Wow, looks fantastic @darryl7. I'm sure you'll be spending loads of time out there with friends and family this summer.
Can you tell us about the build?
A very warm welcome to the Workshop community. We have clever and creative members sharing helpful advice and project inspiration every day, so I'm sure you will fit right in! Please let me know if you ever need a hand getting the most from the site.
Jason
this is my outdoor kitchen built exclusively from bunnings products. the deck is the new finger jointed merbau they are now selling. the cabinets are all made from formply that's normally used for concreting. a fraction of the price than marine ply and with a coat of paint you wouldn't know the difference. the benchtop is just merbau boards glued and screwed from underneath the bench carcass. i framed between the posts with 70 x 45 treated pine to give the posts a slight reveal and covered in blue board ready for the 40 sheets of tiles that give it a more high end look i think. i painted a cheap second hand bar fridge with a rattle can, dropped in a sink, connected the tap and ran a powerpoint and lights to finish the job.
Brilliant @darryl7, many thanks for the extra detail. I'm sure your fantastic work will inspire many Workshop members and visitors.
I expect you will soon be inundated with questions about how other members might be recreate your project for themselves. Do you have an idea of your budget?
Wow..this looks amazing. Do you have to weather the merbau before oiling it? I would like to try to put the decking together myself too:)
Hi @earthynminimal,
Welcome to Workshop. We're pleased to have you join the community and look forward to seeing you complete your own decking project. Feel free to post anytime you need a hand with anything.
Most will advise waiting a month or two before you oil a deck for the first time. Here's what Cabots says - https://cabots.com.au/faqs/how-long-do-i-have-to-wait-to-coat
this is as the timber came from bunnings. i was told it was pre oiled and when i first laid it, it had various blotchy spots where the oil had sat when they were stacked face to face. these marks have disappeared after two weeks. my plan is to leave it as is for a few months before washing it with some deck wash and then coating it with cabots aquadeck natural. hopefully this will get it to better match the older dech the new one is attached too.
Hey Daryl,
What are we lining the cabinets with for heat proofing around the BBQ?Looking at making a similar items at home and using the same BBQ you have.
Cheers
Steve
Thanks for joining in the discussion @SteveT. Let me tag @darryl7 so he is alerted to your question about lining the cabinetry to protect from heat.
Welcome to Workshop. We're really pleased you could join us and look forward to seeing your own project on the site soon.
@SteveT
i lined the bottom and sides where the bbq sits with cement sheeting like what you line walls with and tile over. you have to remember to allow for the thickness of the sheet when building the cabinets so the bbq can still drop in.
@darryl7
Only wished my inside Kitchen looked so good. Just love the colour of your cabinets, you wouldn't happen to know the name of the colour? Looking at repainting kitchen cupboards with a similar colour.
Old Gal
the colour of the cabinets are a colorbond colour. i think it was something like monument grey.
@darryl7 Fantastic job!!
Looks great
Thank you for the inspiration. This has lead me to attempt my own rendition of an outdoor kitchen.
Looks fantastic @Mooky. Very well done! It's fantastic when Workshop members inspire each other to improve their homes. I trust that you'll get plenty more inspiration from the community in future.
Thank you for sharing and we are really looking forward to seeing more of your handiwork soon. Please let me know if you ever need a hand getting the most from the Workshop site.
Welcome,
Nice setup... Love the colours combination that you used... Just a quick question, how far from the fence is the wall behind the pizza oven?
Welcome to the Workshop community @v1cL0rd.
It's great to have you join us. Let me mention @darryl7 to see if they can answer your question. Were you thinking of installing a pizza oven? We look forward to hearing about the projects around your home and garden, I trust you'll find loads of inspiration for them within the community. Please let us know anytime you need assistance or have something to share.
Mitchell
Cheers @MitchellMc
I am still on the planning stage but I would like to incorporate my Titan Matador with the rest of my toys (including a Caja China) into one single bench next to my alfresco area
Thanks for the compliment, the boundry fence is directly behind the tiled wall.
Thanks @darryl for the confirmation. I will start planning mine and will share for feedback and comments.
That look amazing, great job.
Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community @Blackwood.
It's great to have you join us and fantastic to see you've already taken inspiration from this project. Let me mention @darryl7 so they are alerted to your kind feedback. We look forward to hearing about any projects you have going on around your house and garden and I trust you'll find plenty of inspiration for them within the community. We have loads of knowledgable members just waiting to share their advice and experience. We encourage you to let us know anytime you need assistance with your projects or have something to share with the community.
Fantastic job @darryl7
It looks amazing!
Can you tell me a little more about the Louvres/Shutters above tiled wall?
Are they custom made or a product available at Bunnings?
And are they able to open and close?
I'm currently doing my alfresco area and need a shutter solution in a particular area.
More than happy to build one from kit form if required.
thanks in advance.
Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community @MrDIY. It's great to have you join us and many thanks for your question.
Let me mention @darryl7 so they are alerted to your kind feedback and hopefully they can answer your question too.
You might be interested in these discussions for some more ideas on your project
We look forward to hearing more about your alfresco project and we'd encourage you to let us know if you need any assistance or would like to share it will the community.
Thanks for the compliment. The louvers are bought from bunnings. You buy as many louvers as you need and then side panels hold them into place. I think both the louvers and the side panels are 2400mm long and you cut them to length. If you want them to pivot like mine so you can close them, then you need to buy the pivot ends in a pack of four to fit in the lover ends. The end panels also come in non pivot and the louvers sit permanently at a 45 degree angle. All the products are available at bunnings and im sure a team member can giude you in the right direction.
Thanks for the reply and extra picture Darryl7. 👌
Hi @darryl7 Well done on what you have created there. That is an awesome job. Apologies, I'm not sure when you posted this, but can I ask, what did you coat (oil/stain/ etc) the Merbau boards you used as benchtop in? Also did you use any heat proofing under your pizza oven or straight onto the benchtop? I plan on doing something similar and have a pizza oven (similar to yours), that I'd want to place on the benchtop, so I'm just curious. Cheers for your time
Thanks for the compliment, i used cabots natural decking oil on the bench top and ive had no problem with heat from the oven. I placed a thermometer under it once, and it got to 38 degrees. This was on a 30 degree day.
Thank you very much for your reply @darryl7, I appreciate it. Can I ask, what size gap is between pizza oven and bench, as I assume it is not sitting directly onto the bench? I ask as mine doesn't have feet, so I'll need to raise it. Cheers again.
Yes it has plastic spacer legs on each corner raising it about 25mm of the bench.
