Could people please read the email from the commercial kitchen supplier. Have asked him to do an estimate of the cost of using stainless steel benches but, from what he says, we need to rethink the appliances to make sure we do want to go commercial. Looks as if it could be an expensive business. One thing to keep in mind is whether using a domestic appliance of any kind would invalidate the warranty should there be any issues. This used to be the case.
I have done some on line costings for the stainless steel benches and shelves and think we could get those for around five thousand so that sounds cheaper than domestic. Xavier has just had a new kitchen made. It is 3.6m x about 3m and included gas oven and a dishwasher and was just under $20k installed. Tho justin (below) does mention using a joiner. Maybe open wooden shelves with stainless steel benchtops is another option we could consider?
Can I please have feedback as, from the advice given, our plans are unworkable. Thanks roz
Hi again Roz
I’ve had a look over the plan, it’s a sort of half & half Commercial kitchen with some modular stainless benches - Simply Stainless Specified - & domestic joinery.
Looks like a commercial gas Range on the plans, do you realise you will need a commercial extraction system given the output of the Commercial Range ? These systems are very expensive and require detailed air flow calculations with put red in inlet air to offset the amount of air being extracted.
I would suggest you buy a high quality domestic gas range with electric oven for ease of use, then you can simply install a domestic range hood.
With a mixture of open, commercial style stainless steel benching and domestic joinery units it may be just as easy and economical to have your joiner provide stainless worktops around the room for a more industrial look.
The trouble people have with a commercial appliances is that unless you come from a professional chef background most people would struggle to use them, for example these don’t have a clicker to spark the hobs, all commercial ranges are manually lit with a lighter, the extra power in the hobs and gas usage makes these not really suitable for a domestic environment.
Considering the large cost of an Extraction System - $10K + and the noise and vibration these create in a commercial environment I would suggest you won’t really gain any benefits from going down this track.
Likewise if you were to install an Under Bench Commercial Dishwasher which will do a cycle in 1 minute, one rack at a time, someone will need to start this in the morning and empty it at night while it stays on and ready to use all day, again this may not be appropriate for your situation unless of course you are employing a professional chef or cook to to run this kitchen.
Having said all of that if you are determined to install commercial appliances and some commercial benching we can price up the Gas Range, Modular Benching and Under Bench Commercial Dishwasher ( Commercial dishwashers should not be installed with domestic joinery, they get very hot and give off steam which destroys timber products.
Let me know your thoughts.
Kind Regards
Justin Mouw
02108747468
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