What is your experience with the kitchen working surface height in Thailand?

As we all know there are many couples with a tall farang and a short Thai girl.

For me standard height kitchen surfaces are fine. My gf would like to have them lower. And she is the one who does most of the cooking.

How did you solve this problem?

I think for a new kitchen to maybe have normal height on one side and "Thai girl height" on the other side.

Is that realistic and a good idea?

What are the options? What did you do?

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How did you solve this problem?

I don't cook ????

1 minute ago, OneMoreFarang said:

How did you solve this problem?

I think for a new kitchen to maybe have normal height on one side and "Thai girl height" on the other side.

Is that realistic and a good idea?

What are the options? What did you do?

Insist on her wearing heels!  And a pinny.

It should set the farang hips height with a stool to step stand on the floor for the Thai missus...

1 minute ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Insist on her wearing heels!  And a pinny.

and nothing else

Ours is @90cm (believe standard height) and for me at 190cm it's no problem. My wife is 165cm and she is also happy with it!!

Build a his 'n hers multi-level bench top.

 

Her side has the cooker and the sink, your side has the beer fridge and the booze storage.

 

Sorted. 

5 minutes ago, MJCM said:

Ours is @90cm (believe standard height) and for me at 190cm it's no problem. My wife is 165cm and she is also happy with it!!

0.9m is standard correct.

 

Although maybe slightly more practical for missus if 0.1m lower i think it might look a bit silly.

 

Also need to bear in mind re-sale.

7 minutes ago, MJCM said:

Ours is @90cm (believe standard height) and for me at 190cm it's no problem. My wife is 165cm and she is also happy with it!!

You have a tall wife - at least compared to my one.

Ours are also 90cm, Madam is 155cm, no problem for her.

 

We have the Thai cooking, washing, U bench at 86cm. 
Island bench 1800 x 900 is 910 high.

 

I'm in the dual surfaces camp or two sinks.

 

2 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

What did you do?

Allowed the wife to design the kitchen as she uses it, all I had do was pay for it. The way I figured was that as long as I can reach my cappuccino machine, I'm good.

 

In hindsight, she should have put in two laundry tub size wash basins for the amount of washing up she does in there with the single basin, that and an instant hot water heater, but hey, I am not the one in there am I, plus I saves a few dollars on that.

 

Edit: Wife is 167cm for whatever that is worth ????

 

 

All surfaces in the home should about 10cm lower than your junk, just in case. 

Get the local joiner/carpenter to make a step of a comfortable height for her.

This is what I told someone 12 years ago. I didn't get any feedback or complaints:

 

The standard height for kitchen counter is 87 cm.
The standard depth for kitchen counter is 59 cm.
The cupboard on the wall must be 44 cm above the counter.
The wall cupboard is 30 cm deep (same as my house).
The wall cupboard is 72 cm high.

 https://www.diydata.com/materials/kitchen_units/kitchen_units.php

 

12 hours ago, JustAnotherHun said:

I don't cook ????

I do manage some toast but bought one of those kick and reach stools for my Mrs to reach the cupboards above the work survace which she doesn't mind. 

This is Thailand, you're the man, so you get to decide everything.

 

 

 

Our counter tops are 90 cm which are good for me and no complaints from GF (the ideal height for opening Grab Food orders apparently). 

13 minutes ago, tonray said:

Our counter tops are 90 cm which are good for me and no complaints from GF (a good height for opening Grab Food orders apparently). 

Ok, fair enough.

 

My gf is a very good cook and I want that she is comfortable in the kitchen actually cooking. ???? 

Much more important as this kitchen thing is:

Whenever I come back from Euroe and sit (YES, I do!) for a pee, I fall down and have a hard and painful landing on the seat.

Thailand's toilets are made for midgets.

15 hours ago, MJCM said:

Ours is @90cm (believe standard height) and for me at 190cm it's no problem. My wife is 165cm and she is also happy with it!!

Same.  She likes it higher than the Thai style.  90 is I think standard for USA and Europe.

Whats a kitchen?

16 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

For me standard height kitchen surfaces are fine. My gf would like to have them lower. And she is the one who does most of the cooking.

How did you solve this problem?

Let her do the cooking ?

16 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Insist on her wearing heels!  And a pinny.

And a smile.. 

I was doing some research into this myself the other week, there is an Asian standard, I can’t find the link now. If you speak to a kitchen design company they will help you.

 

• For feeling comfortable while cooking, the food preparation surfaces should be 3-4 inches below the elbow of the cook.
• For avoiding splashing of hot oils, the cooking surfaces should be 5-6 inches below the elbow of the cook.
• For kneading bread and rolling dough, low level surfaces should be 8 inches below the elbow of the cook.

 

16 hours ago, JustAnotherHun said:

I don't cook ????

D.mned straight ! After all isn't that the job of the barefoot and shackled female there for that ... lol ???????? 

16 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Insist on her wearing heels!  And a pinny.

If nothing else.

Too low is the short answer ... hahahaha.

 

I had mine built at 1.000 m cause I'm tall, and I love the higher tops. The missus in 5'8" ... so she's cool. Standard in the 'old country' is 900 mm, with stand alone islands higher at times. 900 is okay, but for me at 6'3" after a time of food prep it gets uncomfortable. 

Normally is Western kitchen inside and Thai kitchen with wok etc outside.

Or if your rich you can design a centre island that changes height. I have heard of them before. Probably less complicated than it sounds