Well, I finally had to settle for an overpriced hot and cold fill machine from Hotpoint with a 5 year warranty. Of course it was the wrong size, ie bigger than the old one and fouled the corner cupboard door by 3 inches, so you couldn't open the door. So, it was time to buy a sliding hinged door mechanism for the kitchen. Good idea, but they don't exist. However a search in the junk collection came up with some IKEA/MFI ball bearing drawer slides, a few brackets, a couple of barrel hinges and various screws and bolts. Today it was installed and to my delight worked perfectly. Quite good, it's only taken 3 months to get around to it! I now have a cupboard door which slides across 4 inches before opening up >90 degrees and she can hide all her rubbish again. I'm unlikely to do a new kitchen, but if I were, I think I'd go for
800mm wide cabinets as the appliances are already heading for 700mm.- posted
8 years ago