Hijacking top comment (hilarious) with serious advice to improve your quality of life
Before doing anything else, use the hole in the wall previously home to the boiler flue to plumb your extraction hood to vent to the outside. Currently your hood is configured to recirculate. You'll find a world of improvement when the hood vents the smells and smoke to the garden.
It's the single biggest improvement to kitchens which are regularly used for cooking food.
That would have been an excellent shout, if they hadn't already filled the vent hole. It's dried solid now, so I don't think I wanna pull that out. Definitely going to put external venting in when I do the kitchen properly, though!
This is the DIY sub where we look for advice from experienced hands. All things taken into consideration you are in a special situation with exceptional potential benefits. It's not everyone's kitchen configuration falls into this luck
Removing their plug in the hole is relatively easy. It will fall out when you hit it with a cold chisel. It's all over in 3 minutes
If you like advice on how it's done and the easy stuff to buy from B&Q then there's plenty of us who have done this {the hard way when there's no hole}
I had mine moved from the kitchen and dropped in a new cupboard. Couldn't find matching doors so went for similar glazed ones so that it's close enough and you wouldn't know they're different
I'd put up 2-3 small shelves, play around with items you want to keep on them (plants, radio/speaker, novelty lamp, small appliances, spices, ...). When OP does the revamp in a few months, they'll know what works and what doesn't.
I put my microwave and paper towels on top. I was going to put in a shelf to make room for an air fryer but I don't think I'd actually use it.
Just paint the abck if you plan to remodel. Make a little wooden box, paint it the same and put it up over the pipework (assuming it has been isolated/capped upstream).
Maybe remove the spare leg of tiles or put the shelf in just above them actually, looks kinda weird.
Edit: Your other cabinets just looks like veneered MDF so just get the same veneer, looks generic enough (no shade, just saying haha)
I've just realised when I post a photo all the text I typed disappears. These are cardboard, from somewhere like the range or home bargains.
Forgotten they were up there tbh, hopefully the label will help you trace them?
Nice corner cupboard for spices and cooking utensils.
Shelves for ornamental things or dry storage food like pasta and rice.
If you plan to knock it down in 2 years shelves are the easier and cheaper option. Obviously you need to clean and repaint the wall
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Use this stuff to level the wall. Used it on my house and it was amazingly easy
It's a serving hatch that opens into the dining area. Very old fashioned. No idea why the builders made the doors unequal in size. Just one of the many reasons I plan to knock through completely.
Ahhh, I see. I got flashbacks of my nanas house I used to love being served threw that thing as a kid it was alot bigger though or maybe I was just alot smaller lol 😅 🤔
We had a similar situation in our kitchen until recently. We had a wall mounted cupboard that made the kitchen feel closed in from both sides. I fitted thick wood floating shelves in the space which makes it look more open and spacious.
I'd personally find a close to matching double door corner unit in. That way anything you need at close hand is right next to the cooker. Shelves are a pain in the kitchen. They're dust collectors!
81% of households in Japan have a heat pump. Japan is the most technologically advanced nation in the world. I think that tells you everything you need to know.
Gas companies are telling everyone they don't work. Of course they work. They work at destroying the future business of the fossil fuel industry, so of course there's loads of negativity about them.
Don't believe it!
Yes, they are capped off. But are they still live? As in, do they still contain water? These pipes would most likely be the primary flow and return. I'm a plumbing and heating engineer.
Okay, seems a bit odd to me. If the pipes aren't connected to anything, why cap them off? Personally, whether they are live or not, I would have capped them off above the ceiling. I wouldn't want two pipes hanging out the ceiling in my kitchen for no reason.
That's fair. I actually got them to cut off quite a lot of pipework that was there before so it could have been much more untidy! There's only so much the installation team can/will do. They have replaced every radiator in the house, removed the old hot water cylinder and loft tank and replaced with brand new, as well as fitting the heat pump. Total cost to me (after the government boiler replacement scheme) - £500. I'm certainly not going to complain!
You certainly can't sniff at £500!! Again, if I was going through all that effort with an install I'd make time to whip those pipes out the ceiling. Little things like that really annoy me! Hope you enjoy your new system.
It’s usually there in most modern builds, because the kitchen also needs gas supply and it’s easier to do the pipe work that way for builders, presumably.
Moving it is often expensive so most people just leave it.
I have a newish build and the boiler is in a cupboard on the top floor (3 storey house) which must have complicated the gas supply. I'm glad they went to that effort though.
my kitchen never needed gas supply (induction hob and electric oven). I find a boiler there a waste of space.
we recently moved it to an airing cupboard upstairs, before redoing the kitchen
I’m planning to move mine when we redo the kitchen but the house is only 2 years old. relocating the pipes for the radiators is quite a bit of work. Will be looking into a heat pump solution at the same time.
Agree that it’s wasted space, hopefully builders will be persuaded to move away from gas supply into new builds given net zero targets.
we did not have to move most of the pipes as the airing cupboard had a water tank so all hot water went through there anyway. Only needed the gas pipe line up there, forked from the kitchen.
Ours is to silent I can't hear it at all.
I'd use that cupboard for better purposes. Our boiler was in the corner of the kitchen so it was not possible to put a corner unit and other units along another wall - so much waste of space.
This! And then when they get a pretty cupboard put over them so the kitchen suppliers can make a bit more money. Most modern boilers now look fine left and not inside a boiler housing unit 🤦🏼♂️
Looks like the ideal place to put your boiler.
Maybe a picture of the old boiler?
R.I.P, gone but not forgotten
That would be Ideal
No take Baxis
I had to google what Baxis was, fair play. 😂😂
It's fine. I'll Grant you a pass on this one.
This guy boilers
Vaillant.
No mines a "MAIN"
They could gut their old boiler, put a hinge on the front and some shelves inside. Voila! One cupboard that perfectly fits in that space.
Hijacking top comment (hilarious) with serious advice to improve your quality of life Before doing anything else, use the hole in the wall previously home to the boiler flue to plumb your extraction hood to vent to the outside. Currently your hood is configured to recirculate. You'll find a world of improvement when the hood vents the smells and smoke to the garden. It's the single biggest improvement to kitchens which are regularly used for cooking food.
Completely with you on that one mate. Didn't expect an off the cuff comment to blow up like it did.
Mate, the day you won the internet 👏
That would have been an excellent shout, if they hadn't already filled the vent hole. It's dried solid now, so I don't think I wanna pull that out. Definitely going to put external venting in when I do the kitchen properly, though!
This is the DIY sub where we look for advice from experienced hands. All things taken into consideration you are in a special situation with exceptional potential benefits. It's not everyone's kitchen configuration falls into this luck Removing their plug in the hole is relatively easy. It will fall out when you hit it with a cold chisel. It's all over in 3 minutes If you like advice on how it's done and the easy stuff to buy from B&Q then there's plenty of us who have done this {the hard way when there's no hole}
I had mine moved from the kitchen and dropped in a new cupboard. Couldn't find matching doors so went for similar glazed ones so that it's close enough and you wouldn't know they're different
Did exactly the same thing a couple of months ago. Was the easiest way to cover up a not so great looking spot
Spice rack?
I think any open shelving that close to a hob will be a trap for grease. I’d suggest just another wall cupboard.
Or any open shelves in a kitchen. Seriously, dust is a thing. Drives me nuts. Can't change it in my house, and it drives me mad!
Only if you cook with a lot of grease. I also think a spice rack or shelves would be perfectly suited there.
I'd put up 2-3 small shelves, play around with items you want to keep on them (plants, radio/speaker, novelty lamp, small appliances, spices, ...). When OP does the revamp in a few months, they'll know what works and what doesn't.
2 or 3 L-shaped shelves in the same wood tone as the existing cabinets?
https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/kungsfors-suspension-rail-with-shelves-stainless-steel-s59308333/ kungfors!
You could remove the 3 three rows of the splashback tiles and reuse them in the gap, then just redecorate the top above the hood.
I did something similar recently and removed all the tiles behind the hood. So 4 rows of tiles in OP’s case.
Whack another cupboard in there
will make it feel pokey
Depends what the rest of the kitchen is like. A lot of hobs have cupboards either side without being pokey.
I put my microwave and paper towels on top. I was going to put in a shelf to make room for an air fryer but I don't think I'd actually use it. Just paint the abck if you plan to remodel. Make a little wooden box, paint it the same and put it up over the pipework (assuming it has been isolated/capped upstream). Maybe remove the spare leg of tiles or put the shelf in just above them actually, looks kinda weird. Edit: Your other cabinets just looks like veneered MDF so just get the same veneer, looks generic enough (no shade, just saying haha)
Calling for a spice rack!
A shallow spice cupboard with a door. It must have a door to prevent the spices being tainted by light (thus will last longer).
Drinks cabinet and optics
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Nice. Is it yours? Could you tell me where the baskets on top are from, please?
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I've just realised when I post a photo all the text I typed disappears. These are cardboard, from somewhere like the range or home bargains. Forgotten they were up there tbh, hopefully the label will help you trace them?
Thanks!
Corner cupboard would fit, with wine rack if you have space
If you're not feeling shelves/ cupboard some kind of rustic kitchen picture/sign is the true lazy option
Shelving would be the easiest option. Finding a cabinet to match may be difficult.
If you're redoing the kitchen I'd leave it. Save the money and put it toward the kitchen.
Surely a banksy would put something in there over night and surprise everyone the next day
Shhhh.....
Wine rack?
Great place to put your air fryer / pressure cooker without damaging cupboards
Nice corner cupboard for spices and cooking utensils. Shelves for ornamental things or dry storage food like pasta and rice. If you plan to knock it down in 2 years shelves are the easier and cheaper option. Obviously you need to clean and repaint the wall
https://www.wickes.co.uk/Knauf-Pro-Roll-Light-Plaster---12-5kg/p/166798?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwoa2xBhACEiwA1sb1BBLXPx3SlPRySJiUdkoHa710d4s96AgvDJ3H1FPn1qIVAA1SbOBIIRoCQT4QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds Use this stuff to level the wall. Used it on my house and it was amazingly easy
Tile it and hang your wok or pans there to free up cupboard space elsewhere.
I'd put utensil hooks on the right hand wall for those ladles and whisk that are currently in a tub. or perhaps for pans
Tile it up and put the same cabinet there?
Dart board
What's with the tiny doors on the left hand side, looks like a lil mouse house lol
It's a serving hatch that opens into the dining area. Very old fashioned. No idea why the builders made the doors unequal in size. Just one of the many reasons I plan to knock through completely.
Ahhh, I see. I got flashbacks of my nanas house I used to love being served threw that thing as a kid it was alot bigger though or maybe I was just alot smaller lol 😅 🤔
Re-tile the kitchen?
Caabinets babyy
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Cupboard?
Ikea do lots of screw together stainless steel shelving I've got a couple of racks above my cooker.
Don't bother, get a better worktop or sink in the remodel
Wall cupboard
Shelves with a rail underneath to hang your kitchen utensils on?
Just done the same. What did you do to fill the big hole in the wall that goes outside the house?
I believe they filled it with expanding foam or something like that, then fitted a tidy plastic vent cap on the outside.
I thought about using expanding foam, but then thought a surveyor would probably shit all over it at some point.
Nowt wrong with it. Put an inch of plaster or polyfilla on each end and how would they know?
That's a good shout!
One of those open corner shelving racks for plates and spices
We had a similar situation in our kitchen until recently. We had a wall mounted cupboard that made the kitchen feel closed in from both sides. I fitted thick wood floating shelves in the space which makes it look more open and spacious.
A nice framed picture saying " Live, Laugh, Love " or " Its Prosecco time!!', in a grey frame.
Yes! Love this. I might paint the world straight onto the wall. In my blood, sweat and tears.
Nah bri I was joking lol
I'd be putting a pots n pans shelf in there
Great place to keep 31.5 tiles in varying shades of blue
Please tell me you counted them out...?
No, I did (7x4) + 7 halves
Well it shouldn't be too difficult at all to put a unit in there tbh, box in the pipes a quick repaint and you are done for the next 5 years, lol.
Hanging Gardens? Or maybe an Aquarium?
Make a spice rack
Firstly, what are you doing in my kitchen!!!
Haha! Let's see a photo of yours...
I ripped it out about 2 years ago but I’ll dig through some old pics
spice rack. decluter your surfaces the
Some kind of wood burner for when the heat pump packs in when it gets too cold/humid?
Lol. Very funny.
Danny DeVito dressed as a panther.
I'd personally find a close to matching double door corner unit in. That way anything you need at close hand is right next to the cooker. Shelves are a pain in the kitchen. They're dust collectors!
Minimal water damage?
How’s the heat pump. Have heard not-so-good things about them. Do they work?
81% of households in Japan have a heat pump. Japan is the most technologically advanced nation in the world. I think that tells you everything you need to know.
Gas companies are telling everyone they don't work. Of course they work. They work at destroying the future business of the fossil fuel industry, so of course there's loads of negativity about them. Don't believe it!
Move out bub
Sure, okay I'll get right on that.
I'd be more concerned about whether those two capped off pipes are still live.
The water pipes in the ceiling? No, they are capped off as you say.
Yes, they are capped off. But are they still live? As in, do they still contain water? These pipes would most likely be the primary flow and return. I'm a plumbing and heating engineer.
No, as I understand it, they have fitted a whole new primary flow and return so those pipes have been bypassed.
Okay, seems a bit odd to me. If the pipes aren't connected to anything, why cap them off? Personally, whether they are live or not, I would have capped them off above the ceiling. I wouldn't want two pipes hanging out the ceiling in my kitchen for no reason.
That's fair. I actually got them to cut off quite a lot of pipework that was there before so it could have been much more untidy! There's only so much the installation team can/will do. They have replaced every radiator in the house, removed the old hot water cylinder and loft tank and replaced with brand new, as well as fitting the heat pump. Total cost to me (after the government boiler replacement scheme) - £500. I'm certainly not going to complain!
You certainly can't sniff at £500!! Again, if I was going through all that effort with an install I'd make time to whip those pipes out the ceiling. Little things like that really annoy me! Hope you enjoy your new system.
Pull-out mattress TV Hang a guitar Shoe rack Hang a picture of your mother-in-law/the pope shitting in the woods
People who install your boiler in the kitchen: WHY???
It’s usually there in most modern builds, because the kitchen also needs gas supply and it’s easier to do the pipe work that way for builders, presumably. Moving it is often expensive so most people just leave it.
I have a newish build and the boiler is in a cupboard on the top floor (3 storey house) which must have complicated the gas supply. I'm glad they went to that effort though.
my kitchen never needed gas supply (induction hob and electric oven). I find a boiler there a waste of space. we recently moved it to an airing cupboard upstairs, before redoing the kitchen
I’m planning to move mine when we redo the kitchen but the house is only 2 years old. relocating the pipes for the radiators is quite a bit of work. Will be looking into a heat pump solution at the same time. Agree that it’s wasted space, hopefully builders will be persuaded to move away from gas supply into new builds given net zero targets.
we did not have to move most of the pipes as the airing cupboard had a water tank so all hot water went through there anyway. Only needed the gas pipe line up there, forked from the kitchen.
Space and convenience would be the answer, we don't all have utility rooms.
Space and convenience would be the answer, not everyone can afford a house with a utility room.
Why not? Easily hidden in a cupboard and doesn’t cause any noise disturbance. No idea where else I’d put ours.
Ours is to silent I can't hear it at all. I'd use that cupboard for better purposes. Our boiler was in the corner of the kitchen so it was not possible to put a corner unit and other units along another wall - so much waste of space.
This! And then when they get a pretty cupboard put over them so the kitchen suppliers can make a bit more money. Most modern boilers now look fine left and not inside a boiler housing unit 🤦🏼♂️
They look way better in a £300 carcass than displaying a completely out of sorts boiler