels from local IKEA, plus buying a nice front panel, as the drawer box sizes in the ready made ones were not  suitable in width,  but if they will fit then it is a much easier option.

We  have also in the past used ready made IKEA drawers where the depth required was available.  Though IKEA units are deeper, their drawers are not so deep, so it pays to check the dimensions first.

If anyone needs to know how much depth an IKEA drawer needs, I have several here I can measure, though mine are not internal drawers, but they are pretty similar.  We had to reduce the depth of some IKEA units to fit a restricted space, and an existing worktop, so looked into all this not so long back.

Trace-T

FreeBear said:

Blum do a range of internal drawer units that take in to account door hinges - https://www.drawerboxes.co.uk/blum-tandembox-internal-kitchen-drawers-c102x2276411

(not a recommendation, just the first page that came up in a search - Other suppliers available).

You can also buy these from Clutterfree Kitchens. I recently purchased some Tandombox deep drawer box sides
 from them.