We are making our utility room a bit smaller to accommodate a shower
room. Thus we need to make best use of all the available space.

I've seen a couple of adverts for and DIY descriptions of plinth or
kick-panel drawers. On looking at the detail these seem to be simply
normal ball-bearing runner drawers put into the space under a normal
cabinet. Am I missing anything or is this what they are? The
cabinets I'm thinking of adding these to have sides right down to the
floor, not feet, so it is fairly straightforward I would guess.

However I'm not sure that I fancy reaching in far enough to place the
rear screws for the runners, especially as these need to be pretty
accurate (I've fitted quite a few normal height ones in home built
cabinets). So has anyone seen 'under cabinet' drawers which are just
a box on wheels? We're only aiming to store infrequently used stuff
in them so the ease of use of ball-bearing runner drawers isn't really
necessary. Are there 'under bed' drawers like this?

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Chris Green
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On Tuesday, 30 July 2019 12:33:05 UTC+1, Chris Green wrote:
... Are there 'under bed' drawers like this?

"underbed storage with wheels uk" as a google search throws up some options.

For example https://www.amazon.co.uk/slp/underbed-storage-with-wheels/dzrg6tw9m9yp3d6

On 30/07/2019 13:54, wrote:
On Tuesday, 30 July 2019 12:33:05 UTC+1, Chris Green wrote:
... Are there 'under bed' drawers like this?

"underbed storage with wheels uk" as a google search throws up some options.

For example https://www.amazon.co.uk/slp/underbed-storage-with-wheels/dzrg6tw9m9yp3d6

+1, I have some under my bed. The plastic lids are good because they
catch all the dust.

On Tuesday, 30 July 2019 12:33:05 UTC+1, Chris Green wrote:
We are making our utility room a bit smaller to accommodate a shower
room. Thus we need to make best use of all the available space.

I've seen a couple of adverts for and DIY descriptions of plinth or
kick-panel drawers. On looking at the detail these seem to be simply
normal ball-bearing runner drawers put into the space under a normal
cabinet. Am I missing anything or is this what they are? The
cabinets I'm thinking of adding these to have sides right down to the
floor, not feet, so it is fairly straightforward I would guess.

However I'm not sure that I fancy reaching in far enough to place the
rear screws for the runners, especially as these need to be pretty
accurate (I've fitted quite a few normal height ones in home built
cabinets). So has anyone seen 'under cabinet' drawers which are just
a box on wheels? We're only aiming to store infrequently used stuff
in them so the ease of use of ball-bearing runner drawers isn't really
necessary. Are there 'under bed' drawers like this?

not hard to do. Just cut the wheels from plastic so they don't swell/split with water. Some plastics wear a lot better than some others.


NT

Chris Green writes:

We are making our utility room a bit smaller to accommodate a shower
room. Thus we need to make best use of all the available space.

[€¦]

However I'm not sure that I fancy reaching in far enough to place the
rear screws for the runners, especially as these need to be pretty
accurate (I've fitted quite a few normal height ones in home built
cabinets). So has anyone seen 'under cabinet' drawers which are just
a box on wheels?

I made some boxes from plywood (biscuit joints) and used
furniture glides like these:
https://www.sdslondon.co.uk/castors-...ure-glide.html
That has the advantage that you need minimal clearance between
the drawer and the floor, and its straightforward to pull the
drawer all the way out if you need to.

The fronts were made out of ply covered with floorcovering, with
a plinth seal strip at the bottom and a pull handle in the
middle. The fronts are double hinged to the drawers so that they
rest on the floor but can be lifted up when pulling the drawer
out.

--
Jón Fairbairn
http://www.chaos.org.uk/~jf/Stuff-I-dont-want.html (updated 2014-04-05)

Jon Fairbairn wrote:
Chris Green writes:

We are making our utility room a bit smaller to accommodate a shower
room. Thus we need to make best use of all the available space.

[€¦]

However I'm not sure that I fancy reaching in far enough to place the
rear screws for the runners, especially as these need to be pretty
accurate (I've fitted quite a few normal height ones in home built
cabinets). So has anyone seen 'under cabinet' drawers which are just
a box on wheels?

I made some boxes from plywood (biscuit joints) and used
furniture glides like these:
https://www.sdslondon.co.uk/castors-...ure-glide.html
That has the advantage that you need minimal clearance between
the drawer and the floor, and its straightforward to pull the
drawer all the way out if you need to.

The fronts were made out of ply covered with floorcovering, with
a plinth seal strip at the bottom and a pull handle in the
middle. The fronts are double hinged to the drawers so that they
rest on the floor but can be lifted up when pulling the drawer
out.

That was a direction I was thinking of, thank you. The 'furniture
glides' provide the 'missing link' as it were.

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Chris Green
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On 30/07/2019 12:26, Chris Green wrote:
We are making our utility room a bit smaller to accommodate a shower
room. Thus we need to make best use of all the available space.

I've seen a couple of adverts for and DIY descriptions of plinth or
kick-panel drawers. On looking at the detail these seem to be simply
normal ball-bearing runner drawers put into the space under a normal
cabinet. Am I missing anything or is this what they are? The
cabinets I'm thinking of adding these to have sides right down to the
floor, not feet, so it is fairly straightforward I would guess.

However I'm not sure that I fancy reaching in far enough to place the
rear screws for the runners, especially as these need to be pretty
accurate (I've fitted quite a few normal height ones in home built
cabinets). So has anyone seen 'under cabinet' drawers which are just
a box on wheels? We're only aiming to store infrequently used stuff
in them so the ease of use of ball-bearing runner drawers isn't really
necessary. Are there 'under bed' drawers like this?

We use wicker baskets, no wheels, ideal for vegetables, on our tiled
floor. The plinth was discarded and the exposed raw chipboard edges
covered with a piece of wooden moulding. Simple, works well and looks
IMO better than the plinth.

Cheers
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Clive

Clive Arthur wrote:
On 30/07/2019 12:26, Chris Green wrote:
We are making our utility room a bit smaller to accommodate a shower
room. Thus we need to make best use of all the available space.

I've seen a couple of adverts for and DIY descriptions of plinth or
kick-panel drawers. On looking at the detail these seem to be simply
normal ball-bearing runner drawers put into the space under a normal
cabinet. Am I missing anything or is this what they are? The
cabinets I'm thinking of adding these to have sides right down to the
floor, not feet, so it is fairly straightforward I would guess.

However I'm not sure that I fancy reaching in far enough to place the
rear screws for the runners, especially as these need to be pretty
accurate (I've fitted quite a few normal height ones in home built
cabinets). So has anyone seen 'under cabinet' drawers which are just
a box on wheels? We're only aiming to store infrequently used stuff
in them so the ease of use of ball-bearing runner drawers isn't really
necessary. Are there 'under bed' drawers like this?

We use wicker baskets, no wheels, ideal for vegetables, on our tiled
floor. The plinth was discarded and the exposed raw chipboard edges
covered with a piece of wooden moulding. Simple, works well and looks
IMO better than the plinth.

Thanks, that could work for us though the mice might have a field day
(we have three cats but that's not enough to keep the mice at bay!).
I guess we don't have to store vegetables there, we do similarly have
a tiled floor.

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Chris Green
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