We tell what to pay attention to when transferring the washing to the window, how to choose the touch mixer and accessories.
The kitchen with washing at the window is one of the trends of recent years, which is often used by designers both on large squares and in crushes. And if during the construction of a private house or cottage you can easily implement this idea, then problems already have an existing system in a typical apartment often arise. Let's figure out how to prevent errors and facilitate this process.
All about the design of the kitchen with washing near the window:
Pros and consFeatures of the transfer
Selecting the mixer
Decor, textiles and lighting
Pros and cons of the transfer of shell
Designer reception on the transfer of shell has obvious advantages.
Benefits
- The main plus is a beautiful view, not a deaf wall. Washing washing will no longer be a boring monotone process.
- If the room is small, such a solution will help increase the working surface. Especially in the event that the level of the window sill coincides with the worktop. Plus, the space under it will also be involved under the cabinet, where you can store household chemicals and utensils.
- It will be possible to save and electricity. Sometimes the sink is so unsuccessful, for example, in the dark corner, that even the day has to include light. In the kitchen with a sink under the window there will be no such problem.
disadvantages
But there are also minuses that should also be considered.
- The transfer process itself and the installation cannot be called simple. And in some cases, when the difference between the height of the table and the windowsill is large and open below, it will have to tolerate it. This will require a separate agreement.
- In order for the window sash to be widely, it will be necessary to think about the location and shape of the mixer.
- Wooden window frames either do not fit into such a room. They will constantly fall on the spray of water, and this is afraid of any tree. We'll have to be replaced by plastic. The same, by the way, concerns the countertops. Check out options from artificial or natural stone.
- Water will fall on the curtains, and on the glass. Be prepared for the fact that the glass will have often washed.
- Another danger is to fog windows and frames, and, as a result, the emergence of mold. You can avoid this by installing the ventilation grid in the tabletop, so the air from the battery will reach glass.
If these items are not frightened, you can safely begin to implement ideas. Moreover, this reception fits into any interior. It looks good in the loft, and in the country, and even in a classic style. And especially good - in the kitchen combined with the living room,
Features of the transfer of shell
If you live in an apartment building, even in a small angular kitchen, the transfer of washing to the window will have to be coordinated, because it is a wet zone. Consequently, any error may entail the flooding of neighbors. Independently to make a conceived almost happened, you will have to look for professionals.
Approval is not required only if you move the sink along the wall.
What is important to consider
- To extend communications, metal-plastic or polypropylene pipes are used, for drain - from polethylene. They are installed at an angle to avoid blockages.
- If the distance from the planned position of the sink to the conceived more than three meters, the risk of frequent occurrence of blockages is increased at times. In this case, it is better to additionally install the chopper of food waste - a dispatcher. The size of the sink is not important. But even the husk, the peel and small residues of food before entering the flow will be crushed to safe for the casket pipes.
- An unequivocal opinion at what level to install the working surface is not. Some experts recommend to make it above the windowsill, others - at the same level. To find the height of the countertops orient, first of all, on your own feelings and comfort. But in the first case, splashes from the water and detergent on the glass will be significantly less.
Another point is the weight loss when installing the cabinet under the sink. It is almost impossible to transfer the battery, and in small rooms just nowhere. And if you close it with a closet, winter in the room will be cold and raw.
The simplest solution is the ventilation grille between the windowsill and the worktop. But it will not make one hundred percent result. It will be necessary to consider alternative heat sources: at least a heater, maximum - installation of a warm floor.
Selecting the mixer
Kitchen - zone with abundance of smells. And not always even a powerful extractor can cope with them. Therefore, the ability to widely open the windows sash - not a whim, but the need. And on a hot day, I often want to ventilate the room. Often the mixer bothers it.What if the mixer prevents the window to open the window?
Pay attention to the photo washing at the window in the kitchen, designers offer the following solutions to the problems with sash.
- Place the mixer closer to the edge, and not in the center of the sink.
- You can choose a retractable, swivel or folding model of the crane.
- If the window is located just above the level of the table top, look at the low mixer, which will not interfere with the movement of the sash.
Reduce splashing water around will help deep sink. If the dishwasher is not provided, choose a sink with a wing for drying or with a second bowl. There are even compact options for small and narrow countertops. They are much more convenient to classic.
Selection of accessories in the kitchen with washing near the window
If the curtain of almost any form is suitable for the usual window opening, then for the sink located above the sink there are its limitations. They are connected with the practical side.
- Avoid water from entering textiles will help the choice of rolled and roman curtain models, whose height can be adjusted.
- By the same principle choose blinds or curtains "Day-night".
- In the photo of the kitchen interiors with a sink at the window, a curtain cafe look great. This, by the way, is one of the favorite accessories of designers working with Country-style, Shebbi-Shikom and Provence.
The windowsill can be used not only as a working surface, but also for decorating the room, placing here, for example, flowers. The main plus (for lazy) is to water them very conveniently, it is not necessary to move away from the crane.
Do not forget to equip the sink space by an additional light source. Despite the daylight, in the evening you will most likely close the chandelier back. Therefore, it is appropriate to put a lamp on the contrary or hanging wall scaves.
