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Thread: Kitchen bench height - France
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3rd May 2005, 10:02 AM #1
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Kitchen bench height - France
Hi, I want to make a butchers block as a wedding present for friends in France. I'm wondering if any member can tell me the standard bench heights used in France ? I don't want to ask them and spoil the surprise. I can't go over long and reduce without buying a larger suitcase. Plan is to make as kitset and assemble there. I get to hand deliver in July !
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3rd May 2005, 11:45 AM #2
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900mm appears to be the industry norm so in France it would probably be Le900mm
I see no reason as to why France would be any different from the rest of the world, they are not exactly a race of midgets, maybe a restaurant kitchen search may yield something different.
Having said that, my benches are a bit higher, but then I am a bit taller at 195cm.
How tall are the recipients would probably be more in keeping with a comfortable working height, or, make it just over a metre high and prune a bit off the legs when you arrive to make it a true custom bench/block and show what a true master you are.
Rereading, don't want to go oversize but make the legs as long as possible without the new case and trim.Last edited by Iain; 3rd May 2005 at 11:48 AM. Reason: read it again and corrected
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3rd May 2005, 12:30 PM #3
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Put adjustable feet on the legs.
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3rd May 2005, 12:46 PM #4
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The IKEA France site sells units the same size as here - ie the underbench units are 860mm high with adjustable feet leaving space for the benchtop to bring it up to the nominal 900mm. I assume that means the world has adopted a standard.
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3rd May 2005, 10:33 PM #5
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Perhaps but I reckon the standard is too short for people of average height. I'm about 175cm (5' 10" in the old money) and my back aches working in the kitchen. My next kitchen will be another 35mm higher. If it was just for me it would probably be 45mm but my good lady wife is somewhat shorter.
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4th May 2005, 10:31 AM #6
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I agree there, I'm 6ft but my wife is 5ft-4 so I find them too low too
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6th May 2005, 09:50 PM #7
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Just slipped into the kitchen to measure ours, I built them as per normal and the top of the beches is 920mm to the very top. We are both fairly average height and this suits both of us. A chopping block would not want to be too high, swinging a clever you would need to be looking down on the job,
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7th May 2005, 02:37 AM #8
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I would think that the french have similar bench heights to us. However, to appear a bit of a "tool", quoting and referencing text:
"Auguste Escoffier... the giant of modern restauration was so small he needed a lift to give himself a few more inches of breathing space above the hot stoves". (Naomi Barry, Endless Feasts, Conde Nast publication, 2002).
Escoffier was arguably the father of modern day restaurants yet needed to wear high heeled shoes to work.
I suggest you make the bench a standard height and allow your friend to figure out the rest if it does not suit. I think that the effort and thought is already there.
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