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Integrated appliances advice.

4 years ago

last modified: 4 years ago

We have been looking at kitchen layouts instores and online.

We would like integrated appliances.

See this photo for my ideal look...

Refurbishment and basement extension to a house in Hammersmith, W12 · More Info

So, on the left side we have integrated fridge freezer.

On the right side.....

Is it possible that we have an integrated washing machine and above it the boiler? I want that to be completely seemless - as in the photo.

For inspiration I have been looking at diykitchens website. I can see you can get integrated appliance doors for washing machine (door only - is this all you need and you do not need an actual housing unit for washing machine?) and above it would I put a tall wall unit? g I want it to look like the above photo eg the washing machine/ with boiler above to look just like the fridge freezer.

Or can I have one long larder type door that would go over both boiler and washing machine?

Any advice is welcome, thanks!

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Daisy England
4 years ago
You don’t need a housing/carcass for the washing machine. The door fits to the front of the integrated washer on hinges. You need a 715mm high x 595-7mm wide door for this. Suppliers vary between either 595 or 597. Both the same in essence it’s just the very slight difference from company to company. Don’t order a larder door as you need a door to fit on the washer.

The boiler will also need a housing or you’ll have nothing to fit the door to. So you need to measure the boiler and then order the door accordingly which is normally a couple of mm smaller.

I’m sure I know where this company order their doors from and they do offer made to size doors.
Sonia
4 years ago
I think that should work nicely, but as Daisy says have two doors. The washing cupboard door fits on the machine. I have an integrated washing machine and the boiler is housed in a kitchen cupboard, just not on top of one another, but that sounds good! Here’s pics to clarify:
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Laura Thomas
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We had our boiler (it has just been transferred to the loft) in a housing intended for an integrated fridge freezer. We had our bins for recycling in the bottom half.
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Can definitely work, I’d also recommend speaking to DIY kitchens about what you want and the best way they recommend achieving it. They’re really helpful

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