Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: Community House Kitchens

[Casey Morrigan (cjmorr]

We have 15 families.  We have one refrigerator, one stove, two ovens, and 
one sink.  Our common house kitchen design isn't ideal.  We need two sinks 
and lots more counter space for prep. But the one frig and freezer, just a 
standard one, is sufficient.  The double ovens are great!  We have a 
residential cooktop: some of us would like a more powerful one but we've 
been doing fine with the one we have.

We did not have to comply with commercial kitchen requirements. However, I 
don't know that I would mind working in a commercial kitchen.  It makes 
cooking and cleaning up a lot easier. In the cohousings I have visited that 
have commercial-style outfitting or aspects (Muir Commons in Davis, Calif, 
Southside Park in Sacramento, Calif, and Rosewind in Washington) I have 
seen how much easier.

Casey Morrigan
Two Acre Wood
Sebastopol, Northern California


> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Kacki [mailto:jimkacki [at] mb.sympatico.ca]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2003 6:28 PM
> To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
> Subject: [C-L]_Community House Kitchens
>
>
>
> I m doing some research on equipment required for community house
> kitchens and would be interested in the experience of those
> who have set
> them up.  For a community of say, 30 families, how much kitchen
> equipment do you need in the community house?
> # of ranges (stoves)
> # of fridges
> # of sinks
>
> Also, a question that is just as important
> Did the local authorities force you to comply with commercial kitchen
> regulations? (e.g fire rated ducts, sprinklers in the exhaust hoods,
> etc.) Commercial kitchen regulations mean a lot of money and some
> authorities are very sticky about that.  Here in this part of Canada,
> anything that is not a kitchen in a 'standard' residence (even church
> basement kitchens with one stove) are required to comply with
> regulations for commercial kitchens.  I'd be very interested in your
> experience on these qustions.
>
> Thanks very much!!
> James
>
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