The kitchen is probably the most valuable and well-used room in the house. It is where the day starts and ends and is generally a hive of activity when the family is at home.

It is therefore very important that this room is well organised and the use of space is carefully planned.

There are three simple stages in kitchen planning. The first is to carefully measure your room and draw a plan of it, to scale, on the graph paper provided at the back of this leaflet. Do wall plans as well as a floor plan.
The second is to list the fitments and appliances you want and plan their positioning in the available space - follow these simple guidelines to ensure that the kitchen you create is practical and safe, as well as beautiful. And the third is to visit your local centre to choose the kitchen style you prefer, and enlist the aid of a Design Consultant to answer any questions you may have about the planning, and to process your order.
 

Measuring Your Room

You should do all measuring work in millimetres since all kitchen units are made in metric modular sizes.

Measure as accurately as possible to ensure that when you begin to install your kitchen the units fit exactly as planned.
Follow the hints and tips which follow, and initially sketch in pencil until you are confident with the measurements. The scale you will be using is 1:30 which means that each 10mm square on the paper equals 300mm on the ground/wall. Measure each section of the room. Measure and draw in all projections, for example pipes, gas or electric meters etc.
Remember to measure the ceiling height for the wall elevations.
Show the precise positioning of windows, doors, the location of all fixed items such as radiators, balanced flue boilers, gas supply points, water supply pipes and existing electric points.

Although windows and doors are in a fixed position and major structural work would have to be taken to change them, most other 'fixed' items are, in fact, movable should it become necessary