How to fill gap and add more cabinetry?

[acerafa]

 

 

Hi all. 

A two pronged question here. 

I’ve just bought and house and want to know 

1) how I can remedy this small gap underneath the oven. I’m assuming they replaced the original oven and the new one was slightly smaller? 

2) the blank space underneath the over bothers me, I could really use this space for drawers or another cupboard. There’s nothing on either side or behind this wall. How would I go about finding out if I can cut into it and then look into drawers etc? 

[EricL]

Hello @acerafa 

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community. It's sensational to have you join us, and thanks for sharing your question about your oven gap.

Theoretically your oven is possibly stacked onto a couple pieces of timber to lift it off the shelf and that is why you can see the gap under the oven. This gap can be covered with timber, but the oven will need to be taken out, and the opening fixed so that when the oven is slid back into position no gaps will be visible. 

In regards to the bottom space of the oven tower, the front bottom part will need to be cut out in order to investigate the space. Is there a timber frame there? Is there enough space to put drawers? Why was that space not utilized properly? All these questions will be answered when the panel gets taken off. If you are hesitant to cut into the tower, I propose engaging the services of a handy person or a kitchen builder to investigate for you. Once you find out the availability of the space, you can then take the next step and that is to either build new drawers or install premade ones into the space.

If you need further assistance, please let us know.

Eric

[acerafa]

Very helpful, great points, I move in in the new year and the first thing I’ll be doing is popping the oven out to investigate, and cutting into the below section to see what’s there at the moment and why it hasn’t been utilised. 

If the space can’t be utilised for a cupboard or drawers I’d just replace the piece of gybrock I cut out and use filler and paint to repair right? 

[EricL]

Hello @acerafa 

Yes, you are correct. If the space is not usable or there is something occupying that space rendering it unusable, then you need to apply standard plastering repair techniques to return the surface to its original form. 

If you need further assistance, please let us know.

Eric