Thread: Outdoor Kitchen

Is your outdoor kitchen under cover or exposed to the weather,the reason I ask is that I made a unit that was outside and put cement sheet on the top surfaces,sealed it then tiled thinking it would be water proof,not a good plan had to rip all off and start again.
I have a mate who is in the stone business so got stone tops at mate's rates.
The sides are made of treated ply sheets,I think it's call Shadow Line,this I then painted it.
Been done for a couple of years now and still looks good.

Thanks for the reply nrb The pergola is covered and the kitchen will be situated in one corner that will be enclosed by the wall of the house and a blueboard wall. One side will be open but possibly have a bistro blind down the track.

So I'm guessing that tiles covering cement board should be appropriate as the area should get very little if any water. Do you think a painted cement board covering a wooden frame will be sufficient for housing the bbq's within the kitchen?

That should be fine,best of luck with your project

Thanks mate, I'll post some photos when its eventually done!
Still got to pave first!

I am finally getting started with this project!
Just wondering, I am putting up some half walls around the pergola between the posts and using harditex. My plan was to route a groove into a timber frame and sit the harditex in the groove so it is fully enclosed and surrounded with the framing timber and then paint. I think this will give a nicer finish than just cladding the frame with the harditex and then having to do something with the edges and having to seal joints etc. Does anybody see any problems with this approach? Is blueboard commonly recessed into timber slots or is it more commonly attached to framing and rendered etc? I was then simply going to fill any residual gap and paint without rendering...