I love the long stainless shelf above my range
segbrown
13 years ago
So, we've been using the kitchen for about 9 months now, and one of the things we have that's a little different than most is the 7-ft-long stainless shelf over the range. We have a big hood and warming lights over it. I thought I would give a report for any current kitchen planners.
Here it is with a couple of casseroles ready for the warming lights, and plenty more room:
Anyway, we use it as extra counter, storage for cooking supplies (oil -- though it's not optimal for oils, it is working--, s&p, measuring cups), storage for prep ingredients when cook ing ... The heat lamps are useful for so much -- keeping plates and dishes warm, thawing food, softening butter, keeping mugs of coffee warm while you're cooking pancakes, etc. And it's so big, we can do all these things at the same time if we need to.
The negative is that I *think* we aren't capturing quite as much in the hood as we would otherwise, but I'm not sure because we didn't have the hood before. It is certainly not a problem (smells and the like), but you'd have to think some would get lost. You could certainly make it with some holes in it if it is a worry.
Anyway, it's one of the most useful things we did, and it was only about $300, custom made. If you have the room, give it a thought.
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Comments (13)First, the design is not sufficiently deep to provide good capture area. It’s a pretty bad hood design. Read about good hood design. https://www.houzz.com/discussions/2315922/wall-hoods-for-wok-cooking Second, the fact that you don’t know anything about the insert says that it’s the cheapest worst quality that they could buy. Because... Third. The Site painted cabinets coated with house paint are the cheapest possible route for a builder to go. So, that’s hand in hand with all of the above. It’s completely the wrong way to go for any type of durability or quality. But it looks good enough for a while. Enough to get you past the one year warranty. Sometimes. What you needed was a custom maker who finished in his clean room to KCMA standards. Or a manufactured line that was tested to KCMA standards. https://www.kcma.org/certifications/ansi-kcma-standard Fourth. The finish that was there was ruined by the sandpaper abrasiveness of the Magic Eraser and the chemicals in PineSol. Pine oil is a terrible contaminant that blocks adhesion of any future finish. Someone could try to repaint those, but the existing contamination would bleed through and create issues with fisheye, bubbling, and just general adhesion. For a for now fix, I’d remove the hood and buy a stainless one. It at least will be better ventilation, and cleanable. It addresses the immediate issue, and upgrades the style to a more modern direction both. Long term, the rest of your cabinets will experience the issues that your hood cabinet has. The builder gave you below industry standard quality. It will not wear well. Having all of that contaminated porous coating sanded back to bare wood to start over with a higher quality and more durable coating will cost more than buying new cabinets. It’s very labor intensive. If the existing coating was primed with the right stuff, and is adhering well enough now, and hasn’t been too contaminated by oils or silicone, then it might be possible to have them recoated with a professional grade coating at a later time. That would run you roughly 10K + for the cabibets in your house. How much + depends on how many cabinets and the details. I’d reserve judgement on that project for a few years and just live with what is, and a new stainless hood, for now. And never ever scrub anything with a magic eraser, or use pine sol on anything that isn’t non porous. Or bleach. Or any one of a half dozen cleaners that ruin finishes and should only be used on non porous surfaces. Dusting with a soft dampened microfiber is all most cabinets should need. If there has been spills, or you don’t fix your inadequate ventilation and have grease floating around attaching itself, then Dawn, a microfiber, and then rinsing the detergent residue, should be all of the big guns ever needed on cabinets. They are furniture. In your kitchen. But half the junk you use on your furniture isn’t needed and is bad for it too. So no oil anything. No pledge. No freaking oil soap. Or orange glow. Or anything that has oil or silicone in it anywhere. No abrasives. Do you know that paper towels with recycled content are abrasive? Don’t use them on cabinets or furniture. Most “furniture care” products damage things. Planned obsolescence to keep the consumer buying at maximum....See Moreantiquesilver
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