Every appliance at its real size, and the checks that catch what will not fit.
A kitchen goes wrong in the details nobody drew: the socket behind the dishwasher, the hood with nowhere to vent, the fridge door that hits the wall. Setout Kitchen places every appliance at its real footprint, lets you set out each service point at its height, and runs sixteen layout checks while you work.
Every appliance a kitchen runs on, and a list of what you forgot.
Kitchen planners give you cabinets. Kitchens are decided by the hood, the fridge, the mixer grinder and the purifier — and by the sockets and drains each of them needs. Say what you cook with; Setout Kitchen places them at real size, and the checklist keeps score.
Placed for you, at real size
12 appliances · mm- Range hood / chimney600 or 900 wide · Cooking
- Cooktop / hob600 × 520 · Cooking
- Built-in oven600 × 600 · Cooking
- Microwave480 × 290 · Cooking
- Refrigerator700 × 1800 · Cold & wet
- Sink, single or twin bowl800 or 1000 wide · Cold & wet
- Water purifier300 × 400, wall-mounted · Cold & wet
- Dishwasher600 × 850 · Cold & wet
- Mixer grinder170 × 190 · Counter
- Kettle & toasterCounter top · Counter
- Under-cabinet lightWall cabinet or shelf · Counter
- Tall pantry600 × 2200 · Storage
Each one arrives with the socket or drain it needs already placed beside it. Switch to inches once and everything follows.
- Range hood duct route
- A socket for the mixer grindernot placedAt 1150 mm, and two of them — the kettle takes the other.
- Water purifier drainnot placedA point at 1250 mm plus a drain within 600 mm, or the pipe crosses the tile.
- Refrigerator clearance and door swing
- Oven at a height you can load
- Sink centre-line
- Cooktop ignition point
- Dishwasher beside the sink
- Under-cabinet lighting
- Gas cylinder or line
Runs as you build. Each line is something a real kitchen needed and somebody forgot; the two open items are the kind that end up behind plaster.
Sixteen things it checks while you move things around.
Each check names the unit, says what is wrong in millimetres, and clears itself when you fix it. The numbers below are the exact thresholds the planner uses.
| Check | What it flags |
|---|---|
| Door, drawer and loading space | A front that cannot open fully, or opens onto less than 600 mm to stand in, or shares its loading space with the entrance door. |
| Door and handle space beside walls | A unit hard against a return wall with less than 50 mm for the handle (150 mm beside a refrigerator). |
| Preparation and landing worktop | Less than 600 mm of clear worktop beside the sink, 450 mm on each side of it, or 500 mm each side of the hob. |
| Worktop beside the refrigerator | No landing worktop of 400 mm within reach of the fridge door. |
| Extraction over the hob | A hob with no chimney hood above it. |
| Height above the hob | Less than 650 mm between the hob and the hood or wall cabinet above it. |
| Space beside the hob | Less than 300 mm between the hob and a return wall, tall unit or refrigerator. |
| Hob under a window | A hob directly under a window: the opening sash and any blind or curtain must clear the burners. |
| Heat beside the refrigerator | An oven or hob hard against the fridge with no gap or insulated panel. |
| Dishwasher near the sink | A dishwasher more than 900 mm from the nearest sink, which needs its own waste route. |
| Walkway between runs | Facing runs closer than 1000 mm (a warning) or 900 mm (a conflict). |
| Sink, hob and refrigerator | The three legs between them adding up to less than 3.6 m (cramped) or more than 9 m (a lot of walking). |
| Wall cabinets and shelves over the worktop | Less than 450 mm between the worktop and the underside of a wall cabinet. |
| Sockets beside a hob or sink | A socket within 300 mm of a hob or sink. |
| Sockets behind cabinetry | A socket that ends up buried behind a cabinet where nothing can reach it. |
| Overlaps and room bounds | Units overlapping each other, standing outside the room, or blocking a door swing. |
Thresholds are planning clearances used in kitchen design, not building code. Local electrical, gas and ventilation rules and the appliance's own installation manual take precedence.
The socket or drain each appliance needs, and how high.
Heights are measured from the finished floor to the centre of the point, which is how they appear on the elevations and the Setout Sheet. Treat them as the starting point for a conversation with your electrician, not as a rule.
| Point | Height | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Small appliances | 1150 mm | Two outlets, not one. The kettle and the mixer grinder both end up living on the counter. |
| Range hood / chimney | 2050 mm | Behind the hood so the plug is hidden. Confirm hood height before anything is chased. |
| Water purifier | 1250 mm | Plus a drain point within 600 mm, or the waste line runs across a finished backsplash. |
| Refrigerator | 1900 mm | Dedicated circuit, never shared with the small-appliance run, and above the fridge so the plug stays reachable without pulling the unit out. |
| Microwave | 1400 mm | Sits above the microwave's own height so the flex drops to it, clear of the backsplash band. |
| Built-in oven | 1200 mm | A 20 A double-pole isolator above the worktop, beside the bay. The oven's own outlet goes in the neighbouring cabinet, never behind the appliance. |
| Cooktop ignition | 1100 mm | Offset 300 mm behind the rear burner, so the cable never runs over a flame and the plate stays clear of the window. |
The essentials checklist
Each line is something a real kitchen needed and somebody forgot. Work through it before the wall units go up.
Range hood duct route
The hood needs a way out. Decide before the wall units go up, not after.
A socket for the mixer grinder
At 1150 mm, and two of them — the kettle takes the other.
Water purifier drain
A point at 1250 mm plus a drain within 600 mm, or the pipe crosses the tile.
Refrigerator clearance and door swing
50 mm each side and a door that opens away from the wall.
Oven at a height you can load
Eye level in a tall unit, or under the counter — decided before the run is fitted.
Sink centre-line
Fixed before the slab is cut. It cannot move afterwards.
Cooktop ignition point
Offset 300 mm from the burner edge so no cable runs over a flame.
Dishwasher beside the sink
It shares the waste. Anywhere else means a second drain.
Under-cabinet lighting
Wired before the wall units are hung, or it is surface conduit forever.
Gas cylinder or line
Ventilated, reachable, and never directly under the hob.
Questions
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