A · 2.4 m balcony run
Sink + grill only
Two modules and two end panels. The minimum that still cooks and washes.
The simplest kitchen is also the one that survives best
One straight line against a wall. No corner, no return, no geometry to argue about — and because every module is 900 high and 656 deep, the run is arithmetic. It is also the layout least likely to have a detail fail in ten years.
Straight run, 3.6 m. Grill centre, sink left, storage right.
Left of centre
Sink and prep. Nearest the house door, because that is the end that gets walked to most.
Centre
The grill. HW-04, cut to your cut-out. Everything else in the run is measured from this module.
Right
Storage and gas. Drawers, a vented cylinder cabinet, and an end panel if the end is visible.
What is in the standard build
The modules in this layout
Every line can be swapped for a different module at the same height and depth.
| Code | Module | Width | Why it is here |
|---|---|---|---|
| HW-01 | Sink cabinet | 800 mm | Nearest the door — waste and tap on this module |
| HW-05 | Drawer cabinet | 800 mm | Utensils in a 450 mm low drawer under the counter |
| HW-06 | Oven cabinet, 800 | 800 mm | Appliance bay, opening cut to your grill's drawing |
| HW-04 | Storage cabinet | 800 mm | Two doors and a stainless shelf |
| HW-02 | Gas cabinet | 800 mm | Vented at the base, not the top |
| Total | 5 modules, no end panel | 4,000 mm | Counter 4,040 mm with a 20 mm overhang at each end |
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Swap any line. The bill above is the 4,000 mm run we quote most often, and it works out cleanly because three of the ten cabinets are fixed at an 800 mm body and two more offer it as one of their widths. Swap the storage for a fridge and the run gains 100 mm; drop the drawer and it loses 800. Widths are fixed, so the arithmetic is whole modules, not millimetres shaved off a panel.
Four details that decide whether it lasts
Nothing here is cosmetic
01 · Measure the wall, not the cabinets
A straight run is only straight if the wall is. On rendered or tiled walls the base line is rarely flat, and a 4 m run amplifies a 10 mm bow into a visible gap. We set the run on castors, 20 mm off the wall, and let the counter overhang hide the tolerance.
02 · Every module is the same depth for one reason
656 mm means the front face of a drawer module lines up with the front face of a sink module without adjustment. Any cabinet that departs from it stops being combinable.
03 · The grill goes in the middle
Not for symmetry. Heat, splatter and the person standing at the grill all want clearance on both sides, and the middle of a straight run is the only place that gives it.
04 · One end has to be a decision
A straight run terminates twice. If either end is in open view it needs an end panel; if it dies into a wall it does not. This is the single line most often left off a first-draft order and added later at cost.
What you can change
Change anything on the face. Keep the grid.
The one thing we will not change is the shared height and depth, because that is what makes the modules joinable. Widths, door styles, internal fit-out, colour and the grill opening are all yours to specify.
- Yes, changeWidth within the quoted range · drawer and shelf layout · door style · colour · worktop material · grill cut-out · gas entry side · end panel treatment
- Not negotiable900 mm height · 656 mm depth · the 304 / aluminium honeycomb build · mechanical joining between modules
- Quoted separatelyWorktop · sink and tap · grill itself · fridge · freight · custom colour matching
Same grid, three briefs
How it changes with the space you have
These are real client briefs, not marketing variations. The modules change; the height and depth never do.
B · 3.9 m standard
Sink + grill + storage + gas
The configuration in the bill above. Most first orders land here.
C · 5.2 m entertaining
Adds side burner + drawer wall
Two cooks, one run. Recommend the stainless worktop — a 5 m stone worktop is a freight problem as well as a cost problem.
FAQ
Straight run questions
How long can a straight run be?
We have built 6 m in one line. The practical limit is the worktop, not the cabinets: a single stone piece past about 3.2 m becomes a transport and handling problem, so long runs usually get a joint or use stainless.
Does a straight run need fixing to the wall?
No, and we would rather it did not. The modules bolt to each other and stand on their own castors. Fixing to a wall transfers any wall movement into the cabinet line.
Sink at the left or the right end?
Whichever end is nearer the house door. That is the end that gets walked to with something in your hands, and it is the only rule that matters here.
Can it be free-standing, away from a wall?
Yes, but then it is the island — you lose the wall, so you need the rear face finished and the back becomes walkable. Same modules, different brief.
What about a downpipe, tap or vent on the wall?
Send a photo. Anything projecting more than 20 mm off the wall changes the run, and it is far cheaper to shorten a module than to notch a counter.
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