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I once fitted a kitchen in a house for a wheelchair user. As far as I remember, the worktop height was somewhere around 700mm high. The sink had to have an open space right next to it and the built in oven had to be specially ordered. Wall unit heights were bloody low. Dunno what they did about a washing machine, but it wasn't in the kitchen.

joinerjohn wrote:I once fitted a kitchen in a house for a wheelchair user. As far as I remember, the worktop height was somewhere around 700mm high. The sink had to have an open space right next to it and the built in oven had to be specially ordered. Wall unit heights were bloody low. Dunno what they did about a washing machine, but it wasn't in the kitchen.

wine~o wrote:I've got an Uncle who is a Dwarf (No seriously)

He wouldn't even be able to see the worktop surface without a leg-up.

He used to be in the Guinness book of records as the UK's shortest Sub-postmaster, His dearest ambition was to become the Uk's shortest Postmaster....

I told him "You should aim higher.........."

So he punched me in the gonads......

WTF happened with that quote... basically yes...

set the worktop height for the customer requirement particularly if they are "Short" "wheelchair bound" or ridiculously Tall..

joinerjohn wrote:I once fitted a kitchen in a house for a wheelchair user. As far as I remember, the worktop height was somewhere around 700mm high. The sink had to have an open space right next to it and the built in oven had to be specially ordered. Wall unit heights were bloody low. Dunno what they did about a washing machine, but it wasn't in the kitchen.

You are correct from what I remember worktops should be between 700 to 900mm for wheelchair users