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Kitchen Base cabinet depths

  • 13-05-2016 1:01pm
    #1
    richy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 502 ✭✭✭


    Hi there,

    Our kitchen is really narrow and not long at all with a door in the middle on both sides (one coming from living room and one on other side going to bathroom)

    This leaves me 14 inches on one side of the door and 17 inches on the other side.

    The kitchen and bathroom are an extension built by my grandfather so has little to no insulation and gets quite cold. We are thinking of putting internal insulation on both walls and plastering. This means we will lose at least an inch on each wall.

    Currently the units we have stick out like 2 or 3 inches past the door frame and with the new insulation could be out by as much as 5 inches.

    Is it possible to get cabinets with less depth than the standard 67.5 ive been seeing?

    Is it also possible to get kitchen appliances that have less depth too (ovens,fridge,washing machine etc)?

    We could potentially move the door to one side instead of being in the middle.

    However as the side with 17 inches depth has a window along the whole wall, we couldnt put cabinets on the wall there. This would mean moving the door to that side.

    How much would it cost to shift the door over by a foot?

    What about switching the plumbing for sink and washing machine to opposite side of room (about 6 feet) to be on the 14 inch side of the room.

    The house is a terraced house and the extension is in the back obviously. Does this make it very difficult to dig up the floor to lay new piping etc.

    Hope this makes sense. Any questions just ask. Cheers


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  • #2
    firlodge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 170 ✭✭firlodge


    Hi
    there is a lot in there!
    it sounds like you could put the deeper units (60cm depth for oven fridge etc) in the centre and reduce the depth of units at both ends.

    Can you post a photo or two it might make it easier to give you an informed response?
    Also what is the overall width of the room?
    Insulation for an old house will probably in the region of 3"-4" to make any significant difference.
    Post the photos and we will have a go!


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