Kitchen Units Guide
The range of kitchen units dimensions is extensive and we can also arrange for special depths to suit your kitchen design. Kitchen units guide to sizes and types are available but are only a guide to the kitchen units available not the full range. We can provide you with a perfect kitchen design with full knowledge of the available kitchen units. We can arrange special heights, widths and even colours to suit.
Kitchen units guides
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Kitchen Units Colours Kitchen units from German brands are usually white inside with an edge colour and visible ends matching the door. German kitchen units are made to order and you can specify exactly how you want these finishes matched. It would be no extra cost to have a light coloured door fixed to a kitchen unit with a darker edge and show end panel. This allows the flexibility to have a 2 tone kitchen if required
UK built kitchen units are generally all finished in the door colour with the interior also matching. The flexibility to have 2 finishes is still available however. Kitchen units are available in a very wide range of colours and UK units can also built in the full gloss colour of your choice. |
Kitchen Units Doors
The choice of kitchen units doors is bewildering and varies from matt laminates, matt lacquers, gloss laminates, gloss lacquers, gloss acrylic, matt laminates, wood laminates, wood veneers and solid wood. Then it becomes even more confusing with foils, melamines and vinyl.
Gloss kitchen units doors are least expensive in laminate and vinyl. Laminate has a taped edge and vinyl wraps around the edges giving a one piece look. Laminate gloss are harder wearing kitchen units doors than vinyl but vinyl gives a better finish. Lacquered gloss kitchen units doors have an MDF core which is then painted in a complex process to produce a hard gloss finish. 
Matt lacquer kitchen units doors are made with an MDF core which is then lacquered in a similar process to gloss lacquered doors. You can have these doors lacquered in any RAL colour you choose.
Laminated kitchen units doors have a sheet of laminate applied and then is edged with a choice to suit contemporary tastes. These are ideal kitchen units doors being very hard wearing and easy to keep. The finishes available are extensive in woods and plain colours with edges to match or stainless steel and ply effect.
Foil or melamine doors are a thinner material than laminate and less hardwearing, framed constructed doors are often made from these materials as they can be wrapped around small profiles to give a 3D construction. Vinyl is a material which can wrap around the MDF core and therefore looks like one piece kitchen units doors.
Solid wood kitchen units doors are still popular in traditional kitchens and are now readily available in painted finishes either in preselected colours or painted in the colour of your choice.
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Handleless Kitchen Units
Handleless kitchen units are very popular now in the wide choice of finishes available. They are built with a recess in the kitchen units running above the door which holds a continuous trim that acts as an access point for your fingers. Tall units have a vertical trim that sits behind the doors and can work for 2 adjacent tall kitchen units. |
Curved kitchen units
Curved kitchen units are a recent design improvement which allows designers to create interesting shapes particularly in islands. They finish off base and wall kitchen units without a sharp corner. Curved kitchen units can also be used in base and wall unit corners and to create an extended area for allowing more space around a hob or kitchen sink. Matching plinths, cornice and pelmets are supplied as appropriate. These curved units are also available with handleless kitchen units.
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Kitchen sink units
Kitchen sink units now take into account the effects of potential water damage with a metal top rail and an aluminium base tray. They also allow a larger rear void for plumbing of the sink and appliances. It is now possible to have kitchen sink units with waste bins that slide under the sink and full size drawers to make access to cleaning materials easier. The kitchen sinks unit top drawer is U-shaped internally to allow for the sink and pipes. |
Kitchen Units Internals
The kitchen units we supply whether UK or German mainly use Blum fitments. These are a very high quality manufatcurer of hinges, drawers and accessories. All our kitchen unit drawers and hinges are soft close as standard. The range of kitchen unit accessories is extensive and all play a part in improving storage, access and ease of use of the kitchen units. Kitchen bins, corner solutions, internal storage fitments, pull out larders all play a part in making kitchen units work for you and you having to work less. During the kitchen design process we can advise on which accessories best suit your use of the kitchen and its design. |