Installing a new kitchen is a crucial moment, because it depends on how convenient it will be to use the headset in the future. To avoid popular mistakes and extend the lifespan, learn some curious furniture maker's secrets that will keep your kitchen safe for years to come!
Secret # 1: heat from the stove is the first enemy of kitchen furniture
In this case, absolutely all sections adjacent to the slab are exposed to danger. Due to the heat emanating from the burners and the oven, adjacent furniture suffers and eventually deteriorates. To protect them, the stove can be pushed forward a little.
Also, for added protection, an aluminum radiator can be added to the sides. It helps to conduct heat away from the edge. You can use an end strip for a worktop as a radiator.
High temperatures also negatively affect furniture with film facades. To solve this problem, it is best to immediately choose profiles with a wrapped film around.
In order to protect the upper sections of the kitchen unit from steam coming from the stove, you can make the hood slightly wider than the stove.
Secret # 2: installing a sink
Furniture makers traditionally cover the cut-out of the countertop for the sink with sanitary silicone. However, it is not the best option: it is better to use moisture-resistant PVA glue marked D3 instead. It is well absorbed into chipboard and forms a strong protective layer.
The sink itself can already be installed on silicone - it protects the cut from the flowing moisture.
Please note: you can also protect the edge in the sink with ordinary tape! After all, it is she who most often deteriorates in the first place, because moisture gets here, there is a trash can, etc.
Secret # 3: Small But Important Details
It is advisable to glue all joints and decorative elements with silicone, thus protecting the kitchen furniture from possible moisture.
Protect the kitchen plinth with a plinth seal to prevent dirt from accumulating under the furniture.
Choose a kitchen worktop with a drip tray - it will not allow moisture to get onto an unprotected surface.
Secret number 4: comfortable kitchen
Lamps are a great thing in the kitchen! To make them even more effective and practical, turn the lamps against the wall - this way you get a soft diffused light that is very convenient to work with.
Modern facade hinges already have a built-in door pulling system, but when the cabinet is opened / closed, the door still knocks. There are several ways to solve this problem. The first is to glue the silicone bumpers:
The second, slightly more expensive, but also more effective way is to install a door closer.
Finally, you can completely change the usual hinges to hinges with a smooth door closing system. In combination with silicone bumpers, the sound when the door is closed is completely lost!
For convenience, it is advisable to abandon the swing doors in the lower section of the kitchen unit. It is much better to immediately select and install drawers with different depths. They provide comfortable use of the kitchen, because in such a box you can see everything that is inside, and also any thing can be obtained without any particular difficulties.
Instead of cheap white guides, it is better to use ball, full extension. Then the drawer will slide out completely. If you additionally choose guides with a door closer, then it will be very convenient to open and close the drawer!
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