Hi,
As Title, does anyone install kitchens on here?

I need to find a fitter

cheers

Tony

 

yes mate i know some one who fits kitchens

 

piece off piss to do yourself

 

Me! but your a tad too far away

 

I've just done my mums

 

I got a friend whos epileptic if that helps

 

 

a mate of mine fits kitchens and is very good.. located in Bedfordshire too drop me a PM if you require his number..

 

general builder but as others have said its not too hard to fit kitchen units

 

ooooH there we go! look at the top title u goons

 

It isnt hard to fit them at all. It is hard to fit them properly though and finish the job off to a first class standard.

Most diyers use worktop joint strips too

 

yes it says anyone a kitchen fitter! So are you one or have you just fitted your mums?

 

agree with you mate. id do a good job myself

 

Just make sure you aint pissed

 

i find that it helps with a few tinnies down the neck...mitres are always neater

 

as a guide I pay roughly Ł150 for a kitchen that includes: all units, cut out for a sink all worktops, kickboards, and any miselanious items just need the cooker connecting and sink plumbing in and jobs a good en

thats just for fitting not materials !

 

You can get the required jig for this from most diy places, all you need then is a router.

 

yep and have been for last 22yrs.

 

Remember to cut in towards the laminate face at all times, this means machining some of the joints from the underside of the worktop. It is a lot harder to get a nice join than you might think especially if the room is out of square

Mark

 

pmsll.... u no.....

no masons mitres or nothin.... im a joiner mate but live far from u

 

u no... i just love scribin it into shite walls

 

Not sure what ya mean by that Mark. The room being out of sqaure doesnt affest the joint as the joint always goes sqaure with the units which are put in square. Any alterations are made to the rear of the worktop/units to get over the out of squareness. Unless you fit the units out of square which is rough

 

My room was 1 1/2 inches out of square looseing 1 1/2 inches would stick out like a sore thumb on the worktop and the B&Q corner base units give PLENTY of scope for adjustment (even if they are crap quality), I just mitred the worktop to match the angle of the wall and it does not show to the eye perhaps not the "correct" way to do it but it does not poke you in the eye when you look at the worktops.

Mark

 

inch and half Fook me Most ive seens about an inch.

I think tbh that the b+q untis arent too bad for the money!

 

Not sure what ya mean by that Mark. The room being out of sqaure doesnt affest the joint as the joint always goes sqaure with the units which are put in square. Any alterations are made to the rear of the worktop/units to get over the out of squareness. Unless you fit the units out of square which is rough [/quote]

In 22yrs of fitting kitchens whether it be 1k or 40k i have always fitted to the walls and then mitred the worktops to suit, the only time i have cut the back edge is to get over some moody plastering

Steve.

 

Well it's a shame nobody on here does it in this area

Got a proper debate go tho pmsl

cheeRS

Tony

 

In 22yrs of fitting kitchens whether it be 1k or 40k i have always fitted to the walls and then mitred the worktops to suit, the only time i have cut the back edge is to get over some moody plastering

Steve.[/quote]

So you put the face of the untis out of sqaure???!!!!!!!!!!! No no for me that mate...perhaps im just picky

 

If you have a typical L shaped kitchen with the corner being out of square you might have to cut 30mm of the back to get it to fit, you only have 40mm overhanging the front so you are telling me you would only have 10mm overhanging the front, NOOOOOOO. thats deffo not for me, but i am fucking picky.

 

The excess to the rear of the units is for shaving off to get them to fit not just for pipes etc to run. I always keep the overhang right as alterations are made to the rear of the units. The amount that is trimmed off the worktop is the amount you trim off the rear of the unit so it doesnt affect overhang.

The way you do it by putting the units in out of square fooks any chance of having a nice tiled floor as they will never run paralell with the units...which looks a cooooont

I do everything square i cannot stand to see things 'running out' with each other.

 

too true mate - gotta get set up