Kitchen Fitting

Replace a 600mm depth worktop with 900mm or are there other options?

Anonymous user 09/03/2024 - 2.32 PM

I rent (Housing Association) a studio flat - it has a small galley kitchen with a standard depth (600mm) worktop running along one side of the space (under a window). It is just over 8ft in length (no joins it it). It has a standard sink/draining board with mixer tap within it - placed about 1 ft from the right hand side of the full length. Unfortunately there are major utility pipes (the building was poorly subdivided back in the day) which run horizontally underneath the worktop from the left wall to halfway along (4ft in total). They are boxed in but effectively push out all appliances by 1ft on that side which is why there is a need for a deeper, 900mm worktop as everything just sticks out at the front. What are the options in terms of extending out the depth - or is it just a case of having to buy and install a whole new length of deeper worktop? Is that likely to be a very expensive endeavour (given that I rent the place). The current worktop is a light pink/grey speckled laminate. The aim is to be able to accommodate a slimline dishwasher and standard washing machine side by side and have them underneath the worktop and not sticking out. The washing machine is already in place and fine. Another issue caused by the boxed in pipes is understanding whether the existing plumbing could accommodate new fittings for a dishwasher - currently the sink, washing machine and combi boiler are plumbed in to the pipework quite happily. Not sure if you just add other 'Y' bit and use flexible pipes to dishwasher (going round the corner of the boxed in utility pipes) or if kitchen pipes can only cope with so many things. Is that a query that needs to go to a plumber seperately? Does these things sound like possibilities or too complex? Any thoughts on this would be welcome.