RETAILER CASE STUDY | Sheffi eld Sustainable Kitchens
Hexagonal tiles from Fired
Earth and sinks from Franke
The sink run presented challenges as the wall was not straight and the
peninsula needed careful fi tting around a pillar that was slightly rounded
KITCHEN DETAILS
Overall project cost: £35,000
Designer: Oliver Leyland, senior designer, and Ryan Hopkins Type of kitchen: Contemporary blue shaker with recycled glass worktops and solid oak kitchen peninsula Cabinetry/fronts: Kitchen Stori Aldana solid ash and reeded glass, bespoke painted in Little Greene Air Force and Royal Navy, reeded glazing from Abbey Glass. Handles: Furnipart Edge Straight handles in Inox Inserts: Blum Space Tower drawers Worktops: Recycled glass by Resilica and solid oak by Sheffi eld Sustainable Kitchens Splashback: White hexagonal ceramic tiles from Fired Earth Sinks: White ceramic undermount sinks by Franke – VBK 110-50 and VBK 110-21 Taps: Quooker Nordic Round twin taps – boiling water with PRO 3 tank Lighting: LED strips and spots, pendant lighting by Louis Poulsen and Normann Copenhagen Appliances: By Bosch: Fridge- freezer KAG90AI20G By Neff: Induction hob T58FD20X0; single oven B58VT68N0B; combi oven C28MT27N0B; warming drawer N1AHA01N0B
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Solid oak worktops are from PEFC- certifi ed source
A full-height Blum Space
Tower sits next to a bank of Neff appliances
INSTALLER COMMENTS Rob Cole, managing director
and project manager
This installation had a few issues because the kitchen was being installed in a Victorian period property with the idiosyncrasies and inevitable uneven walls that always entails. The sink run was a particularly tricky area, as the long kitchen wall was not straight, so we had to angle out the wall units as we fi tted them to overcome this. This in itself wasn’t an easy job, as the design includes both base and wall cabinets along this run, which then join up at each end, so both lines of cabinets had to be angled out at exactly the same degree to allow them to join up seamlessly.
In addition, the extra panel that we incorporated below the wall cabinets on this run needed to be drilled and cut on site to install the integrated LED lighting and cabling and then scribed exactly to the uneven wall behind. The peninsula juts out from a pillar that was slightly rounded – part of the fabric of the original building. This meant extra care was needed to fi t the oak worktop around it, as well as the oak upstand. The heavy ceramic sinks needed a strong timber framework below them to ensure they would remain in place. We also had to make sure that we left ample space to house the boiling water tank and piping. To enhance the tiling area around the sink, we fi lled a void by boarding over, which gave a neater tiled fi nish.
Client testimonial
“Rob and the team at Sheffi eld Sustainable Kitchens designed and fi tted our beautiful kitchen in Chorlton and we are thrilled with the fi nished product. I believe that Sheffi eld Sustainable Kitchens have a unique product and I was delighted that they were prepared to make the trip from Sheffi eld to Manchester to fi t our kitchen. The Little Greene paint colours are stunning, especially coordinated with the recycled glass worktop (which is a triumph and well worth the investment) and the quality of the kitchen overall is just fantastic. Rob and all his colleagues were a delight to work with and nothing was too much trouble – in fact it was a lot of fun! After the kitchen was fi tted, we realised we could do with a couple more shelves and Rob happily came over to fi t them. I know that we will enjoy our kitchen for many years to come and I cannot recommend this company highly enough.”
· June 2021
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