{"id":4092,"date":"2026-08-14T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freiluftmanufaktur.com\/?p=4092"},"modified":"2026-09-20T22:09:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T20:09:30","slug":"outdoor-kitchen-lead-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freiluftmanufaktur.com\/en\/outdoor-kitchen-lead-time\/","title":{"rendered":"When your planning should begin: the way to the first evening"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3580,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[123],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-outdoor-kitchen"],"acf":{"teasertext":"If you want to use your kitchen in spring, the project does not begin in spring. Five steps with realistic timings.","seitenbloecke":[{"acf_fc_layout":"topheader","typ":"Bild mit Text","seitenblock_spiegeln":false,"seitenblock_ausblenden":false,"blockabstand_oben":"","blockabstand_unten":"","topline":"Count backwards from the first evening you want","headline":"<h1><strong>When your planning<\/strong> should begin<\/h1>","inhalt":"<p>If you would like to use your new FREILUFT Kitchen next spring, your project does not begin in spring.<\/p><p>Between your first idea and the first evening outdoors lie several steps.<\/p>","buttons":null,"videoname":"","videoname_mobile":"","thumbnail":null,"bild":3581,"mobile_bild":3868,"hintergrundfarbe":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"textblock","sprungmarke":"","typ":"Nur Text","headline":"<h2>From first enquiry to technical approval<\/h2>","subline":"The first three steps take four to six weeks in total","subline_position":"left","inhalt":"<p><strong>1 \u2014 Clarifying your requirements, around 1 to 2 weeks.<\/strong> We look at your setting and establish together how you want to use it and what overall effect should emerge.<\/p><p><strong>2 \u2014 Planning your kitchen, around 2 to 3 weeks.<\/strong> Form, equipment, appliances and materials are developed together with you. This usually produces several planning stages, which we refine step by step until the design genuinely fits.<\/p><p><strong>3 \u2014 Technical approval, around 1 week.<\/strong> Connections and dimensions are fixed. With the approved technical drawing, work on the terrace, foundation or services can also be prepared.<\/p>","buttons":null,"button_light":false,"hintergrundfarbe":"","bilder":null,"video":null,"bild":null,"spruch":"","bild_1":null,"bild_2":null,"zitat_hintergrundfarbe":"#EE6F5F","zitat":"","accordion":null,"bild_und_text":null,"inhalt_links":"","inhalt_rechts":"","textslider":null,"textbildslider":null,"textwiederholung":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"textblock","sprungmarke":"","typ":"Bild links und Text rechts","headline":"<h2>Production, delivery and installation<\/h2>","subline":"The longest stage takes place in the Manufaktur","subline_position":"left","inhalt":"<p><strong>4 \u2014 Producing your kitchen, usually 10 to 12 weeks.<\/strong> Cabinet body, surface, equipment and worktop are made to order for your project. Every kitchen receives its own manufactory number, which records origin and quality control.<\/p><p><strong>5 \u2014 Delivery and installation, usually 1 to 2 working days.<\/strong> Your kitchen is brought to its intended place and finally aligned. For everything to come together there, the on-site requirements should be settled early \u2014 electricity, water, waste water, gas where applicable, and a suitable base.<\/p><p>How this works together in engineering terms is shown by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freiluftmanufaktur.com\/purealu-system\/\">PureAlu Cabinetry System<\/a>.<\/p>","buttons":null,"button_light":false,"hintergrundfarbe":"","bilder":null,"video":null,"bild":3999,"spruch":"","bild_1":null,"bild_2":null,"zitat_hintergrundfarbe":"#EE6F5F","zitat":"","accordion":null,"bild_und_text":null,"inhalt_links":"","inhalt_rechts":"","textslider":null,"textbildslider":null,"textwiederholung":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"textblock","sprungmarke":"","typ":"Nur Text","headline":"<h2>What you can prepare in parallel<\/h2>","subline":"Technical approval is your starting signal","subline_position":"left","inhalt":"<p>As soon as the approved drawing is in place, dimensions and connection points are fixed. From that moment, work can run that otherwise becomes the bottleneck at the end: foundation or substructure, electrical and water connections, gas where applicable, and the surfacing around the installation site.<\/p><p>Beginning this work only after delivery easily costs several weeks \u2014 however punctually the kitchen is finished.<\/p>","buttons":null,"button_light":false,"hintergrundfarbe":"","bilder":null,"video":null,"bild":null,"spruch":"","bild_1":null,"bild_2":null,"zitat_hintergrundfarbe":"#EE6F5F","zitat":"","accordion":null,"bild_und_text":null,"inhalt_links":"","inhalt_rechts":"","textslider":null,"textbildslider":null,"textwiederholung":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"textblock","sprungmarke":"","typ":"Nur Text","headline":"<h2>Count backwards from the first evening<\/h2>","subline":"Four to five months, not four to five weeks","subline_position":"left","inhalt":"<p>Taken together, around four to five months lie between the first conversation and the finished kitchen. Most enquiries reach us in spring, when the first warm week shows what the outdoor space is missing. At that point the first usable evening already falls in late summer.<\/p><p>Beginning in autumn or winter means the calmer planning phase and the whole summer. A visit to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freiluftmanufaktur.com\/partner\/\">Excellence Partner<\/a> is also easier to arrange outside the season.<\/p><p>Tell us when you would like to use your kitchen. Then we will count backwards together.<\/p>","buttons":null,"button_light":false,"hintergrundfarbe":"","bilder":null,"video":null,"bild":null,"spruch":"","bild_1":null,"bild_2":null,"zitat_hintergrundfarbe":"#EE6F5F","zitat":"","accordion":null,"bild_und_text":null,"inhalt_links":"","inhalt_rechts":"","textslider":null,"textbildslider":null,"textwiederholung":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"kontaktformular","topline":"","headline":"<h2>Questions about your <strong>project<\/strong>?<\/h2>","inhalt":"If this article has left any questions open, we are glad to answer them. A short conversation is often enough to clarify what is realistic in your outdoor space.","formular":"Kontaktformular","bildgrafik":3338,"heading_ansprechperson":"Your first point of contact","name":"Verena Deiters","telefonnummer":"+49 0251 590 656 21","emailadresse":"verena@freiluftmanufaktur.com","whatsapp":"https:\/\/wa.me\/4925159065621"}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freiluftmanufaktur.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freiluftmanufaktur.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freiluftmanufaktur.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freiluftmanufaktur.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freiluftmanufaktur.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4092"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.freiluftmanufaktur.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4093,"href":"https:\/\/www.freiluftmanufaktur.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4092\/revisions\/4093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freiluftmanufaktur.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freiluftmanufaktur.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freiluftmanufaktur.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freiluftmanufaktur.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}