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Kitchen research Checklist Glossary A-Z Frequently asked questions		The most frequently asked questions when buying a kitchen 1. What should I pay attention to when buying a new kitchen? 2. Isn't a DYNAMIC SPACE kitchen too expensive? 3. How can I create more storage space? 4. Why do you only recommend drawers and pull-outs in bottom cabinets? 5. What ergonomic factors should be considered for the work height? 6. What is the loading capacity of pull-out systems? 7. What is ORGA-LINE? 8. Where can I get these organisational dividers, what should I pay attention to? 9. How come Blum knows so much about kitchens? 10. Can I buy my kitchen directly from Blum? 11. BLUMOTION - what is it? 1. What should I pay attention to when buying a new kitchen? Answers to this question can be found in our checklist. Pay attention to your current and future kitchen requirements. Determine your storage space requirement. Plan in kitchen zones. Plan your storage items in ergonomically correct levels. Stay away from shelves in the base cabinets. Select full extensions. Adjust work heights to your height. Make sure that enough work space is planned in your kitchen. Make sure that storage items are well organised using inner dividers. Select cabinets that are specially designed for specific storage items. Make sure that the fittings in your kitchen are the very best quality, e.g. that pull-outs and doors are equipped with BLUMOTION. 2. Isn't a DYNAMIC SPACE kitchen too expensive? Experience has shown that most people keep a kitchen for approx. 20 years. That's why you need carefully consider what you need and expect from your new kitchen. After all, the kitchen is also a room that we frequent quite often, meaning that it should be looked upon as a fun place, a place you want to be in. Our experience has shown that a kitchen planned according to DYNAMIC SPACE criteria is not that much more expensive than a kitchen planned using old/existing standards. More about this under zone planning... 3. How can I create more storage space? Targeted planning helps you to realise your personal desires and requirements, and it is the prerequisite for creating more storage space and organisation. Pull-outs can be equipped so that more items can be put into them. This is done using full extensions, higher backs as well as side walls. This prevents items from falling out and awkward items such as pot lids from jutting out the sides. In addition, wider pull-outs also offer more storage space. This enables you to gain as much as 55% more usable storage space per pull-out. The details... 4. Why do you only recommend drawers and pull-outs in bottom cabinets? Bottom cabinets with shelves behind doors are not good from an ergonomic standpoint: It makes it very difficult for you to find items since you don't have an overview of the base cabinet contents. Quite often you will find that you have to bend or stretch to locate items you are looking for. It is not uncommon to find yourself having to remove some of the contents at the front in order to get at the items at the back. On the other hand, drawers and pull-outs enable you to see what you want easily and get your hands on it quickly and in comfort. Details in the ergonomic study... 5. What ergonomic factors should be considered for the work height? The work heights in your kitchen should suit your height not the other way around. The following general rule can be used: With your arms bent, the distance between your elbows and the work area should be approx. 15 cm. The proper work height leads to a healthy posture and saves effort. Also be aware that different activities require different work heights. A raised dishwasher, or a lower oven and stove have all shown to be good for the back. 6. What is the loading capacity of pull-out systems? Storage is often heavy. Therefore, wider and deeper pull-outs and drawers must be able to carry heavy loads and safe to use. Dependent upon the specification a full extension runner can carry loads of up to 80kg. 7. What is ORGA-LINE? Using ORGA-LINE you can organise almost everything you will want to store in the kitchen. There are cross and lateral dividers options and cutlery containers. The cutlery containers are dishwasher-safe. Storage for cutlery, kitchen utensils, odds and ends, packages, tinned goods and Tupperware, as well as pots, plates and bottles. 8. Where can I get these organisational dividers, what should I pay attention to? Drop us a line. We'll send you the address. 9. How come Blum knows so much about kitchens? For many years Blum have researched how kitchens are used and what people want from their kitchen. We have taken this knowledge and used it as the foundation for developing our innovations and the basis for DYNAMIC SPACE. We want to work with you to achieve a new standard for kitchens.. 10. Can I buy my kitchen directly from Blum? No, Blum is a manufacturer of furniture fittings and does not sell complete kitchens. The purpose behind DYNAMIC SPACE is to pass on Blum's kitchen research knowledge to the kitchen user and in so doing create a better kitchen standard. Basically, all kitchen planners and designers are in the position to plan kitchens using DYNAMIC SPACE criteria. 11. BLUMOTION - what is it? BLUMOTION: The perfect movement of pull-outs and doors - almost silent and effortless. Closing without the typical "banging and clattering". BLUMOTION spares both the drawer's contents and the user's nerves. No more bouncing back. Whether narrow, light drawers or wide, heavy high fronted pull-outs - it doesn't matter: BLUMOTION always guarantees silent and effortless operation.

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