Virgin kitchen what supply cables?

[oldman2]

Looks nice RF, gives me food for thought.

 

[ColJack]

bit of overkill having the sockets engraved RF.. they're obviously not for gereral use as they are behind appliances..

 

[LiamPope]

Tut tut - they dont look like proper worktop bolts holding those two sections together . That does remind me to put a bit of wood on the wall like that for my long unsupported worktop run though. Great pics

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Make sure you have enough depth to push appliances all the way back - if you look at RF's photo you can see that the batten is stopping that appliance going all the way back, so if it's only a 600mm worktop the appliances will stick out.

You might be better off with some steel angle.

 

[davelx]

each to their own, but having to drag out armloads of cans or pots and pans from a cupboard when the washer throws a weight off and starts trying to escape from under the counter is a pain..
with a washing machine, the "adjacent cupboard" is also likely to be the one under the sink where the water and waste connections are, so it hardly removes the hazard of leaking pipes as they claim..

You put them at the top front corner of one of the side panels, right behind the door, then there is no problem getting to them quickly as nothing can be put in the way and they are never below anything that can leak.

 

[plugwash]

Yuck, a major obstruction to getting things in and out of the cupboard and probablly quite likely to get damaged too.

I still think an isolator above the work top with a socket behind is the best bet, anything serious enough to require access to the socket is likely to require pulling out the machine anyway,

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I still think an isolator above the work top with a socket behind is the best bet.

I agree - I can't see why any rational person would find that unacceptable.

 

[ColJack]

after the fiasco that was mothers kitchen refit about 6 years ago, I removed all the sockets that were mounted as davelx suggested and put them in their proper place behind the appliance.. the only acception was the fridge that was mounted to the wall behind a cupboard and a suitable hole cut in the back..
the reason was an oil spill caused by a dropped deep fat fryer when she caught her hand on the socket..

the plug mounted as davelx said sticks out about 40mm - 50mm for the socket, and another 25-35mm for the plug itself...

 

[JohnD]

I still think an isolator above the work top with a socket behind is the best bet, anything serious enough to require access to the socket is likely to require pulling out the machine anyway,

Hear hear

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Virgin kitchen

Never mind the cables, what about the accessories?

 

[Chri5]

Great advert

 

[RF Lighting]

bit of overkill having the sockets engraved RF.. they're obviously not for gereral use as they are behind appliances..

It hopefully stops some numpty plugging the dryer into the dishwasher socket though

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Easily fixed by the use of Tippex and a fine-line marker on the switches.

 

[davelx]

the plug mounted as davelx said sticks out about 40mm - 50mm for the socket, and another 25-35mm for the plug itself...

Yes - and it causes me no problems at all. Never gets in the way of getting things in and out.

Are you sayiing that your mother was trying to put a deep fat fryer full of oil in the cupboard ? If so, THAT'S the problem, not the sockets.

(Not done by me though - done by the kitchen fitters some years ago).

Yuck, a major obstruction to getting things in and out of the cupboard and probablly quite likely to get damaged too.

Don't agree and I speak from first hand. No problem no damage, never ever brush them with my hand.

 

[ColJack]

where do you put your deep fat fryer then?
leave it on the counter or in an upper cabinet?
don't tell me you empty it every time?
or put it in the garage where it gets all those nice exhaust fumes disolved into the oil?