Fitted kitchens for disabled users - feature

There are some beautifully crafted kitchens available these days but few are designed with wheelchair users in mind. Getting around an everyday kitchen can be difficult enough let alone utilising the work surfaces, cupboards and electrical equipment.

There are a number of clever adaptations and alterations that can make life easier for wheelchair users – but all the unsuspecting eye will see is a stunning new kitchen. This month’s featured company is Regency Kitchens, manufacturers of disabled kitchens based in Sale, Trafford.

For an instant online fitted kitchen quote, visit: kitchenquoter.co.uk

It is always safer to choose a hand-built, professionally installed kitchen instead of a flimsy flat pack option. You’re much more likely to use your body weight on the surfaces – whether reaching across for an ingredient or up to a high cupboard. These can be installed in just 2-3 days and provide peace of mind that you have strength and durability in the units.

Simple alterations such as pull-out shelves can make life a hundred times easier and more comfortable. The last thing you need is to be sticking your head in the back of a low cupboard looking for a saucepan.

Similarly, electrical products can also be easily adapted, which means that your dishwasher, microwave and cooker are all at an easily accessible level and are designed to work around your wheelchair, not the other way around.



Any kitchen can be built on just one level with the oven, hobs, sink, drawers, cupboards and work surface all streamlined around your kitchen. So you can cook the roast in the main oven, keep an eye on the veggies in the saucepans and get the plates out without even moving your chair once!

Remember - you can get an instant online kitchen quote, by visiting: kitchenquoter.co.uk