Getting a kitchen fitted

[celtic]

What prep work would one have to do?  Is it easy enough to do or is it hard?  I am shit and DIY, if things need cutting I can't do it. 

sigh

thanks for the honest, if not what I wanted to hear, replies

prep work is easyish. deisgn and order kitchen, find a fitter, get kitchen delivered, ask the fitter how he would like the place to be when comes round to fit it, when it is ready to be collected ask the fitter when he can do it, rip it all out the day before he can start (turning off gas and water you may need someone to help you with this depending on your situation)or earlier if you plan on doing your own floor tiling which is proper easy, wall tiling is not as easy to get a great finish but very doable with time and effort.

and board up the front door.... just to stop anyone from B&Q coming in to fit it.

[ACE2M]

Can you get Blinds from B&Q?

yeah but IKEA loads better, unless i am just being set up for a fall?

no i need some and theres a B&Q near me, i got some from argos a couple of months ago cos i was being lazy but they didnt fit and were shit but i couldnt be bothered to take them back so just binned em.

I need on set of big blinds then there are two smaller windows at an angle either side if you can imagine so do they come in a fit size or do they cut them for you there, there are loads of houses i can see on my rd where people have the same window structure as me and i can see they have a perfectly fitting blind in the middle and two at the sides but i dont really want to knock and ask them where they got the from

ikea have a range of sizes that are better than all the DIY stores. Check there website for sizes available, they go up in 5 cms or something and they are good quality and robust.

alternatively you can spunk a load of money getting them cut to size, loads of places on line.

[bolt pp]

Can you get Blinds from B&Q?

yeah but IKEA loads better, unless i am just being set up for a fall?

no i need some and theres a B&Q near me, i got some from argos a couple of months ago cos i was being lazy but they didnt fit and were shit but i couldnt be bothered to take them back so just binned em.

I need on set of big blinds then there are two smaller windows at an angle either side if you can imagine so do they come in a fit size or do they cut them for you there, there are loads of houses i can see on my rd where people have the same window structure as me and i can see they have a perfectly fitting blind in the middle and two at the sides but i dont really want to knock and ask them where they got the from

ikea have a range of sizes that are better than all the DIY stores. Check there website for sizes available, they go up in 5 cms or something and they are good quality and robust.

alternatively you can spunk a load of money getting them cut to size, loads of places on line.

cool, ikea ftw then.

[ACE2M]

Can you get Blinds from B&Q?

yeah but IKEA loads better, unless i am just being set up for a fall?

no i need some and theres a B&Q near me, i got some from argos a couple of months ago cos i was being lazy but they didnt fit and were shit but i couldnt be bothered to take them back so just binned em.

I need on set of big blinds then there are two smaller windows at an angle either side if you can imagine so do they come in a fit size or do they cut them for you there, there are loads of houses i can see on my rd where people have the same window structure as me and i can see they have a perfectly fitting blind in the middle and two at the sides but i dont really want to knock and ask them where they got the from

ikea have a range of sizes that are better than all the DIY stores. Check there website for sizes available, they go up in 5 cms or something and they are good quality and robust.

alternatively you can spunk a load of money getting them cut to size, loads of places on line.

cool, ikea ftw then.

figure out if your going to hang them on the frame or the masonry (this if you have PVC is adviseable), figure out the smallest width that would do it and the largest and hope they do something in between.

[rex008]

Hate to be contrary here, but I've had 2 kitchens from B&Q (in 2 houses, rather than 2 in 1 house ), and they've both been fine. Current house is pretty large kitchen - about 5k worth of units, + 4k of appliances (range oven and big american fridge/freezer bulk of that), and fitting was around 4k including laying about 20sqm of tile floor, IIRC.

[vegaslover]

Prep work is easy for the most part Graham, just ripping stuff out. Don't let B & Q, or any big company, fit the kitchen, they will overcharge a shed load. Just get a few quotes from local fitters, ditto for gas and electric work needed.
For kitchens you can often get local manufacturers to make it em cheaper, and made to measure.

I know a builder whose client had problems getting all the kitchen parts delivered, so he walked into the local B & Q and started dismantling their display! They soon found the parts out part that were supposed to be outta stock..lol

[Kev B]

Find a local joiner/fitter to fit it FTW. B & Q have to make a profit on the fitting and charge VAT.

[cia260895]

Lol i once got a kitchen from B&Q never again! nothing wrong with units but fuck me 10million boxes of units doors etc.you'll end up losing another room just to sort them all out.If your gonna do it rip all the units out yourself,if you need a plumber/electrician get them to give you a price to disconect and re-conect,and get carcasses of the units pre assembled FTW and get the worktops made to measure or compare it with getting chippie in to cut them in.also worth considering depending on kitchen size to get oversized worktops.

B&q used to have their own design software on diy.com>>nteractive kitchen planner

[Shogun112]

My Advice,
go to your local Howdens Joinery.  Open up a trade account with them (Just pretend you are company called Silo Builders or something).  They only supply to the trade.  They send someone out to your customers (you) to measure up and design and then send you a price to supply only.  It has to be this way as you are obviously the builder who has to fit it..!!  They manufacture the kitchens for lots of outlets like MFI etc..  You would still need to get a fitter to fitter but, the prices you will see on the howdens price list, which is pretty much the price list in the retail shops, will be discounted between 50% and 75%...

They are good quality...  cabinets are supplied already built, so shortens the time to build the whole kitchen, so shorten kitchen fitter costs.

[pokerfan]

B&Q=Budget brand with the odd ridic overpriced named brands.
Howdens=Budget brand but half price of B&Q
Have you considered refurbing existing? new doors and draws on existing carcass will look like a new kitchen.Really depends on your reason for upgrading.(cheapest)
Kitchen fitter will charge around £1200 for a weeks work.
Bolt made to measure blinds ftw. 1200mmx1200mm about £100 wooden venetian. lol at buyin one from Argos but didnt fit btw. (can prolly guess why u last used a tape measure)

[Tractor]

Ive been looking at Howdens, they seem good mid priced kitchens to me.
Although i havent had a quote yet, so not sure.

[Graham C]

Have you considered refurbing existing? new doors and draws on existing carcass will look like a new kitchen.Really depends on your reason for upgrading.(cheapest

Quite likely to go down this route tbh.  May get a fitter in and get a quote for the worktop, plumbing, cooker etc, then fit all the doors myself - that can't be hard surely?

Thanks for the replies guys

[Jim-D]

Kitchen fitter will charge around £1200 for a weeks work.

Seems steep, and if it takes him a week then he's dragging it out by about 3 days

[Jim-D]

Where you live Graham? my mates a kitchen fitter and could get him in touch with you?

[pokerfan]

Kitchen fitter will charge around £1200 for a weeks work.

Seems steep, and if it takes him a week then he's dragging it out by about 3 days

thats a weeks rate man+app,i never said it would take a week.