Agree with Topbird on her last post ... and also work out exactly where your sockets are going, taking into consideration the dimensions of the wall tiles ... so the tiles don’t have to have seemingly random shapes cut out of them to house the sockets ... it would seem to be obvious ... but it isn’t ... well, not to most electricians and tilers it isn’t 🙄
💡 or am I just a wee bit OCD ??? 😉
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I have ten over-counter sockets, plus the ones in the dining area. We thought we would play on the safe side and have a few spare, but all are in use as kitchen gadgets have multiplied. Glad to know im not the only one a wee bit OCD - all sockets line up with tiles!
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Thank you all for your wise words - a very good point. The company was recommended to me by 4 different people I know and they have all said they couldn't be happier with the end product and couldn't praise the company enough. I've already spent 5 hours with their designer and have another 2 hour session next week, so were almost there. They will put together the wiring plan for the electrician. I currently have 2 double sockets in the kitchen, so anything more than that will be an improvement The build will take about 4 months + so the kitchen won't be going in until late summer at the earliest.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Yes,Quartz kitchen worktops are practical worktops for a busy kitchen space having hygiene first.Quartz is a superb, hard-wearing stone ideal for any home or commercial project. Quartz surfaces are literally maintenance-free along with zero bacteria characteristics making them an ideal match for a working kitchen.
We had a new kitchen installed 3 years ago and I had my head set on quartz but kitchen chappy suggested ceramic. It's really good and we're pleased - easy clean, no staining, no scratching, heat proof, needs no special treatment, lots of colours and shades.
Our kitchen is on the north side of the house and L-shaped so has a dark corner and we chose a pale shade for the worktop and splashback. Love it.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
We had our old kitchen pulled down and rebuilt the year before last and when we finally got to the actual fitting the kitchen part we went for black granite. You do have to buff it with a dry cloth after wiping down but no problems at all. And it's fabulous for rolling pastry on. (In the other corner not in this pic). The bit of wall top right is still waiting for a plate rack!
I always fancied granite but in our old house we had free standing kitchen units which I would occasionally re-shuffle so granite would have been an expensive mistake. For this house we needed a new kitchen and we looked at quartz but then decided to order the whole thing, bespoke form a local kitchen company and they said no, ceramic is better.
Hard wearing, doesn't scratch, no "grain", just needs a wipe with a soapy cloth to clean it, various colours available so it suits many looks and styles. Very pleased with it.
Very interesting, @Obelixx, as I’m eyeing up worktops for my French house. In my (tiny and therefore affordable) UK kitchen I have granite which is probably the single best investment I have made. It always looks lovely and is really easy to maintain. But I think this will be too expensive in France, as the kitchen is bigger, and probably also needs a different style. I’d seen ceramic online but not in the flesh. Can you still put hot pans on it?
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💡 or am I just a wee bit OCD ??? 😉
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
The company was recommended to me by 4 different people I know and they have all said they couldn't be happier with the end product and couldn't praise the company enough.
I've already spent 5 hours with their designer and have another 2 hour session next week, so were almost there.
They will put together the wiring plan for the electrician. I currently have 2 double sockets in the kitchen, so anything more than that will be an improvement
The build will take about 4 months + so the kitchen won't be going in until late summer at the earliest.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Our kitchen is on the north side of the house and L-shaped so has a dark corner and we chose a pale shade for the worktop and splashback. Love it.
We had our old kitchen pulled down and rebuilt the year before last and when we finally got to the actual fitting the kitchen part we went for black granite. You do have to buff it with a dry cloth after wiping down but no problems at all. And it's fabulous for rolling pastry on. (In the other corner not in this pic). The bit of wall top right is still waiting for a plate rack!
Here it is all new and just installed. looks the same today except for all my paraphernalia.