Fitted Kitchens – Kitchen Cabinets Tutorial

Fitted Kitchens – Choosing Your Kitchen Cabinets

Fitted Kitchens – In this tutorial the aim is to share knowledge with readers and customers about kitchen cabinets. There are many types of kitchen cabinets and sometimes the whole business of choosing the right cabinet for the right space can be a bit overwhelming for some people. In this tutorial about fitted kitchens and kitchen cabinets in particular we are going to give you a detailed understanding of how to buy the right kitchen cabinets for your new fitted kitchen project. You might need to have a pencil and paper at the ready so that you can take down some notes relating to the different types of kitchen cabinets that are available to you for a new kitchen makeover. Our tutorial will start off with base kitchen cabinets and work through to your drawer sets and other less frequently used cabinets in a kitchen setting.

What are Kitchen Cabinets Made From?

In Ireland and the UK most kitchen cabinets are made from Melamine Faced Chipboard also known as MFC. This is the industry standard material. Most kitchen Cabinets – be they flat pack kitchen cabinets or pre-assembled kitchen cabinets will be made from 18mm thick MFC. Some manufacturers of cabinets might use a 15mm MFC. And just for the record to state that IKEA Flat Pack Kitchen Cabinets are more for the mainland Europe Market and they do not have the same measurements as most manufacturers kitchen cabinets in Ireland and the United Kingdom, they tend to be a different size altogether. Another feature of some kitchen cabinets is that the back of the cabinet comes as a 3mm soft board back with a rail top and bottom for fixing to the wall or to fix on wall brackets. At Kitchens4u.ie all of our cabinets be they Flat Pack Kitchen Cabinets or Pre-Assembled Kitchen Cabinets come with 18mm thick solid backs. We will now take a look at the basic sets of kitchen cabinets that you can buy for your home. The first ones we will focus our attention on will be the Pre-Assembled Kitchen Cabinets Complete – These cabinets come with legs, Door(s) and Soft Closing Hinges. So lets take a look and see what type of kitchen cabinets are available.

1. Base Kitchen Cabinets

When planning a new kitchen or kitchen makeover it is always advisable to start off with the cabinets for the floor area, these can consist of kitchen base units and kitchen tall units. Here we will concentrate on the kitchen base units. Kitchen base units can start off from 150mm wide to 1200mm wide. All kitchen base cabinets with a width between 150mm and 550mm will generally use just 1 door. Kitchen Base Units with a width of 600mm can use either 1 or 2 doors. Other exceptions in base kitchen cabinets would be the L-Shaped Corner Cabinets these also take two doors. Kitchen Units with a with of 700mm to 1200mm will take 2 doors on each cabinet size. The exception to the rule here is again corner base units – in particular what is known as Blind Corner Units. These blind corner units have a panel on one side and only one door on the other. Blind corner cabinets are normally 900mm wide to 1100mm wide, but they can be smaller or bigger.

The Base Kitchen Cabinet Selection

Images below will show you what your base kitchen cabinets should look like. As stated before base kitchen cabinets that will use just one door range in width sizes from 150mm to 600mm, the 600mm base kitchen cabinet is an exception to the rule here as it can take one door that would be 595mm wide or it can take 2 doors that will be 295mm wide each. Always remember that all kitchen doors for your kitchen cabinets generally comes 2.5mm shorter than the cabinet all round. So if the cabinet height is 720mm then the door will be 715mm if the kitchen cabinet width is 600mm then the door will be 595mm wide. If you want to Buy Quality Pre-Assembled Kitchen Cabinets. Then simply click on any of the Kitchen Cabinet Images to View Our Ranges Online.

Kitchen Cabinets – Selection

View a selection of Kitchen Base Cabinets below. This is a guide on what you can use in your new fitted kitchen. If you wish to purchase pre-assembled kitchen cabinets then simply click on any of the kitchen cabinet images to be brought to our website where you can browse the full range of complete kitchen cabinets in our Kitchen Range Tab.

150mm Base Unit with Door

Base Unit with 1 Door Base Units with 1 Door Range from 150mm Wide to 600mm in width.

Belfast Butler Sink Base Unit – Height is 520mm

Curved Corner Baser Kitchen Cabinet for a 300mm Curved Door

Single Built Under Oven Housing – 600mm Wide X 720 High. Also requires you to order a 110 X 595 Drawer Frontal to hide the gap.

Base Kitchen Cabinets – 700mm to 1200mm will require 2 Doors each. These cabinets do not come in half sizes (e.g. 750mm)

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Kitchen Wall Units – Selection to Choose from

In this section we are going to show you different types of wall units that can be used when designing your new fitted kitchen. As explined in the previous section about base units the same rules apply to wall units. Single Door Wall Kitchen Cabinets generally range from 150mm wide to 600mm wide. Once again the 600mm wide wall kitchen cabinet is the exception here as this can also hold 2 X 295 Doors and be designed as a double door wall cabinet. Double Door Wall Kitchen Cabinets generally range from 700mm wide to 1200mm wide. Is is strongly advised not to try to make wall kitchen cabinets any wider than 1200mm. Also any wall cabinets over 600mm wide do not come in half sizes. At Kitchens4u.ie we deliver our high quality Pre-Assembled Kitchen Cabinets Nationwide. Visit us today and select your pre-assembled kitchen wall cabinets from our Kitchen Range Tab. Click on the image or the link.

Kitchen Wall Cabinets – Cabinet Sizes that need just one door range from 150mm to 600mm – The 600mm cabinet being the exception to the rule. The 600mm Wide Kitchen Wall Cabinet can also accommodate 2 X 295 Doors, allowing for a double door look on your cabinet.

Double Door Kitchen Wall Cabinets sizes range from 600mm to 1200mm wide. It is recommended only to go to 1200mm wide when creating kitchen wall cabinets. Also kitchen wall cabinets over 600mm wide do not come in half sizes (e.g. 650 or 750 etc). The standard depth of most kitchen wall cabinets is 300mm deep.

Curved Kitchen Wall Cabinets for 300mm curved Doors.

Wall Kitchen Cabinet – Blind Corner Wall Kitchen unit – This cabinet only uses 1 door.

Diagonal or Angled Wall Kitchen Cabinet 600mm X 600mm – 1 Door required 715 X 395

L- Shaped Kitchen Wall Cabinet – 2 Doors Required 715 X 295 and 715 X 275 – Only One Door Should Have a handle.

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Tall Kitchen Cabinets – What are they used for?

In this category we will discuss the most popular tall kitchen cabinets and what their uses are. Tall Kitchen Cabinets in Ireland and the United Kingdom come with a size of 1970mm excluding the legs. When the legs are fitted the cabinet height will measure 2120mm high. There are also extra tall cabinets that come in a size of 2150mm and then when the legs are added the overall cabinet height is 2300mm. Take a look and read the descriptions below. Visit Kitchens4u.ie and view our selection of kitchens and our Tall Kitchen Cabinets in the Kitchen Range Tab.

Tall Kitchen Cabinet for a 50/50 Fridge Freezer. Most 50/50 Fridge Freezer Cabinets require 2 Doors. Bottom Door Should be 895mm X 595mm and the top door should be 1060mm X 595 mm. Kitchen Doors can be affixed to most integrated fridges. Fridge Manufacturers normally supply the fixings with the fridge. N.B. It is not recommended to put a non-integrated Fridge into a cabinet with doors. Only purpose built integrated Fridge Freezers are made to go into cabinets with doors.

Tall Kitchen Cabinet for a 70/30 Fridge Freezer. This type of Integrated Fridge Freezer is 70% Fridge Space and 30% Freezer Space. The doors requried for an Integrated Fridge Freezer like this are 1 tall Door 1245mm High X 595mm Wide and 1 Short Door 715 X 595. Manufacturers of most integrated Fridge Freezers supply the slider connectors with the fridge so that the doors can be connected to the Fridge Door. Some Integrated Fridges come with a frame/bracket that the doors is secured to. N.B. It is not recommended to put Non-Integrated Fridge Freezers behind doors in cabinets. This will burn the motor out and your Fridge/Fridge Freezer will be defunct in 6 months. Only Integrated Fridge Freezers are recommended to be put into cabinets with doors.

Tall Oven Housings – These can be varied. You can have a Tall Unit with an Eye Level Oven. You can also have a Single Oven with An Integrated Microwave above the oven and the same can be done with an eye level double oven with the microwave above. Depending on what the combination is you can have the following:

Tall Unit with Eye Level Single Oven – Two Doors Required – 715 X 595 Top and a 500 X 575 Bottom
Tall Unit with Eye Leve Single Oven and Microwave Above – 570 X 595 Door Top and 1 Drawer Bottom with a 355 X 595 Drawer Frontal
Tall Unit with Double Eye Level Oven and Microwave Above – 1 Drawer Bottom with a 283 X 595 drawer frontal and 1 Lift Up door top – 355 X 595

These are just some of the combinations when it comes to tall Oven Housings for your new fitted kitchen. For more advice speak to your supplier. You can always order from Kitchens4u.ie Online.

Tall Larders – Tall Larders come in many varieties. The most cost effective is a tall larder with shelving. These shelves in most cases are adjustable. Larder sizes vary in widths. The heights stay the same. You can purcahse a Tall Larder Kitchen Cabinet in 150mm to 600mm wide. The most cost effective is the shelved larder. Larders can also have pull out mechanisms that are attached to the doors and slide in and out, these mecahnisms generally come with the mechanism and 5 baskets. Other options are for internal pull out drawers to be fitted. Our recommendation if you are going for a pull out drawer system is not to go any narrower than 500mm wide. The doors generally supplied with a tall larder are a 1245 X Width and a 715 X width. Speak to one of our experienced staff if you are planning to buy tall cabinets from Kitchens4u.ie. Call us on (01) 5414410 or Click here

Base Kitchen Cabinets – Drawer Sets

Here we are going to look at the different types of drawer sets available for your fitted kitchen. Pre-Assembled Kitchen drawer sets from Kitchens4u.ie come in a variety of widths and combinations. Narrowest widths are the 300 base unit with 5 Cutlery Drawer Combination. The widest Drawer Set is a 1200mm wide unit with 5 Cutlery Drawers included. Soft Closing runners on all drawers come as standard. There are 2 types of drawer that you must consider. 1. Cutlery Drawer and 2. Pot Drawer. these two options can be mixed and matched in the type of cabinet you choose. They are also laid out in our website in their various combinations. When you order a Pre-Assembled Drawer set from us here at Kitchens4u.ie you receive the cabinet with the drawers installed and the drawer frontals are included but must be fitted when the cabinet is in place.

Two pot drawer set above. These generally start from 500mm widths to 1200mm width. They take 2 X 355 high Doors X Width of drawer unit less 5mm.

This is a 3 Drawer Set. Combination of 1 X cutlery drawer (frontal 140mm high) and 2 X Pot Drawers (frontals 283 high). With our Pre-Assembled Drawer Units, the unit comes with drawers inserted. Drawer frontals must be put on after fitting.

This is a 4 Drawer set. Combination of 4 X Cutlery Drawers (frontals are 175mm high X 4). Unit width less 5mm gives you the Drawer Width.

This is a 5 Drawer Set. Combination of 5 X Cutlery Drawers (frontals are 140mm high X 5) Unit Width Less 5mm gives you the drawer width.

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