Ikea Faktum kitchen questions / tips?

Good morning everyone,

I am slowly getting desperate about my kitchen, so I have a few more questions and then hopefully I'll stop :)

So:
1st question:
Is there any way to have a "normal" drawer at the top in the cooktop cabinet and not the 35cm deep drawer? Is it maybe possible with the new NYTTIG? Does the new Nyttig even fit on the Faktum kitchen? Why do I have to take a "small" drawer?

2nd question:
Yesterday the tall cabinets for fridge/freezer and tall cabinet for oven were installed. Total despair. So, back panel or not with the fridge/freezer (RÄKALL)? We totally didn’t figure that out yesterday :)
What about the ventilation grille? Does it have to be cut into the plinth or not? If yes, for both cabinets

3rd question:
We have distances of 5 cm from the walls on both sides. We want to cover these (so just cut out the plinth and install it). Yesterday someone told us that there are some clips for the covers at Ikea. Is that true? How are the covers actually made?

I thank you very, very much in advance for your answers!

Best regards
Natasa

Hello Natasa,

Regarding 1: I have a completely normal drawer under my Högvärdig cooktop. Above are two 20 cm drawers and below one 40 cm drawer. Or did I misunderstand your question?

Best regards

Hello,

1.) You need space for the cable of the cooktop. With Metod there is more space and therefore the NUTTIG intermediate shelf can be installed deeper than with FAKTUM. Maybe it would work with FAKTUM using the oven drawer and the cooktop divider from METOD (which might also need to be trimmed 2 mm in width), but then the drawer would be shallower. Probably no one will be able to say if it works.

2.) No back panel. The ventilation grille must be installed in the toe kick. For the oven as well, if specified.

3.) Clips are only available for the toe kick panel. The fillers are simply screwed to the carcass or the top panel. [MEDIA=youtube]o-_Oi1we9IA[/MEDIA]

Regarding 1.) You wrote in another thread something about a gas hob - also check there again if the installation instructions provide information about the required clearances below.

Regarding 2.) The main thing is an adequate ventilation cross-section in the base and at the back panel upwards. The Räkall instructions state a minimum cross-sectional area of 200 cm2 each.

Regards, IKEA-Freund

Oh, I overlooked the fact. :oops: Sorry.

Thank you thank you thank you