It is hard to imagine that a simple pipe attached to the wall with two brackets and hooks dressed on it can be how functional. The rails came to us from restaurant kitchens and were immediately appreciated by the mistresses. About what the rating is, about its varieties and installation rules will be described in this article.
Content
For a woman, the kitchen is of particular importance. Most of the time is spent here, so I want to make it as comfortable as possible, comfortable. For the purpose of the optimal distribution and convenient organization of the kitchen space, rails are used.
Types of Railing for Kitchen
The design "Rail", although it is simple, they are produced in several performance:
- the most popular is horizontal performance. In some kitchens, the rails pass along all functional walls under hinged cabinets, somewhere they are delimited sections. All kinds of holders, a variety of purpose of the shelf, some small kitchen utensils are hung on hooks.
Horizontal systems include magnetic rating - the most convenient device for storing metal objects without hooks;
- railing in a vertical version can connect a ceiling or a hinged shelf with a countertop or floor. Here, instead of the hook system, special stylish stands, shelves are used. Wizers and glasses, stored here in specially designed for this purpose, holders look gorgeous. If desired, you can buy a vertical rating with a countertop simulating the bar rack;
- and for those who have an island -type kitchen, just right a suspension rating. This is a whole system of rails for the kitchen, where there is a place for dishes and for other necessary kitchen devices. Bars, suspended rails have been used for a long time.
The advantages of the rails or why are they so popular
Our mistresses liked these storage systems at once. Yes, and what is amazing here, because they have many advantages. This:
- mobility - where it is required, and hanged there;
- everything you need in a prominent place, you do not need to rummage in the table and spend time in search. From now on, all graters and knives, corolla and shoulder blades are open and will not be lost. And the spoons and forks in a special stand-up stand? It’s so convenient - extended his hand and took or washed and set. And no boxes and fuss around them;
- kitchen utensils can be changed places, rearranged as you think it is appropriate at the moment;
- All seasonings, spices that you use when cooking can be placed directly at the stove, using a special shelf, which is very convenient;
- the main thing is that the table is completely released;
- the interior of the kitchen they add order, comfort and special elegance;
- care for rail systems is simple.
It is possible to use two or even 3 types of rails in the kitchen at once. For example:
- near the sink - horizontal with a shelf for detergents;
- along the desktop on horizontal rails, spoons with forks, and lapels with noise, and sunflower oil, vinegar, barking, tacks and even a small coffee maker or mixer are placed. There is a place for a table book, if you purchase a special inclined shelf;
- if there is an island table, then it is convenient to hang pots and pans above it.
Relating accessories
Rail systems provide for the use of a large number of accessories. These include:
- all kinds of shelf forms;
- holders;
- towsters with a toothed edge, which allows evenly torn off from the roll;
- dryers;
- removable and non -removable hooks;
- plastic or metal glasses;
- jars with a lid in the form of a hook;
- glasses;
- baskets where you can lay fruit;
- breads.
Some accessories, such as baskets, breadbaskets, place, if more convenient, on the table or on the windowsill. They fit well into the chosen style.
What is made of
Railing for the kitchen and accessories are made mainly from steel, and then:
- cover with brilliant chrome, but also make roof rails for the kitchen;
- finish under brass or bronze;
- imitate a gold or silver coating;
- there are even covered with skin;
- you can find rails for the manufacture of which a shock -resistant glass is used - transparent or color. They look almost weightless, often backlight is mounted in them.
Railing and overall kitchen design
If you do not just make the kitchen convenient for operation, but also decided to adhere to some strictly defined style, then you should know that:
- in the minimalist or Japanese style in the kitchen, the rails will not fit in any way, since the law of the genre: “no excesses” excludes small details and details, namely, they are shovels hanging on hooks, terochka, jars with spices and tackles. So: either follow the plot, or create a maximum of amenities for yourself;
- but it is very favorable to the details in the interior design in styles: classic, country, Provence, retro, vintage. For each of these styles, of course, there is a set of accessories placed on the railing. For example:
- for the kitchen in the Provence style, containers for coffee or tea with simple shapes, small flowers on towels and on the material from which the tack are sewn;
- retro style is natural materials. If a mortar, then copper, if a mill for pepper, then wooden.
- In urban cuisine, decorated in a modern style, the rails are quite appropriate. But, all the same, it is not worth overloading them with an abundance of little things. But a small decorative indoor flower on the shelf will become a highlight in the interior.
How to install rails in the kitchen
The simplest rail system includes:
- A tube, the diameter of which is most often 1 inch;
- 2 fasteners;
- Plugs;
- In the corner kitchen, rotary pipes are also used to switch railing to another wall. They can be performed at an angle of 90 and 135 °. Transitions are strengthened by couplings.
This is what a typical set of rails for the kitchen is made of a photo you see:
To install rails in the kitchen, it is hardly worth inviting specialists. It is how simple it is that anyone can do it.
Necessary tool
You will use:
- Level building;
- A perforator with a sharp winning or diamond drill;
- A hacksaw for metal or a grinder, if suddenly the bar is longer than required.
Installation
The process itself can be described as follows:
- We take the level and draw a horizontal line;
- On the drawn line, mark the holes. If the rating has a length of less than a meter, then two points of the support are enough, and if more, add the third;
- We proceed to the execution of holes, observing caution, since by making some kind of mistake, we can damage the tile;
- We put in holes of plastic traffic jams;
- Screw the screws into the plugs;
- We fasten the pipe with screws to the already mounted details;
- The edges of the rod are decorated with plugs.
It is useful to know: 1. LiNII the heights of the railway in the kitchen, if it is horizontal, is usually 8-10 centimeters below from the bottom of the hinged cabinet.
2. Suspended rating attached according to the same principle as horizontal, but strength fasteners need to pay special attention, all the same he hangs over his head.
Which rails for the kitchen is better to buy
The purchase of rails and accessories is carried out according to the following criteria:
- price;
- quality;
- design.
You can buy rails for the kitchen brought from Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic.
Railing from Germany
So: if the 2nd criterion prevails over the first for you, then buy German, and in particular, produced by Kessebohmer (Kessebohmer). The advantage here is:
- The coating is applied with a galvanic way, which allows you to maintain a pristine form for a very long time;
- It produces not only rails with a round section, but also with square, for example: Linero-2000, on which accessories are attached very compactly;
3. Large selection of decorative coating:
- glossy chrome;
- chrome matte;
- matte nickel;
- gold glossy.
Italian rails
Compared to released in Germany, for Italian rails for the kitchen, the price is two times lower, but not only the price - the quality too. The difference in coating technology:
- italians use spraying, and therefore the coating of rolings wears out much faster;
- basically, as the Lemi company, the colors of aged bronze and copper are used.
Czech rails
Railing from the Czech Republic is supplied by Tescoma (Teskoma). In appearance, price and quality, they correspond to Italian.