Outdoor Covered Kitchen

Outdoor Covered Kitchens extend the duration of outdoor use nearly five fold here in New England. The outdoor covered Kitchen can also function from sun up to late evenings all 10 1/2 months out of the year. The Covered outdoor kitchen structure can be an extension off the house using the same engineered roof lines and slant of the existing main house. This is usually best fit aesthetically and functionally as it is closely connected to the mainstay of the house. Living beyond the walls of your home outdoors flows best with an Outdoor covered kitchen within arms reach of the back door.

Typical building materials such as brick, stone, stucco exterior and capping off with existing shingles similar to the existing house, architectural elements and details to match the existing house seem to be the most popular and common. However, We are seeing more and more of the Outdoor covered Kitchen to carry on its own personality. Best stated the persona of the family. Our secret to success in designing and building Covered Outdoor Kitchens is to understand each and every family member’s lifestyle indoors and portray some of that comfort level outdoors.

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The first element in an Outdoor covered Kitchen is to provide ample heat. Heat sources come in a couple different manners. Radiant heat and direct heat. Keep in mind your outdoor lighting design and some of these heat sources throw off fireball glares which detract from the ambience.

Fans provide cooling affects However when in reverse mode they swirl the rising warmer air downward to guest levels. Do not turn fans on to faster speeds or the air cools rather quickly. Light fixtures can be placed in a more natural and optimal position as they can be strategically placed in the ceiling above to illuminate areas calling for more direct light. The lighting of the outdoor covered kitchen should function similarly to the lighting set up in the main kitchen with light sources and fixture types to handle ambience, dinner preparation, feeding and cooking zones, entertaining and night time fabulous scenes.