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Hey scott, my advice for the kitchen; You might want to look around and see if anyone in your city/area has a CNC you can contract to cut all your cabinet boxes. The machine will do a perfect job of cutting them out so every cut is square and to your exact dimensions, it will save you hours of the mundane task of breaking down sheets of plywood, and leave you time to focus on other parts of the kitchen you may enjoy more.
Barring that, check out Peter Millard's advice and some of his quick jigs for use with your track saw.
As a joiner good advice
@weirze79, assuming the cabinet dimensions are input properly. Like any computer, it is really good at doing what it's told at great speed.
@@genemiller9612 If his cabinets, are custom sized to fit that space then I agree, build you own. If they are more of standard sized cabinets, I would consider getting the flat pack ready to assemble cabinets. Because, building and installing cabinets is time consuming and can be a royal pain in the back side.
@bwillan but flat packs cost somewhat the same as customized cabinets and flat packs font last as long or as durable
Hi Scott nice to see your home coming along nicely. My advice for what it's worth would be to have all cupboards under worktops to be draws or pull outs 100%, Stuff just gets stuck at the back too much, it's way easier to access everything without getting on your knees and emptying half the stuff to get to whatever has somehow managed to slide to the back. Same storage space but way easier to clean and find what you want.
100%. Drawers all the way
yes! Just installed our kitchen 2 years ago with drawers only. Most of them 90cm wide. No regrets. Just keep in mind the space you might need for big pots or pans.
One thing we did when I worked in the cabinet shop, is we would make our toe kicks separate from the actual boxes (toe kicks made like this would be the span of multiple boxes, not just one). Speeds up the process when you have to make a bunch of them. As well as instead of leveling each individual cabinet, you can just level the toe kick and you know your boxes will be perfectly level when you place them on top!
Thanks for another great vid Scott!
Standard in UK, which great about CZcams always learning
Most UK kitchen base units sit on adjistable plastic legs. Some even integrate adjustment of the rear legs through the floor of the base unit. This is especially useful when the base unit sits only 100mm off the floor. Long continuous plinths then clip onto the front legs.
@@GPL1968 That's pretty common in New Zealand too. It's really good for old houses where the floors are all up and down - you can shape them to match the contours
@@strandedinparadise8202 An replumb them after earthquakes!
About the “hatch” window. If it’s a swing-out consider the possibility of people walking into it when it’s opened (especially if it opens upward and has exposed corners at head height). Maybe a sliding pane for half the window?
Hey Scott! The best decision i ever made on my kitchen, was to pull the cabinets 15-20cm into the room. I filled the gap on top and bottom between the cabinets and the wall with some doubled up plywoodstrips to fasten the cabinets proper to the wall. So i could get a deeper benchtop then normal. This deeper benchtop makes it so much more comfortable to cook. Here in Germany we normally have around 60cm deep benchtops and i now have a 80cm deep one. One other advice (which was already mentioned in some comments before), is to just use drawers in the lower cabinets. When you have them you will never think about getting back to doors. Greetings from a german master carpenter!
Love Jess's take on the 'dream kitchen', functional, space and easy clean should be the three golden rules and it's amazing how many kitchens are lacking those
Im a kitchen installer and let me tell you something. Spend the time on the plans and layout. Make sure youre good with it and then start building/installing. Plans are everything. Cant wait to see you tackle this project. Thank you for posting
THIS is important advice. I'm a cabinet installer too, and we both know if the designer doesn't their job right, we can get totally hosed!!! Remakes and mismeasures can delay and be soooo costly.
🪚🧰 Another awesome video Scott & Jess, It's always a treat when you post a new video! Keep up the great work! 🛠
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My number one design advice for the kitchen is that where possible storage under the work top should be full extension drawers saves bending down to access contents.
I second that, when I designed my kitchen, I put in all drawers below worktop. One cupboard above the line is shelves and I am seriously thinking to fit internal drawers
this times eleventy million. Under bench drawers are the greatest advance in kitchens since indoor plumbing.
Yes, a thousand times. I'm just now completing my newest kitchen - all drawers on the lower boxes aside from the sink base (which has a pull-out waste receptacle attached to the door front - offset sink drain allows for this).
Look to use Blum under-mount soft close drawer slides with the Tip-On feature added (push open and push close). Know what will go in each drawer/shelf and how the internal space will be organized. Do not design in clutter by failing to designate a box to store kitchen items. Details will make or break your ultimate satisfaction.
Plan for a countertop complementing backsplash that goes to the upper cabinets. Use countertop receptacles mounted to the underside of the upper cabinet - this makes fabricating/installing the backsplash a breeze and declutters the space. And while 1 1/2 inch (~40mm) thick quarts/granite countertop slabs are on-trend in America right now - the leading edge of the market is going towards ultra-thin slabs that seem to 'float' above the boxes. Also, ask yourself if you really need a toe-kick. In an open floor plan, trimming the cabinets with wall trim blends everything nicely, and no one misses the toe-kick.
When we had our kitchen upgraded some 15 years after building the house, we specified to the German cabinet builder that we wanted drawers and not too many shelves and boy did they make a difference. When doing another kitchen elsewhere some 7 years ago, I specified drawers and now that I'm close to 70, they do make life much easier. The floor kick boxes, as someone wrote below, were small and many, then screwed together and then finely tuned to meet the contours of the floor so the whole cabinet area is level, stable and the laminex kick plate cover was also contoured. There is literally no gap between the kick plate and the floor. I agree that planning is everything and for customers like me, give precise specifications and tell them the exact quality you expect and how you expect the finish to be so there's no disagreements later. Hope you guys fully recover soon.
Hey Scott, I’m using the Festool Domino faster system with the LR-32 hole jig. I was surprised on how well it worked. I recently switched from old school cabinet building to the FT system and will never go back. Love your show!
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Hey Scott, no advice on the kitchen, I just wanted to say I really enjoy your channel. It's light hearted, entertaining, informative, motivating and just fun to watch. You and Jess make a great team. Thanks and keep up the great work.
Kitchen island. If you have the room in an open-plan space, add a kitchen island, which adds extra storage and counter-top space. You won't regret it.
Use a ladder base for your kitchen, Sandwich the sides between the Tops and Bottoms, your Cabinets will remain level throughout it's lifetime + kitchens take down force, so they're much stronger when you have the sides between the tops and bottoms.
Hey Scott, my suggestion for your kitchen layout is move the refrigerator to an interior wall. Exterior walls can fluctuate in temperature which will cause your refrigerator to work harder and wear out sooner. Can’t wait to see my suggestion implemented…😂
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Hearing Jess talk about the kitchen... it was like MY wife was talking, almost word for word :D Love the plans, looking forward to watching how it all unfolds.
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the author does like to from scratch, shaping and trimming wood from large blocks into fine finished products. czcams.com/users/postUgkxD-QRFQz730FJEh4f9BYSf-nkIMIC9hL_ as another reviewer mentioned, most projects require a lot of high-dollar equipment that most of us dont have the room or budget for. But, knowing how to do these things, even if we wont be able to practice the full stack project, is still great.
Hey Scott, great vid as always.
Have done a number of new kitchens and I've regretted doing the in-built rangehoods when we have and now look to avoid them. The underside of the cupboards get quite greasy over time and the canopy hoods seem to work better. Also the in-built units occupy most of the 600mm above the hob cupboard space anyways so you don't gain much storage.
Just my 2 cents.
For your oven, choose one with a sid-swing door or a slide-under door, so that its out of the way when you reach into the oven. Reaching over a hot door is often awkward and can cause burns. ( Gaggeneau and Neff are my favourites)
This is my first comment, Scott. I love your videos despite not being a carpenter. Why? You always tell a great story + you and Jess show up as your calm, kind, generous selves + (the reason I'm writing) I always enjoy your creative compositions! The overhead shot of finishing the flooring was especially lovely. Cheers from America.
Great video. Gaston playing along with the "deck" jokes was the icing on the cake.
Feel better soon, guys.
Jess your gardening skill are amazing your a natural. Scott’s a pretty good carpenter too I guess 😂
Speaking of raised ovens. My other half remade our kitchen cabinets because of my back injury, all bottom cabinets became large drawers - the best decision we ever made. We used bloom railings and melamine for drawers, and quality ply with some wood for shaker style cabinets.
Glad to see you well enough to be back. Don't be surprised if you find it takes a few weeks to get all your strength back. I couldn't tell from the drawings, but I don't see an island. Not that you have to have one, but it does help in making the social part of cooking easier. Being able to face out towards your friends/family while working means you can more easily interact with them. It looks like you have space. It doesn't have to be very deep (50 or 60cm is plenty and you can make it as wide as the space allows (150 to 200cm is fine). You can also consider incorporating a small sink, it really helps in prep. The storage space under it is a great place to keep the kitchen tools you most often use. I pretty much doubled the size of mine in our new place and incorporated seating on the opposite side. Just some thoughts, not everyone loves islands.
We went from a house with a galley kitchen to one with a large island with the cooktop in the island. Useful for our space except there is no room for seating - the downside is people tend to stand around the island instead of moving to room with comfortable seating.
@@SpringRubber I'm not sure I am seeing the down side in your situation, unless the space is too small and having them around the island makes cooking more difficult. Given that their kitchen is so open to the living area, even without seating the ability to face outwards while doing prep will keep them in more direct contact with their guests.
Won't they effectively have an island when they open the window and people sit on the outside on the deck and watch inwards towards the sink & prepping areas?
@@wieb83zd As long as they aren't having one of their legendary rainstorms. Looking through a window, even an open one is not quite the same as being in the same room. It's also not so easy to cut up vegetables or other ingredients in a sink, which is what they will have in front of the window.
@@Major-Dan Maybe they know a carpenter who makes a matching cutting board for the sink, musthave #2 in the kitchen.
Great to see the knee pads Scott! Love watching the progress on your house. It inspires me to keep working on my place.
Having just built our kitchen I'm so glad we went for drawers as much as we could. So much better than all of the cupboards we used to have
I was wondering what happened to last week, no updates. Welcome to the club and glad to see you went through it all right. Good job!!! Auckland misses you!
I hope you guys are keeping strong, it's hard moving to a small country town and finding your place but you 2 seem like the kind of people anyone would be happy to be friends with.
Glad you made it through your sickness down time and came out on top! I have knocked out plenty of cabinet projects, full kitchens, etc. with my Festool arsenal, Tracksaw, lr32 system, etc. with no problem at all. I am all about quality over quantity and even though it takes me a bit longer, I am very happy to use my small shop to make very large project. You can do it with the tools you have, I have seen you do it. Good luck!!
I'm not a builder/kitchen installer but am a serial mover so have experienced many kitchens. My only advice is to put as many drawers as possible below your bench top and also under the inbuilt bench in the pantry, not only will it save you (Jess) from scrambling around on your knees to grab things but you will never lose something at the back of the cupboards. Makes use of all the space that you have. In the same vein, I would also suggest that the cupboards above the fridge and wall oven have lift up doors for ease of access. Looking forward to following the build. 😊😊
Kitchen advices:
- investigate all possibilities to use efficiently the “dead spaces” eg. corners, tight spaces.
- maximize drawer sizes, and anti-slam is a must.
- built-in microwave above stove
- storing lids and plastic box covers is a pain. I use an old CD stand to keep it organized :)
- the more electric outlet the better (hidden?)
- hardwood benchtop
- pick some bright natural color goes to your living area
Very good diy channel 🎉
With the kitchen make the kick plates separately, your floors, like any old house will be janky and all 3D that way you can shim the kick plate and then sit the cabinets on top. Alternatively install adjustable height feet with a screw threads; this makes lining up all the seperate cabinets easier.
Hi Scott, I’m a cabinet maker I suggest with the oven tower to have a drawer at the bottom then your oven on top of that then a microwave space above the oven with a top cabinet it’s a standard way of doing oven towers, which will save space in the pantry by not having a microwave taking up room
To echo a lot of comments here; drawers, drawers, drawers! Absolutely a must in a kitchen. Even if you have drawers behind cupboard doors, they're just so much more practical. Nothing gets lost in back-of-the-cupboard purgatory. There are some great things you can add to help keep pots, plates, etc. in place like a mat you add with movable pegs. (Where I am you can get drawer kits available from B&Q which fit into regular cabinets, maybe you could find something similar if you don't want to make them all yourself.)
Also something to consider, if you're putting a facade in front of your extractor (which I would recommend, they're a pain in the ass to clean & really don't look nice, IMO), make the facade a really shallow cupboard that's about as deep as a tin can, use this space for spices etc. so they're quick access while cooking as they're above the stove, everything is easily visible, don't take up space from another cupboard/drawer, & makes use of otherwise "dead" space in the kitchen.
Oh, and for your pantry cupboard, consider doing the bottom half as drawers, then the top half with pocket door cupboards so you can have that top space open & accessible without having the cupboard doors open & in the way (especially if you've got the doors open to the deck or you're going from fridge to the toaster/microwave/coffee machine etc.) also, maybe build it with in-cupboard lighting as it will, effectively, be a working space, so some lights in there would be handy :)
Great Channel! My tip: under worktop level all drawers, no shelves. You actually use the stuff packed in the back that way 😂
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Love the needlepoint!
Kitchen drawers. No cupboards. Like the eye level oven they are a game changer.
Kitchen ideas
1 . split 2 draw dishwasher.
Good for small house hold
2 . Good quite range hood
Other wise you don’t turn it on
3 . Pull out draws in pantry with shallows fronts so you can take the front things out with out pulling draw out every time.
4 . Do a imaginary run though of 3 every day tasks in new kitchen lay out see how much waking you do.
Then you can move thing before you have installed them.
Fingered I would get straight to the point as the start. Hope these points reach you in time with the videos release being few weeks behind when they are made.
Have been watching ur CZcams videos for about two years and have really enjoyed your channel.
I my self made my kitchen about a year n a half agow. In my 1970 house so it’s been nice watching you work on ur place while I do the same at a much slower place.
The most common mistake i see in 99% of kitchens is that the extractor is not big enough. It needs to be a lot wider than the stove top. It also means it sticks out a lot more than the cabinets. Also, many are ducted poorly, which makes them loud.
Most extractor fans are next to useless honestly. Really you need the fan sitting at the end of your ducting actually pulling air through and then pushing it out rather then sitting above the stove and lazily trying to push air up a big tube.
My kitchen advice is, put drawers wherever you can and make the fridge recess able to fit a larger fridge in the future.
Nothing worse than when you need a new fridge the recess you had for your old fridge is just a bit too small for the fridge you want. Also fridges work better with an air gap around them.
Hi - not kitchen installation tips but more design thoughts. We have moved to a place where the kitchen has 950mm high benchtops - 50mm higher than our last place. What a back saver! Much workable height for us (we are 1.8m and 1.73m tall) and reaching into the bottom of the sink when washing up is easier.
.Also, large drawers under benchtops instead of cupboards, gives great access and another back saver.
Not stone benchtops - expensive and they chip, we love the old-style Formica or timber tops. A top mount sink (not undermount).
Love you work, its meticulous!
I started making kitchens during covid for my rental properties.
I went out purchased a saw stop with a panel slide attachment, , panel attachments is great but u can do it without it.
I ripped down sheets with track saw, on to table saw.
I have to tell you, it is satisfying building a kitchen with your own 2 hands, holy cow a lot of work.
Now the wife wants a new kitchen😢
Hello Scott.
My Carpentry partner and I just finished two kitchens recently using the track saw. Definitely the best thing we did was to model the kitchen in a 3D program like Sketchup and then obtain from the model a cutlist/cut layout of all the panels. Meant we could just cut everything without really thinking and then assemble.
My five second assessment: having the kettle, coffee grinder & microwave behind closed pantry doors will drive you nuts no matter how clean and tidy you want it to look. Kettle never lives too far away from the tap. Only idea I can see is to have open shelves sink side of fridge from bench to ceiling. It mirrors the shelf idea on right of sink, creates handy storage off bench surface. That puts microwave at chest height, kettle and power points underneath in their nook next to coffee grinder. Love your work.
We did our kitchen about two years ago and the idea was very much what Jess said she’d like. Lots of worktop space is key, but also surfaces which are durable: we went for granite worktops and a deep and wide ceramic sink. The dishwasher has a cutlery tray (as opposed to a basket) which makes it very practical. We got a powerful fan extractor with an exhaust through the wall outside. We fitted a spray pull-out tap which is extremely useful. We also installed an island which really helps with storage, for food prepping large quantities, and mixing/kneading for baking.
As you have light coming from two sides that run perpendicular to your cabinets, it’s important to pick a surface that does not easily show finger prints and grease. Having a nice kitchen spoiled by dirty prints all over the doors and handles makes cleaning a real pain.
I suggest going for a surface that has multiple colours/textures (like wood grain) as that hides marks the best. Don’t go for a single solid matte painted surface. Also don’t go for dark/black.
Hello Scott! Congrats on the purchase of your guys’ house and great work on the renovations. I really enjoy watching your channel. I’m still wrapping my brain around those deck steps. Pancake I think you referred to them as? Anyways, I’m looking forward to the progress to come.
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LMAO!! Loved the add transition!! Jess for Queen of the add transitions!!!! Glad you all are over the Covid.
So sorry to hear you caught COVID. We had that a couple of times, and it’s no party. We just ran a conference at Beachside Nelson Conference Events Centre and had a Greg from Veridian attend. It’s a small world, aye. Keep strong, Kia kaha.
Open plan style with a dishwasher advice, pay attention to noise level ratings. I do not regret paying more for a quieter running machine. Think about including a shelf or two for cookbook storage that was one item I missed on and now we give up a lot of cabinet space for cookbooks, small problem but that's the practical advice I can share. The house and garden are looking great!
Hi, great video as usual. Kitchen advice. Full extension drawers, pull out twin waste bins, pot and pan drawers, slide out inserts for pantry, mount microwave above oven if single oven. Fridge with cold water/ ice facility. Water filter on kitchen cold tap. Consider draw cup near coffee maker. Good luck
Instead of cupboards under the counters oven, use full extension slide out drawers where possible. Way more storage and access to the back of the storage area. Also using a combo microwave extraction system above the hobs / burners is a great space saver, though not super pretty.
Not a kitchen expert, but I own a recently remodeled kitchen
1. Don't use the iron on edge banding near the oven. Ours has started to lift.
2. The pull out inserts are convenient, but they waste a lot of space. I can fit twice the stuff in the cabinets without the pull outs.
3. Drawers. Drawers are so much easier than lower cabinets.
4. Figure out your backsplash/tile before you do your trim and consider packing out the upper cabinets so that the thickness of the tile doesn't throw off your reveals.
5. Induction cooktops are amazing. Once you boil water with induction, everything else seems like rubbing sticks together to try to make fire.
Last month I started having these terrible pains and stiff joints and ligaments in random places all over my body and it seems as though it's got something to do with long covid! Didn't even know I had gotten it, had what seemed to be a bad flu earlier this year with negative rapid tests the whole time! Best wishes for a speedy recovery without any weird complications like I've had, from a wet and wild California.
That deck is awesome! Re the ducting for the extractor fan spend a bit more on smooth metal ducting, not that plastic concertina wire stuff that causes air friction and so reduces the air flow and effectiveness of the extractor fan. Also, as a painter of 24 years, give Jess a 50mm Legend angled cutting brush. Not cheap but worth it :)
“It’s not my dream to spend all my time in the kitchen” 😂😂😂 truer words were never spoken Jess I feel ya on that one!
Soft/self closing drawers and doors. Wall units to the ceiling and not that ridiculous 2m thing, Jess wants easy clean. Plus more storage inside the cupboards/pantry. Lots of power points on different circuits (like 3 at least). Glass splashback on the entire wall where the stovetop is going. 1 1/2 sinks or two if you prefer. Make drawers deep enough for the thing you have that you want to store (tall glasses, coffee mugs, dinner set, canned food, pots/pans). Bottom edge of drawer front should be aligned with the bottom of the drawer otherwise wasted space. Minimal under bench cupboards.
Hey Scott, here are my two advice for the kitchen:
1. Consider buying the cabinets (without the doors) at IKEA, it may be a lot cheaper
2. Build cabinets with MR MDF, use a Festool LR32 to plan for euro hinges and drawer rails (make sure to spend a lot of time planning and reading the manufacturer data sheet for them). Have them professionally painted in a shop where they use low voc high durability paint
A cheap and easy way to build kitchen cabinets, is to buy white laminated panels ( melamine, brand) from a big hardware chain. They come in different widths and lengths and are edged. Then you can just cut to lengths, rip rails out of, get some iron on edge for the back rail. Screw together with Laminated board adhesive ( from sheet panel suppliers). Get full sheets of white laminated board, from the same supplier, cut for backs and screw on. Add shelf and concealed hinge hole. Done. Then you just have to make doors. Get the benchtop from a manufacturer or laminate a square edge benchtop yourself.
Kichens - best advice - Drawers under benches everytime, duplo swinging pullouts for corner unit (carosels and corner drawers are useless), have your cutlery and crockery drawers next to your dishwasher (you will thank me for this when you are emptying your dishwasher)
Hey Scott! My advice for your and Jess' kitchen, consider Shinnoki panelling for the cabinet and drawer faces. We just did our kitchen with their Smoked Walnut and it's gorgeous but more importantly, super robust to dings and bangs. Regarding install, be sure to scribe the panels to the roof line, don't just hang the boxes low. Good luck!
The alignment of the nails from inside the house to the outside .. made my OCD very happy 🤣👍
Eu adoro seus vídeos, simplesmente fico preso neles! Ansioso pela cozinha! Vocês formam um lindo casal. Abraços do Brasil! 🟢🟡⚪
Add blocking in the wall so you can pre drill and set screws in the cabinet so it's fast, easy, and quick. No finding studs, no non symmetrical screw spacing in the back of the cabinet, and in conjunction with a temporary ledgers to rest upper cabinets it makes it a breeze to install.
I’m glad you both made it through covid
It was a dreadful experience for me with extended stay in the hospital last august
My one kitchen tip would be lots of large drawers and less cupboards, much more functional.
Some advice from a cabinet builder…. Since your house is older and likely doesn’t have level floors, make sure your kick boards and cabinet base is perfectly level before setting cabinets. It will make your life a lot easier. Also, if you are looking for some extra space, look at turning the kick board space into drawers that slide out for low level pans and cookware. It’s nice to free up space.
Toe kick storage spaces are just a total waste of time ,they are to low and when you are cleaning the areas the draws always come open, keep storage out of toe kicks.
Kickboard space/drawers! I was planning to write that as well when I read your comment! These drawers add a lot of storage space for items you don't use very often!. Extension drawers are another big plus. Think about how you'll use one cabinet in the corner to maximise the storage space. Sort of 'lazy Susan'-style drawers or... It also depends on the way you use the cabinet doors there.
In your current layout, the microwave is near the extraction fan. In your new plan not. Keep the microwave as close to the extraction fan as possible. Not everything that comes out of the (my) microwave smells perfect... Kitchen/working top: over the years we had several types. Belgian blue stone with fossils. It looks breathtaking, but it's a problem when you spill milk or something acidic. We had a composite material worktop with a 'speckle' in it. And it wasn't 5, 6 or 7cm thick. A 2 or perhaps 2.5com thick top gives a more 'airy' look and feel.
Built a few kitchens, using Triton workbench. My takeaways.... panels are heavy, definitely use track saw to break down first, then workbench to ensure square and parallel cuts. Oversize cabinets heights so bench height is 950mm rather than std 900mm, makes a big difference to your back when using bench and doing dishes. Pantry etc to ceiling, otherwise dead space that collects dust. Use drawers rather than cabinets, that way you can access everything in them, rather than having stuff at back that you dont use because of hassle. Metal sided drawers are quick and easy to make up, the weight limit on these allow for cans drawers, they also make kitchen look and feel professionally built. Also you could add a mobile centre island cabinet, extra prep surface, can move out of way, extra food space when entertaining. Happy building.
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Glad you're on the mend. I had it 15 months ago and was thankful it was like a mild flu.
I started in cabinet making then moved onto construction - timber framing, etc.- but recently got to build a kitchen from scratch without a workshop. Track saw worked fine. No bother for a man of your skills. Used real-wood, iron-on edging strips, which I don't love, but covered the ply edge. Treated myself to a Mafell Duo-doweller. Felt like an indulgence but it is amazing. Used it for the cabinets and the elm, frame and panel doors (machined on a "light-weight" Sip planer-thicknesser, 2nd-hand). Used 10 x 60mm dowels instead of mortice and tenon. Much faster.
Surprised you faced-nailed that bead by the door, instead of through the edge where it would be less seen. 🤔
Love the nature cut-aways and the warmth and humour of your videos. Best, Mark in Scotland ✌
Kitchen layout looks great. Simple, functional, and to the point. Go for it.
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Gaston may have contacts for a CNC machine you could get your material cut out to prefab all the components for the joinery.
I just got a 16g finish nailer and it’s my new favourite tool! The ability to knock up small projects without having screws everywhere and the speed increase 🎉😅
There are plenty of workshops where you can hire time to use the equipment. 1 hour on a table saw will save you a day cutting everything on a track saw. And more importantly they have the proper Blum drill jigs so you can install quality hinges and after 3 months when all your cabinet doors haven’t sagged you’ll be glad you did.
Hey scot. Big fan here. For the kitchen it makes life a lot easier if you use standard dimensions for the kabinets. In the netherlands all kitchen use widths of 30,60,90 or 120cm. That way if you buy something for the kitchen it Will fit
Pleased you’re getting over Covid and hope you’re both better soon. Looking forward to the kitchen videos Scott. Thanks for the latest exciting video.👍👍
With your double door pantry- be careful of how close it is to the exterior wall with the French doors. We did the same thing in our new kitchen, also in a corner but because we have drawers, the cupboard doors obviously have to be open at least 90 degrees for the drawers to function, which can then impact the wall if not careful. Learn from our mistake!
Scott, late to the party, but having pantry next to the main entry is going to create congestion. You’ll find that you’ll mostly open just one front door. I’d move the move the fridge to the bank of appliance next to the oven tower, move the cooktop under the window, then the sink, then have the cupboard near the front door as bench space but make it say 40mm depth instead of 60mm. ‘Stepping back’ cupboards is an old trick to reduce the the ‘bulkiness’ of the full depth cupboards. An island for bench space, even a narrow one will make the world of difference as many others have mentioned, but I realise space might be tight. Glad you both are feeling better. Cheers from Oz ! 😊
Can't wait to see this all come together guys! Make sure you think long and hard about storage in that kitchen plan - pantries of that design have a void in the middle so you can reach everything on the shelves and really don't hold as much as you'd think, especially if you're putting appliances in there. Enough storage space is one thing - usable space is something else.
This drives me crazy, but only because these types of pantry’s don’t make use of the corresponding free space on the doors for shelves that could hold spices etc, which would then fold into the central void when closed.
I built my kitchen a couple years ago with a track saw and router. Drawer fronts and doors are mdf that I rounded 1.5mm on all edges and spray painted myself. The cutting was precise enough (2mm between fronts) but had to make some jigs to simplify the drilling for blum slides etc. All in all super happy with the results but agree with Andrew Weir that a CNC would do the job faster (I considered building one just for that purpose), and also, don't spray paint by yourself unless you have a good paintshop, or got a substantial surplus of time. Result was great but incredibly exhausting.
Howdy guys. Cabinet maker here. I’d be searching around your area for a cabinet shop that does a CNC cut and edge service. Or at the very least, an edge service. Don’t use your own edge banding. It’ll last 12-24 months and start coming away.
You’ll still save truck loads assembling and installing yourself, and the CNC cuts will tickle your little OCD bones in just the right spot. 👍🏻
Mate,
700mm benchtops also check dimensions of the fridge with the doors open, put the gpo in the cupboard above and the water point if the fridge has it,
Do the same for your laundry ,Get jess to pick the washer dryer and and build to suit the drainage, water and power.
Get video too mate👍
Thought I might add my method of agreeing into concrete. I buy oak dowels, drill a hole into the concrete the same diameter as the oak. Cut the oak to length, hammer the oak into the holes.
Now you have a choice of using a nail or a screw.
I also appreciated hearing the traffic in the background; we live near a freelance and the same background noise is also apparent here.
On the kitchen, drawers where possible under the bench height, even in the cupboard makes accessing everything easier.
Hello from the UK my advice for the kitchen would be to fit pocket doors on the pantry unit so they slide out of the way when you are using the unit and you won't have any problems walking in through the double doors great videos love watching your updates
the draft proofing should not be fitted to the door frame rebate as the edge of the door will eventually force it off. It should be placed on the frame where the hinges fasten so when the door closes it is pushed flat against the frame and the door. hope you know what i mean. the rest you fitted is correct.
Maximize your storage by adding drawers underneath your cabinets. If you have space, make the cabinets and top deeper than standard so you can have shelves behind the cooking top to store your spices, oils etc. Decide how many power outlets you need above the bench, than double the number.. Take a look at the Danish kitchen brand Uno Form for inspiration.
Some shallow drawers are really useful for your knives and forks and some for your plates.We have found our deep ones actually tend to get too much put in them and become too heavy for the runners which makes them a bit unwieldy.Especially if the bigger heavier things end up loaded towards the front.
I am so excited for the kitchen. Your video quality is so nice, it makes me look forward to every new exciting episode.
Hi Scott, my advise get a Festool CS 70 with the extension table. You already have a vacuum you can hook up to it and keep the mess down. If you can rip boards of 65cm which you can its ideal to build your kitchen. Its the ideal saw for build custom cabinetry at your job sites or home. I run a custom wood working business in Canada and use my CS 70 on every job! I would recommend MDF as a base material ( at least for the doors) and find a auto body repair business in Nelson that can spray the cabinets for you.... Thats how we get our MDF sprayed... Shaker doors look really nice and are very easy to build if you have a good table saw and a router... I am looking forward to see how you gone make out building your kitchen and what fastening system you will use to put your cabinets together... there are so many different ones out there like the lamello invis, Blum cabinet screws or Kress. BTW love your new tool review but are also looking forward to another tools with Gaston....! Thanks from Canada
If you’re excited about a dishwasher… lift it off the floor and install it with a cabinet underneath it, similar to the oven… Revolutionary!
Hi, that looks like a huge courgette, happens to all the gardener’s when you take your eyes off the vegetable patch! I have a solution for what you can do with such a huge courgette. Peel the skin off, quarter it lengthwise, use a spoon to scrape out all the seeds, put your mandolin on the fine pasta setting, slide the vegetable down the mandolin to produce long strings of spaghetti like strips. Place in a large basin, salt well and let sit until most of the moisture leaves the vegetable, rinse off the salt and then cook like your normal spaghetti. Tastes good and its free! Bon appetite. Cheers mate. Harera
Functional kitchen with a good layout - thumbs up! For under the counter, I see people commenting about drawers / pull-outs. Excellent advice and one tip if you do pull-outs inside of cabinet doors: do NOT go with soft close slides, as you then have to wait for the pull-out to fully retract to close the cabinet door. My wife was a designer for a company that installed custom slides/pull-outs and customers who paid a premium for the soft close feature would later pay to have the slides replaced with standard ones. As for a sink, an under-mount, good depth, stainless steel sink with double bowls (either divided equally or off-set) is timeless, durable and functional. "Farm style" sinks that have one large bowl often end up with a mix of clean items that are drying and dirty items. I feel the pain about a lack of a dishwasher -- admittedly it's a "1st world" problem but a convenience that one misses when not there. Looking forward to your continued progress. Enjoy the journey!
Hey Scott great call on filling holes in timber to recycle it. The technique shown is commonly used by Luthiers, as often screw holes in guitar necks get over tightened and therefore stripped out. One thing to consider is the glue that secures the new wood, if you are going to varnish the timber later, using glue can be a bad idea and is in fact not necessary as there is no real structural need. What can happen with the glue is that once sanded it leaves a residue that shows up under your newly applied finish as blotches. Luthiers often use the finish product itself as the glue to secure the shavings. The finish can be sanded back with the shavings and will disappear under subsequent layers of finish resulting in a more invisible repair. Boat builders take this concept one step further and use glue-less bungs with the grain of each bung alined with the grain go the host timber. The bungs need to be an exact fit but also disappear more consistently then using them with glue. I hope that helps, take care D
My raised Dishwasher changed my life. For real, I had backpain basically 24/7 for over a year, my doctors couldn´t find the source and I was out of work for about 3 months. I then was away for holiday and all of the sudden the pain stopped. 2 weeks later it reappeared. Long story short - because of me bending down so often and taking heavy pots out of the dishwasher and overstretching while dooing, I had nerve damage. After raising the dishwasher my nerves were able to heal. So suggestions:
Raised Dishwasher ( its really handy to have the cupboard for plates mugs etc. in a reachable distance, so that you don´t have to walk (1m is perfect) emptying the dishwasher is so fast now) you use the dishwasher multible times a day, a Raised Oven maybe once.
Large (90 - 120 cm) wide Drawer with 3 levels top: cuttlery and kitchen utensils
middle: Plates Bowls and so on
bottom: pots and pans
Distance of cooking area to fridge, sink and cutting area looks good - but you could consider switching the fridge with the oven (fridge next to the cooking area is nice)
Sink with drying area (like you already have, its annoying not to have the drying area, especially with a wooden worktop)
Questions:
The kitchen will have very little workspace, have you thought about adding an kitchen island as cutting/breakfast area?
Where do you plan to place the kitchen machines like Kitchenaid, Water cooker, coffee grinder and so on?
Where will you hang the towels?
Hint on your oven...make sure you have some extraction from it, and include the storage space above it. The reason is that it will help mitigate against creating a hot spot, because the storage spot will suck up the oven heat and keep the room/s warm. Sounds cozy in winter, but summer (at least in Aus.) it's a real hassle.
My big advice is definitely drawers as much as you can underneath benchtop. Great Video Scott
I got Covid 6 months ago. Only noticed because I lost all the sense of smell and taste. Besides that no other symptoms. Hope you two get well soon! That new improved 18G Hikoki is in my bucket list, but I'll wait to see you using it in the next few weeks.
Hey there Scott and Jess, hope you're both on the mend. Have you planned in a space for a rubbish bin in your kitchen? Often overlooked, then you're reduced to some plastic thing always in sight or in the way. Jess might want a small countertop bin for fruit &veg scraps, coffee grounds, etc for composting😊
Glad to see you both feeling better.
It would be interesting to see a comparison of the new Hikoki with the Makita 40v 18ga nailer.
Looking forward to the exciting episodes with the kitchen build.