toe kick on Miele built in fridge and dishwasher
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Comments (10)I have the diamond. There are two tow kick options. One is to use the black plastic Toe kick and included hardware. If you wanted to use the plastic one, it has to be cut down since the height is based on European standards (Higher toekicks). If you want wood toe kicks that mach the surrounding cabinetry you then use the same toe kick material. There is a couple of ways of doing this depending on your cabinets. It needs to be removable for service. I have cabinets on leg levelers so my toe kick snaps on adjacent cabinets. just runs across the front of the DW. Can be pulled off. If your cabinets sit on a platform or have integrated toe kicks, then you can take a couple of magnets (Using a set with the magnet and the metal tab like you may use to keep bedroom closet doors closed) and attach them to the side of the adjacent cabinets and glue or screw the metal piece on the toe kick. The toe ick then snaps on the magnet and can be removed. The toe kick height might have to be cut down to allow the door to open. My toe kicks have a gap across the whole width anyway at the top so had clearance....See MoreToe kicks and frameless cabinets
Comments (15)overlyoptimistic: Yes, I think you answered my question. Yours is like the whole island is on a pedestal, right? Leon said we could leave a toe kick all around or we could treat it like furniture and they could do something special but I wasn't sure what my options were. I've been trying to look at pics of islands but most, including the one of mine below, don't show the toe kick area of the island. I saw a couple that didn't seem to have any toekick and only one that I remember with the toekick all around. When you say you used end panels, do you mean that you attached a fake door panel to the end, or just a plain wood panel? I've heard of people putting "skins" on the ends but I wasn't sure how that worked with frameless cabinets since the box is the side and there's no frame to cover any added wood panel that went to the floor. It sounds like that's what Morton5 did. I am more worried about how that works on an end run, especially at the desk/oven area. Here's a pic of my current kitchen. I used a 21" deep, vanity height drawer base for the desk area so it's set back a few inches from the oven cabinet on one side and open on the other side. I think I like that change in depth. The cabinets have a side that goes down to the floor and is notched at the toe kick. It seems like it would look weird to have the toe kick wrap around the corner there. Morton5: Thanks for the pics. Very nice kitchen! So the normal base sides have a notch for the toekick in them like what I've got now? Are the end panels the same thickness as the cabinet sides? With frameless cabinets the doors and drawer fronts are full overlay so when you add the end panel do you make that panel flush with the front of the box (recessed from the door) or do you make it flush with the door? I can't tell for sure by your picture....See MoreToe kick to replace Baseboard heater
Comments (17)Looking at the picture with short convectors next to the sliding door, I am betting the sliding door was put in in a renovation where some windows used to be and baseboard was removed there already. Keep in mind that toe kick heaters can be noisy compared to the convectors. They need relatively high temperature water to keep them from the need to be big, but aluminum fin convectors usually use pretty hot water anyway compared to radiant floor or cast iron radiators. If there is an efficient, condensing boiler in your future, low water temperature and lots of radiation is your friend now. How about some radiant floor heat? Do you have open joists under that area? My parents faced the same issue in their kitchen. After a few years with the added toe kick heater it failed. Sadly, they found that the contractors installed it in such a way that they would have to cut through the cabinet bottom or through the floor from the bottom to repair or replace it. Happily, they found, that due to improved windows and insulation they really did not need it...See MoreSubzero 48 inch built-in vs. Miele Fridge/Freezer - Please help!!!
Comments (8)Yes we are putting them side by side and probably don’t want the panels. Yes we are getting 2 dishwashers. I really like the Miele with 3D cutlery tray at the top. I suppose we could still get 1 Miele dishwasher with the Thermador package but if we were to go with a 30 inch Thermador fridge and 24 inch Thermador freezer with external dispenser, with stainless panels and professional handles, would be about $5k more than the SubZero 48 inch builtin fridge for us. And Thermador like Subzero does not have printshield finish. And new Thermador freezer with external dispenser has no shelves on the door so less storage. So even though we really considered Thermador for everything, switched to Miele or SubZero/Wolf because we also want a combisteam oven which apparently are better by Miele and Wolf. Anyways, think I am leaning to Subzero fridge/freezer but worried will be sorry not just getting everything Miele. Miele’s prices just went up today too even though also started back up 10 percent off deal. Miele just seems like excellent quality and ease of use, even though probably more drawn to professional look of Subzero/Wolf. So confused!!!!!...See Moremarcydc
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