{"id":6131,"date":"2026-09-20T18:45:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T18:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/?page_id=6131"},"modified":"2026-11-13T13:18:17","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T13:18:17","slug":"bulthaup","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/en\/bulthaup\/","title":{"rendered":"bulthaup kitchens: the three systems and what is left of them after years"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='avia-slideshow av-1ganxul-1aafb3125120a1f71302ca06ebd2278b avia-slideshow-no scaling av_slideshow avia-slide-slider  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_section  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  av-slideshow-ui av-control-default av-slideshow-manual av-loop-once av-loop-manual-endless av-default-height-applied avia-slideshow-1' data-slideshow-options=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:false,&quot;loop_autoplay&quot;:&quot;once&quot;,&quot;interval&quot;:5,&quot;loop_manual&quot;:&quot;manual-endless&quot;,&quot;autoplay_stopper&quot;:false,&quot;noNavigation&quot;:false,&quot;bg_slider&quot;:false,&quot;keep_padding&quot;:false,&quot;hoverpause&quot;:false,&quot;show_slide_delay&quot;:0}\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 55.7421875%;'><li  class='avia-slideshow-slide av-1ganxul-1aafb3125120a1f71302ca06ebd2278b__0  av-single-slide slide-1 slide-odd'><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-6135 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-6135\"  src=\"https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bulthaup-weisselberg-kitchen-and-interior_3-scaled.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1427\" title='bulthaup-weisselberg-kitchen-and-interior_3' alt='Light bulthaup kitchen with an island, wall units and a glazed wall to the courtyard'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bulthaup-weisselberg-kitchen-and-interior_3-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bulthaup-weisselberg-kitchen-and-interior_3-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bulthaup-weisselberg-kitchen-and-interior_3-1030x574.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bulthaup-weisselberg-kitchen-and-interior_3-768x428.jpg 768w, https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bulthaup-weisselberg-kitchen-and-interior_3-1536x856.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bulthaup-weisselberg-kitchen-and-interior_3-2048x1142.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bulthaup-weisselberg-kitchen-and-interior_3-1500x836.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bulthaup-weisselberg-kitchen-and-interior_3-705x393.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-1csg9bh-f1ce5cbd62f7ddb9b174500ad590e457 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_slideshow  el_before_av_section  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-6131'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-4o1osd-65c6bd2f34b8f1eaf1203240877a5ced av_one_full  avia-builder-el-2  el_before_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mq9uinl6-6ff13746e1d1e254dea1eced32a6ca57 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1>bulthaup kitchens: the three systems and what is left of them after years<\/h1>\n<p>bulthaup stands for a kitchen that understands itself as architecture rather than as a furniture programme. The brand has taken reduction further than almost any other manufacturer, as far as a system in which a load-bearing wall holds the units and the floor beneath them stays clear. Anyone looking into the name therefore runs less into a question of taste than into a question of construction.<\/p>\n<p>weisselberg was a bulthaup partner for years. Today we plan eggersmann. This page is not a sales page for that reason. It describes how the three systems are built, what owners report after fifteen and twenty years, and what can still be done today with an existing bulthaup kitchen in Hamburg and the surrounding metropolitan region.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-1aannv1-916d5f5ca11d56f3396b5d3d8d3e117d av_one_third  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_two_third  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-17vtla5-771d1c784a41de1b2335126ced74dbfa\">\n.avia-image-container.av-17vtla5-771d1c784a41de1b2335126ced74dbfa img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-17vtla5-771d1c784a41de1b2335126ced74dbfa .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-17vtla5-771d1c784a41de1b2335126ced74dbfa av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-5  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-6132 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-6132 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bulthaup-weisselberg-kitchen-and-interior_6.jpg\" alt='Open cutlery drawer with walnut inserts beneath a stainless steel worktop' title='bulthaup-weisselberg-kitchen-and-interior_6'  height=\"1834\" width=\"1098\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bulthaup-weisselberg-kitchen-and-interior_6.jpg 1098w, https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bulthaup-weisselberg-kitchen-and-interior_6-180x300.jpg 180w, https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bulthaup-weisselberg-kitchen-and-interior_6-617x1030.jpg 617w, https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bulthaup-weisselberg-kitchen-and-interior_6-768x1283.jpg 768w, https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bulthaup-weisselberg-kitchen-and-interior_6-920x1536.jpg 920w, https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bulthaup-weisselberg-kitchen-and-interior_6-898x1500.jpg 898w, https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bulthaup-weisselberg-kitchen-and-interior_6-422x705.jpg 422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1098px) 100vw, 1098px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-16h0o8d-afee5b25b0fb3778cba195189e56fbb6 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mq9ujhq9-963f4810354e6b2854865146adddb9b0 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>What stands behind the brand<\/h2>\n<p>The company was founded in 1949 by Martin bulthaup in Bodenkirchen in Lower Bavaria and began by building kitchen dressers. Under his son Gerd Bulthaup it became a manufacturer that rethought the kitchen from the ground up. Production is still in Bodenkirchen today.<\/p>\n<p>The decisive break came in the nineteen eighties with Otl Aicher, co-founder of the Ulm School of Design. Aicher took the processes in a kitchen apart into their components and asked not what a cabinet should look like, but how the work is actually done. His phrase about the kitchen being there for cooking came out of that study, and it still explains the products better than any catalogue text.<\/p>\n<p>What follows from it is an omission. There is no decorative addition from which the quality could be read. It shows in the joint, in the edge and in the surface, and that is exactly why any inaccuracy is immediately visible in this way of building.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-146ncot-bafa13e071b48188dfcc848af549bb4f\">\n.avia-section.av-146ncot-bafa13e071b48188dfcc848af549bb4f{\nbackground-color:#ffffff;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_2'  class='avia-section av-146ncot-bafa13e071b48188dfcc848af549bb4f main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-6131'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-13h1a8t-f3c73134dc4050571b3e0203bbc41ca6 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-9  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mq9um8jf-f51ed432ae42416af946be5cac19530a '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>The three systems<\/h2>\n<p>bulthaup carries three systems, and they do not stand in a ranking against each other. They follow different approaches, and which one suits a room is decided by the floor plan and by whether the kitchen is meant to stay visible in the room or to disappear into it.<\/p>\n<h3>bulthaup b1<\/h3>\n<p>The b1 is the most concentrated of the three. It works with a tight grid, handleless fronts and a deliberately small choice of materials and colours. That keeps it calm and lets it sit cleanly in the living space, particularly in city flats and on tight floor plans. Anyone who needs a great many special solutions, however, reaches the limits of the system here sooner than with the other two.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-11k4599-696677f17d586aebcf89cca73b005f7b\">\n.avia-section.av-11k4599-696677f17d586aebcf89cca73b005f7b{\nbackground-color:#ffffff;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_3'  class='avia-section av-11k4599-696677f17d586aebcf89cca73b005f7b main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-6131'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-z3bzj1-2c7dc644335fafdf073787b14230aebe av_one_third  avia-builder-el-12  el_before_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-y2f40t-b5d8b6ea98132e7c3a1d14bd4b9b2167\">\n.avia-image-container.av-y2f40t-b5d8b6ea98132e7c3a1d14bd4b9b2167 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-y2f40t-b5d8b6ea98132e7c3a1d14bd4b9b2167 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-y2f40t-b5d8b6ea98132e7c3a1d14bd4b9b2167 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-13  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-6133 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-6133 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bulthaup-weisselberg-kitchen-and-interior_4-scaled.jpg\" alt='bulthaup b2 kitchen workshop with a stainless steel workbench and an open tool cabinet' title='bulthaup-weisselberg-kitchen-and-interior_4'  height=\"1405\" width=\"2560\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bulthaup-weisselberg-kitchen-and-interior_4-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bulthaup-weisselberg-kitchen-and-interior_4-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bulthaup-weisselberg-kitchen-and-interior_4-1030x565.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bulthaup-weisselberg-kitchen-and-interior_4-768x421.jpg 768w, https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bulthaup-weisselberg-kitchen-and-interior_4-1536x843.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bulthaup-weisselberg-kitchen-and-interior_4-2048x1124.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bulthaup-weisselberg-kitchen-and-interior_4-1500x823.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bulthaup-weisselberg-kitchen-and-interior_4-705x387.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-wmngz1-012bf80180d782cd1365fe349f95f04d av_two_third  avia-builder-el-14  el_after_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mq9unrfj-168c0e96bf749985de3ef0e11ff41f86 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>bulthaup b2<\/h3>\n<p>The b2 breaks with the fitted kitchen. It consists of three elements: the workbench with the hob and the water point, the kitchen tool cabinet for crockery and appliances, and a supplementary unit. In use the doors stand open and everything is visible and within reach; after cooking they close, and the kitchen steps back.<\/p>\n<p>For the planning that is a fundamental difference: the b2 is furniture and not installation. It needs connections at defined points, but it is not built into the wall, and it can be taken along in a move more readily than the other two systems.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-txzbh9-6b594aef142fee63ef635e1f63b90d4a\">\n.avia-section.av-txzbh9-6b594aef142fee63ef635e1f63b90d4a{\nbackground-color:#f3f3f3;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_4'  class='avia-section av-txzbh9-6b594aef142fee63ef635e1f63b90d4a main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-16  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-6131'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-tni38d-8cc57a0c08789c57d3c28d66313fc4bd av_one_full  avia-builder-el-17  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-qwhx1p-a2f95072bd30707d5bc5c9dbd59bdc67\">\n.avia-image-container.av-qwhx1p-a2f95072bd30707d5bc5c9dbd59bdc67 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-qwhx1p-a2f95072bd30707d5bc5c9dbd59bdc67 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-qwhx1p-a2f95072bd30707d5bc5c9dbd59bdc67 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-18  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-6134 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-6134 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bulthaup-weisselberg-kitchen-and-interior_5-scaled.jpg\" alt='Open bulthaup tool cabinet in walnut with pans, glasses and pull-out shelves' title='bulthaup-weisselberg-kitchen-and-interior_5'  height=\"1392\" width=\"2560\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bulthaup-weisselberg-kitchen-and-interior_5-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bulthaup-weisselberg-kitchen-and-interior_5-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bulthaup-weisselberg-kitchen-and-interior_5-1030x560.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bulthaup-weisselberg-kitchen-and-interior_5-768x418.jpg 768w, https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bulthaup-weisselberg-kitchen-and-interior_5-1536x835.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bulthaup-weisselberg-kitchen-and-interior_5-2048x1113.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bulthaup-weisselberg-kitchen-and-interior_5-1500x815.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bulthaup-weisselberg-kitchen-and-interior_5-705x383.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class='flex_column av-p5i1j1-5da0054df1e928359651aa40498b2f34 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-19  el_after_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div  column-top-margin'     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-mq9uonrx-feaff3bbe7dffc5aa835ce9da91b3d44 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>bulthaup b3<\/h3>\n<p>The b3 is the most demanding of the three systems and at the same time the one that asks the most of the architecture. Its core is a load-bearing multifunction wall that takes up the connections for water and electricity and carries the units. Base units, tall units and islands are therefore mounted clear of the floor, the joints are finely calibrated, and even a heavy run looks light.<\/p>\n<p>That has a consequence which turns up early in the planning: the wall has to be prepared for it. Anyone planning a b3 into an older building or a refurbishment settles the structural question and the routing of the services in the shell construction, not during installation. The materials run from thin stainless steel through wood veneers to solid natural stone.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mqjslns9-f95d02665717e337ff3ac8ea51f30023 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>What owners report over time<\/h2>\n<p>Two things come up regularly. Kitchens that have been used daily for fifteen or twenty years have lost nothing in stability, and the drawers run as they did at the start. The feel of the materials is praised as well: the matt anodised aluminium surfaces and the wood surfaces prove less sensitive in daily use than the purist impression would suggest.<\/p>\n<p>The criticism is just as consistent and almost always concerns the same thing. The system is tightly held. Changes and extensions are laborious, because the components are specific to the brand and the older lines are no longer produced. And dark matt lacquers show more fingerprints on handleless surfaces than textured fronts do.<\/p>\n<h2>What we do for existing bulthaup kitchens<\/h2>\n<p>Because we know the systems from our time as a partner, owners of existing bulthaup kitchens still come to us. Most often it is about appliances, because they age faster than the furniture, and a replacement after fifteen years meets recess dimensions that no longer exist in that form. Beyond that it is new worktops, rebuilding after a refurbishment, and dismantling and reinstalling after a move.<\/p>\n<p>Not all of it makes sense. Sometimes a bespoke piece is the more honest route than the search for a component that has not been produced for years. What is possible in a particular case becomes clear when we measure on site. What we take on is set out on the page about our <a href=\"https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/en\/service\/\">service<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>What we plan today<\/h2>\n<p>Our studio plans <a href=\"https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/en\/eggersmann-kitchen-the-perfect-guide-for-your-home\/\">eggersmann<\/a> today. The reason is freedom in the dimensions: carcasses are variable in height, width and depth, and the unique collection works with rare natural stones, quartzites and solid metals on the mitre. That is a different approach from a load-bearing system wall, not a better one. Which of them suits a room depends on the floor plan and on what the architecture allows. Which other manufacturers we work with is set out on the page about <a href=\"https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/en\/brands\/\">luxury kitchen brands<\/a>, and examples from Hamburg projects can be seen in the <a href=\"https:\/\/weisselberg.com\/en\/kitchen\/\">project overview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jo3zml-822c812d0b94a1391d8a3996aee88158\">\n.avia-section.av-jo3zml-822c812d0b94a1391d8a3996aee88158{\nbackground-color:#ffffff;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_5'  class='avia-section av-jo3zml-822c812d0b94a1391d8a3996aee88158 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-22  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_codeblock  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-6131'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div  class='flex_column av-hdt8od-0e3fa3b2b909f22e8a01f7326834ec2a av_one_full  avia-builder-el-23  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-f97e9p-27ebbd3f0d662e44f7f705779c73520c '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Frequently asked questions about bulthaup kitchens<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-eqyoal-8a308c07b421bb8bcffde09a9786e8d8\">\n#top .togglecontainer.av-eqyoal-8a308c07b421bb8bcffde09a9786e8d8 p.toggler .toggle_icon{\ncolor:#0a0a0a;\nborder-color:#0a0a0a;\n}\n#top .togglecontainer.av-eqyoal-8a308c07b421bb8bcffde09a9786e8d8 p.toggler .toggle_icon > span{\ncolor:#0a0a0a;\nborder-color:#0a0a0a;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='togglecontainer av-eqyoal-8a308c07b421bb8bcffde09a9786e8d8 av-minimal-toggle  avia-builder-el-25  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  toggle_close_all'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/FAQPage\" >\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-ctjqvh-5e04e2c1902d58e9956f7ced33a53a57'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p id='toggle-toggle-id-1' data-fake-id='#toggle-id-1' class='toggler  av-title-above '  itemprop=\"name\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-1' data-slide-speed=\"200\" data-title=\"What is the difference between the b1, b2 and b3 lines?\" data-title-open=\"\" data-aria_collapsed=\"Click to expand: What is the difference between the b1, b2 and b3 lines?\" data-aria_expanded=\"Click to collapse: What is the difference between the b1, b2 and b3 lines?\">What is the difference between the b1, b2 and b3 lines?<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-1' aria-labelledby='toggle-toggle-id-1' role='region' class='toggle_wrap  av-title-above'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\" ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The b1 is the most concentrated: a tight grid, handleless fronts, a small choice of materials. The b2 breaks with the fitted kitchen and consists of a workbench, a tool cabinet and a supplementary unit; it is furniture rather than installation. The b3 works with a load-bearing multifunction wall from which units and islands hang clear of the floor. The three do not stand in a ranking, they follow different approaches.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-aut0rx-3c8c45a0d76e80bbe087a1704b46251c'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p id='toggle-toggle-id-2' data-fake-id='#toggle-id-2' class='toggler  activeTitle av-title-above '  itemprop=\"name\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-2' data-slide-speed=\"200\" data-title=\"Where are bulthaup kitchens made?\" data-title-open=\"\" data-aria_collapsed=\"Click to expand: Where are bulthaup kitchens made?\" data-aria_expanded=\"Click to collapse: Where are bulthaup kitchens made?\">Where are bulthaup kitchens made?<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-2' aria-labelledby='toggle-toggle-id-2' role='region' class='toggle_wrap  active_tc av-title-above' style='display:block;'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\" ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>In Bodenkirchen in Lower Bavaria, at the company headquarters where it was founded in 1949. Development, joinery and surface finishing sit together there.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-90hz4t-b7ace4dbe4f3a19d1f7b2e82104bacbd'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p id='toggle-toggle-id-3' data-fake-id='#toggle-id-3' class='toggler  av-title-above '  itemprop=\"name\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-3' data-slide-speed=\"200\" data-title=\"Why are the units of the b3 mounted clear of the floor?\" data-title-open=\"\" data-aria_collapsed=\"Click to expand: Why are the units of the b3 mounted clear of the floor?\" data-aria_expanded=\"Click to collapse: Why are the units of the b3 mounted clear of the floor?\">Why are the units of the b3 mounted clear of the floor?<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-3' aria-labelledby='toggle-toggle-id-3' role='region' class='toggle_wrap  av-title-above'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\" ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Because a load-bearing multifunction wall holds them. That wall also takes up the water and electrical services and carries them out of sight. As a result the run does not touch the floor, the room reads as more continuous and the floor can be cleaned in one pass. The condition is that the wall has been prepared for it, and that belongs in the planning of the shell construction.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-73pc6l-952c33ef21f898e07ad080ed68b75c13'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p id='toggle-toggle-id-4' data-fake-id='#toggle-id-4' class='toggler  av-title-above '  itemprop=\"name\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-4' data-slide-speed=\"200\" data-title=\"How long does a bulthaup kitchen last?\" data-title-open=\"\" data-aria_collapsed=\"Click to expand: How long does a bulthaup kitchen last?\" data-aria_expanded=\"Click to collapse: How long does a bulthaup kitchen last?\">How long does a bulthaup kitchen last?<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-4' aria-labelledby='toggle-toggle-id-4' role='region' class='toggle_wrap  av-title-above'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\" ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Reports from owners describe service lives of twenty years and more without the fronts or the drawers having given way. Part of the reason is that the design follows no fashion and therefore does not look dated after decades. The appliances age considerably faster than the furniture in that time.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-5suyb1-754afff5442e4968dc1f0aead1069d25'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p id='toggle-toggle-id-5' data-fake-id='#toggle-id-5' class='toggler  av-title-above '  itemprop=\"name\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-5' data-slide-speed=\"200\" data-title=\"Can a bulthaup kitchen be taken along in a move?\" data-title-open=\"\" data-aria_collapsed=\"Click to expand: Can a bulthaup kitchen be taken along in a move?\" data-aria_expanded=\"Click to collapse: Can a bulthaup kitchen be taken along in a move?\">Can a bulthaup kitchen be taken along in a move?<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-5' aria-labelledby='toggle-toggle-id-5' role='region' class='toggle_wrap  av-title-above'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\" ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>That depends on the system. The b2 is built as furniture and moves most readily. The b1 and the b3 are planned for a particular room; a move means dismantling by a specialist, as a rule new worktops, and an adjustment to the dimensions of the new room. With the b3 there is the further question of whether the wall in the new place can take the load-bearing construction.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-3mylil-9b1f057fb446d8fff076955d538a1b56'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p id='toggle-toggle-id-6' data-fake-id='#toggle-id-6' class='toggler  av-title-above '  itemprop=\"name\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-6' data-slide-speed=\"200\" data-title=\"Can an existing bulthaup kitchen be extended or rebuilt?\" data-title-open=\"\" data-aria_collapsed=\"Click to expand: Can an existing bulthaup kitchen be extended or rebuilt?\" data-aria_expanded=\"Click to collapse: Can an existing bulthaup kitchen be extended or rebuilt?\">Can an existing bulthaup kitchen be extended or rebuilt?<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-6' aria-labelledby='toggle-toggle-id-6' role='region' class='toggle_wrap  av-title-above'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\" ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Often yes, but not without limits. The grid is tightly held, the components are specific to the brand, and the older lines are no longer produced. With appliances one runs after some years into recess dimensions that no longer exist in that form. We look at the survey to see what can be joined to current dimensions and where a bespoke piece is the more honest route.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-mqjsv5o4-9bcc14540a24d0673415743c8feb1a2f'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemprop=\"mainEntity\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Question\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><p id='toggle-toggle-id-7' data-fake-id='#toggle-id-7' class='toggler  av-title-above '  itemprop=\"name\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-7' data-slide-speed=\"200\" data-title=\"Does weisselberg plan bulthaup kitchens?\" data-title-open=\"\" data-aria_collapsed=\"Click to expand: Does weisselberg plan bulthaup kitchens?\" data-aria_expanded=\"Click to collapse: Does weisselberg plan bulthaup kitchens?\">Does weisselberg plan bulthaup kitchens?<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id='toggle-id-7' aria-labelledby='toggle-toggle-id-7' role='region' class='toggle_wrap  av-title-above'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\" ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>No. We were a bulthaup partner for years but plan eggersmann today. For owners of existing bulthaup kitchens in Hamburg and the surrounding metropolitan region we remain available when it comes to appliances, worktops, rebuilding or a move. 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