Outdoor Kitchen Island

An outdoor kitchen can be a beautiful place to enjoy with family and friends sharing in many beautiful moments. When constructed using strong materials that can withstand the outside elements they can last a long time with very little maintenance.

Depending on what you are looking to construct it is best to do the preliminary design in a program such as AutoCAD that allows you to determine the opening sizes for the required appliances and additional items to be fit into the frame. Figuring out the spacing beforehand just as you would use blueprints when building a house keeps everything organized and prevents things from not fitting correctly.

From the blueprint designs you can do a takeoff to determine the material required. Once you order and receive the steel you may begin to cut the appropriate pieces and begin welding them together to create the frame.

In this step we began to clean up the welds by grinding them down. The objective is to create a smooth surface on the exterior parts of the frame in order for the cement board to be fastened on as flush as possible. We cleaned up the interior welds as well for aesthetics and safety reasons.

After welding and grinding we did a final check to make sure every angle and measurement was correct. We also checked to make sure everything was level. When comfortable everything was accurate we painted the frame.

We set the frame in the appropriate spot on the concrete slab allowing for enough space for seating and a specific distance from the pool to adhere to the county codes. We then secured the frame to the slab using anchor bolts with nuts adjusting the nuts for the frame to be level and permit water to pass through underneath. When secured we measure, cut and fastened the cement board to the steel frame.

After the cement board was in place we taped and applied a mortar compound.

We fastened the double doors and then put the stone on. Afterwards we dry fit the grill in order to be as precise as we could for the stone.

We measured for the granite then when cut and polished placed the granite in place and added the ice chest and burner using a silicone sealant.

After cleaning up everything and hooking up the grill and burner we placed the umbrella, chairs and accessories in place. The "L" Shaped Outdoor Kitchen Island is complete.