Question about a slide out(kitchen)

All of our kitchen wires/plumbing are arranged in a sideways U for the moving part. Plus it's terminated on each end and the flexible portion is designed for flexing. ie Stranded vs solid wires, better quality hoses, etc.

Never had a problem.

My sink is in an island, but my kitchen slide has all gas appliances (fridge and stove), they have rubber hoses with springs that stretch when out to hold up the hoses and everything fits nice when in.

Cale

I too have a slideout kitchen with an island sink. As mentioned above all electric wires and gas lines are designed to be flexible so as to handle the sliding in and out of he kitchen.

While the wiring and plumbing is a legitimate concern and does add to the complexity of the unit, Slide out kitchens are not an issue. They are problem free. The manufacturers have solid designs to allow the piping/wires to move and flex as required without issues.

Our previous trailer was a 2005 Jayco JayFeather 29N with a kitchen slide out. The only problem we had were some leaks in the drain line due to Jayco's unfortunate choice of some plastic pipe nipples that did not have enough strength adequately support a pipe clamp, and leaked. Replace of the pipe with metal pipe solved the problem ....

Personally, if it is a layout you like, go for it!

In addition to what was said above, access to the underside of the slide is open to you can see the lines and such and can assure yourself that there is no catching or kinking.

If there were any real issues related to kitchen slide outs (hoses kinking, leaks) you can Bet there would not see so many sold and on the road:

I had similar concerns when I was shopping this past summer. I posted a similar question and was fairly satisfied that it wasn't a major concern and had replies from many owners of TTs with kitchens in the slides stating that they had never had any issues.

I will tell you, though, that the thing I have seen with a lot of kitchen-in-slide models is that the kitchen feels like its in a cave. A number of these kitchens didn't have a window above the sink.... Didn't seem like it would be a pleasant place to stand and cook inside.

YMMV :D

Dean

Our TT is another one of the Island sink w/stove and fridge in the slide. We opted for this arrangement mainly because it also gave the most counter space where you can actually prep food for a meal and work in the kitchen about as easily as you could in a small residential kitchen. We both disliked the idea of having to place a cover over the sink or stove or use a flip up temporary counter to have enough room to make a decent meal.

I had the same concern with our slide out kitchen but almost a year of ownership and no problems. We found it to provide the most counter space.

I'm sitting here right now watching DW putting it to work. Bacon and pancakes this morning :)