Has anybody used these in kitchens? I have a blind corner base and am considering this, by Real Solutions.
Step one after opening the door, is to pull out the unit of racks immediately inside the door.
Then the unit pulls sideways away from the door.
Then the rear pullout, which has slid over to the opening when step two was performed, can be pulled out.
Here is an x-ray view that may help.
Not inexpensive, but pretty cool. Any feedback? There are similar kits available from Knape & Vogt and Hafele, but they have the first set of racks attached to the door, and I want this one, independent of the door.
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Gene, I've seen them in one house, they are nice but as you know they're pricey. When I do my kitchen over I'm going to just use two sets of full-extension slides for pullout trays--one mounted conventionally, one a little higher that pulls out of the dead space into the space just above the first tray. Hope that makes sense. Not as cool as the one you showed, but 1/10 the price.
Mike Maines
What about the lazy suzans with the pie section cut out.
I have seem those in two styles. One the two door sections are attached to the lazy suzans.
The other you have one door section hinged to the other one and they "unfold" to open.
Gene,
I think you're looking at Rev-A-Shelf's 5PSP15L-CR, blind corner optimizer. You can find it on their web site (http://www.rev-a-shelf.com/) by searching on the at model number.
I've installed two in one kitchen and one in another, with a fourth coming in a future project. They are pricy, but they work well, they're easily installed, and I don't like other versions that require the door to be attached to the hardware. In Euro cabinets, with 1/8-inch reveals, it's hard to keep the door perfectly aligned when hung on pullouts. We get what we pay for.
Gary W
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Edited 8/19/2006 6:47 pm by GaryW
Edited 8/19/2006 6:48 pm by GaryW
Edited 8/19/2006 6:48 pm by GaryW
Hey, nice website. I went to Mystic Seaport last year on a trip back east. Family had great time. Mike
Trust in God, but row away from the rocks.
Gary, thanks for the feedback. It looks as if the Rev-A-Shelf kit is almost identical to that from Real Solutions, except that the RAS kit has all-wire baskets, whereas the RS kit has wood-bottomed ones.
You are right about frameless cabs, their doors, margins, and those pesky accessories that want to mount to doors for operation. I grew a distinct dislike for that when installing some Rev-A-Shelf trash pullouts.
Question for you from something I saw at your website. The kitchen with the cooktop in the island, and the popup vent behind. Do you recall the makes and models of the burner unit and the vent? I've one of those to do and am looking at product specs now.
Gene,
The cooktop is a Viking 36" VGRT model, although I can't find one on their website, http://www.vikingrange.com/consumer/products/product.jsp?id=prod110138, with the 6-burner layout as in my photo. I can't find my records on that projecft, but I think the downdraft is a Thermador, http://www.thermador.com/product619.html, with a remote blower. That thing is almost powerful enough to suck the lids off the pots on the cooktop.Gary W
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