A small kitchen and have the opportunity to expand it at the expense of the corridor or loggia? Then you should know all the possibilities and be prepared for the redevelopment of the kitchen. We have collected detailed information on the permissible and categorically prohibited redevelopments of the kitchen space.
Kitchen redevelopment: permissible and prohibited projects
One of the most popular redevelopment of space is the redevelopment of the kitchen, which is engaged in during the renovation works. Apartment owners not only by all efforts increase the area of the kitchen space in small-sized, but also change the configuration of the walls in large rooms. Often this procedure entails a number of violations. In the article we will consider the frequent wishes of customers regarding the redevelopment of the kitchen and the main nuances that should be taken into account in the process of implementing their ideas.
The main wall interferes
Often, homeowners are ready to tear down the capital wall in order to combine the kitchen space with the living space. This manipulation is beneficial only for owners of small-sized apartments, but not for apartments with large areas, since the walls in this case serve as zoning and fill the interior with comfort.
But, in any case, before you begin to realize your plans, you must first agree on a project in which engineers calculate the width of the required opening and a number of conditions. And only after the permission of the designer BTI, you can proceed to dismantling.
For example, the union is strictly prohibited if the bearing wall must be removed between the rooms. Since this procedure violates the stability of the entire structure of the house and can cause a serious accident - destruction. Consequently, either to abandon the idea altogether, or to carry out the procedure of strengthening.
Designers say that they usually give permission to open an average width of up to 1 meter, in rare cases, they are 1.2 meters wide. This opening will be the new entrance to the kitchen, and a section of the corridor from the side of the old passage will be rescheduled in the continuation of the bathroom or converted into a dressing room.
Re-planning of the gasified kitchen - nuances
If there is a partition between the kitchen and the living room in the process of redevelopment, then theoretically it can be dismantled. But, in practice, it is not so easy to do. This partition is usually installed in apartments with gas-fitted kitchens.
By law, it is prohibited to combine a gasified room with a residential one.
In this case, there are two options:
1. Install a sliding, removable decorative partition, which will act as a door.
2. Discard the gas hob and switch to electric. To do this, you must go to the gas office, issue a waiver, and experts will come and disconnect the apartment from the gas supply (it is worth noting that this procedure is not cheap and is not always justified).
So an easily accomplished task when connecting a kitchen to a room will be only if the apartment has an electric stove, and between the rooms is a light partition, and not a main wall.
Studio apartment
According to the designers, in small apartments to carry out the procedure of unification is a controversial concept. Since every year there are new design and interior trends, and you will end up with a cramped apartment with not comfortable intersection of functional zones.
It is convenient to organize a studio for lonely people or students, but for families, and even with children, this was initially a failure. Functional areas should be demarcated so that there is a domestic imbalance. For example, mothers usually get up earlier in order to prepare breakfast, and in order not to wake everyone up prematurely, she should have a kitchen separate from the living room.
Expansion of kitchen space
Kitchen space can not only be combined with residential, but also expanded using the adjacent ones, but this procedure also needs to follow strict rules. For example, you can move the partition ("pick up" part of the room, but not more than 25%). It is prohibited to install a stove and a sink on the added plots, they should be placed within the original kitchen area.
Allowed to expand the kitchen at the expense of pantries or corridor.
An important point: an increase in the kitchen is strictly prohibited due to the area of the bathroom, and vice versa, the bathroom cannot be increased at the expense of the kitchen.
Kitchen + balcony (loggia)
In some apartments, a balcony or a loggia is placed in the kitchens and many have an idea to increase the kitchen area at the expense of the balcony / loggia. There is one nuance: it is forbidden to combine a balcony with a kitchen, but it’s really possible to get permission to merge with a loggia.
As the practice of designers shows, every second homeowner wants to reschedule the kitchen in one way or another. And only a few know the whole range of nuances and adhere to the rules. We recommend that before proceeding with radical actions on restructuring, consult with a professional engineer and designer.
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