Knob placement on trash pull out cabinet
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palimpsest
14 years agojeri
14 years agoPlease excuse the lousy picture and messy kitchen that is not completely finished  but I hope this helps.
The "doors" below the sink? They are really pull outs  one for trash and one for recycling.
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Comments (7)Hi! I'm actually considering the hardware you show (is it Hickory/Belwith Keeler?). My KD suggests knobs on upper doors & pulls on lower since pulls sometime get caught on pants pockets. I can confirm this since we currently have a mix -- I changed hardware when we 1st moved-in & lower drawers still all have knobs. If you really don't want to move away from knobs on the lower doors & drawers, you might consider not putting anything on the false front panels (see Susie's picture -- she doesn't have anything on false front at sink). Put knob on drawer & pull on trash -- you definitely want a pull on the trash, we changed my Mom's out from a knob years ago, it is too small an area to easily pull the trash drawer out. Also use the size pull that is comfortable for your hand. My cabinet designer says you'll get the same force from both size pulls. Good luck....See MorePlacement of Pull-out Trash
Comments (11)I have 2 small cans under our 10" deep apron sink. One for recycling and one for trash. I empty it once every couple fo days. There is also a big disposal. We have a 36" sink cabinet and a 36" sink. There are only 2 of us now. When my boys were home I would imagine it would fill up much quicker. We pretty much only eat fresh foods so not much packaging/boxes go in. I think the cans are about 6 gallons each. I do like that they get emptied more frequently since it just feels cleaner. When I had the bigger 13 gallon trash with my boys in the other house, they'd toss food and it would end up all over the side of the trash can. Then again... they were piggies when they lived at home....See Morehardware on trash pull out cabinet
Comments (6)Whatever you think looks best is what you should use. There is no hard and fast rule. You might try googling pull out trash (images) or cruising the FKB to see what looks good to you. I used knobs on my cabs and pulls on my drawers and a pull on my pull out trash because for me, no matter what it looks like, it's still a drawer. But like I said, it's a matter of personal preference so peruse some pix and do which ever you like....See MoreLovers of pull-out trash cabinets, what did you have before?
Comments (23)I agonized over the trash location as well. I've always had freestanding trashcans sitting somewhere - usually in the way - on the floor of my kitchen and have always hated them. I've never been able to find one that I liked or that matched my kitchen, so I've always just had to settle for whatever I could find. I can't stand to have my trash can in the pantry - it just seems incongruous to have my trash in there with my food. I don't like the idea of having it under the sink because I don't like having two functions in the same place. Why agonize? I loathed the idea of having to open the trash with my potentially dirty hands and those free standing cans always had a hands free option. Enter the GW Kitchen forum where I learned about the foot pedal for trash cabinets and the whole thing was decided. I absolutely LOVE having my trash hidden in a cabinet. No one has to move out of the way in order for someone else to access it. Yes, guests have to be told where it is -- but how is that different than anyone else's kitchen? In any kitchen that doesn't have a freestanding trash cans out in the open, aren't guests always having to ask? I never know if it's under the sink or in the pantry or in the adjoining utility room, etc. To review: I love my pull out trash because it's: -- Hidden -- Accessible -- Hands free -- In a convenient and acceptable (to me) location...See Moredonka
14 years agojeri
14 years agomileaday None
14 years agoannanna
14 years agolexluthor
14 years agoHow about this then?
We have a combination of knobs and pulls. Knobs are across the top row of everything and pulls are on the bottom 2 drawers of all our 3 drawer lower cabs.
On the garbage, we did a pull in the middle, but higher than where it is on the drawers.
Sounds like your situation.
I couldn't see doing either a knob on the corner of the garbage, I think that would feel weird to pull out. The choice then was knob or pull centered and I think the pull is just more functional for garbage pull out, so we went with that.
I think it looks fine.
kimkitchy
14 years agomegradek
14 years agoella_socal
14 years agoThe photo quality stinks, but here's a picture of my trash pull out. I actually re-ordered my door since, before it was a trash pull out, it had the knob in the corner and I didn't want that. This knob is great for high use (it's a Top Knob) and is different from the other knobs and pulls in the kitchen.
kimkitchy
14 years agoOK, finally had a minute to post a pic. The trash pull out is the one on the right with the knob in the center. HTH.
nhbaskets
14 years agoAlso just getting around to post pictures of what I have, which seems to go against the trend. This was an issue that I was undecided about, so I ended up going with what the KD and GC recommended...knobs on the corner to make the door panel look like a door. So far it's been fine. Sorry for the poor quality pics.
Cabinet on the right is trash
{{!gwi}}Double recycle bin
{{!gwi}}erikanh
14 years ago
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