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Retrofit Integrated Dishwasher Advice

Looking to remove the drawer unit & install an integrated dishwasher. Running into issues finding a similar 600mm wide door to replace the drawers. Would it be acceptable to bond the existing draw...

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Blum drawer front brackets

Can anyone tell me if i can get replacements for this type of blum bracket please, or if a different bracket will fit the drawer side? See images

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How to remove Howdens soft close drawers

I'm fitting a Howdens kitchen and the up graded drawer pack has come with drawers already in. Any ideas how to remove the drawers before I break one accidently

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Mourning 50kg Tumble Drier on a Shelf

I’ve been procrastinating over and laundry cupboard design, a 700mm wide tall cupboard with the washer at the bottom and the tumbler mounted above it. The two separated by a drawer and the shelf on...

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Cheap but decent flat-pack cabs

I've been retired a fair few years now and am out of touch with the market. But I built our German-style kitchen 4 years ago by adapting some pretty good flat-packs I got from a crowd in London called...

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Kitchen filler

Hi all I have a kitchen run that runs into a alcove. I have tall freestanding units 3 next to each other oven, fridge, secret cupboard into the fuse board. I’m debating wether to run the filler to the...

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Cutting & Joining Quartz...

Hi, I have a ton of left over Quartz upstands (100mm height) and I plan on cutting them up to lengths of say 400mm and bonding them together into a small worktop area for an outside mud kitchen I am...

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Kitchen plinth sealing strip

Hello, can anyone advise me where I can get cream coloured kitchen plinth sealing strips? I want to replace the transparent version I have now. Cheers

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Are Howdens end panels badly designed?

In Howdens world do all kitchens have perfectly straight, flat and perpendicular walls because in my world they don't, so why don't they give you an allowance for scribing an decorative end panel....

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Cooking smells from downstairs neighbour

Hello all, I’m desperate for some advice on how to resolve the following issue. We’ve just bought a 3 bed flat (Victorian house conversion) and every time our downstairs neighbour cooks, the smell...

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Problem with pre assembled DIY-kitchens unit

I’m fitting my own DIY-Kitchens units and I’ve run into a possible problem due to a poorly built unit and I’m trying to understand how mush of a problem it is and if it needs to be replaced When seen...

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Kitchen Plinth Vent

Hi, Just a diyer looking for advice, have just installed new kitchen base units myself along a wall that is outside facing, after a couple of months am having a bit of an issue with condensation and...

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Slight burr left on laminate worktop after cutting joint with router

Hi all. Following reading some tips on here, I've just done my first two worktop corner joints using a new Erbauer 1/2-12.7 x 50.8 cutter. It's a square side laminate worktop, where I have peeled the...

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Trimming quartz worktop

I have a few mm to trim off my quartz vanity unit top to allow it fit in the area. Rather than user my worx diamond cutter blade is there a way of planning the edge down. I'm worried if I take off such...

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MFC or MDF Doors

Getting a new kitchen. Howdens are 18mm MDF doors Benchmarx are 18mm MFC doors is ther much between the two? My gut says the MDF will be ‘better’ thanks

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Height of kitchen units and thickness of finished floor tile

I'm fitting my kitchen which has a base run with a tall tower (2300mm) and high (900mm) wall units and a separate peninsula, where sink and dishawaher will be I have hired a tiler and he is going to...

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Can I put a standalone microwave in this gap?

Hi guys I doing a job on my own kitchen at the moment. I just removed a knackered integrated microwave and I cannot afford an integrated replacement so would like to use a cheap freestanding one. The...

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Undermount sink in compact laminate?

Hello Hoping for a bit of advice, am looking at having an undermount sink with compact laminate wortop and have had widely different guidance on what is and isn't possible from a) fixing with drill...

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Bowed kitchen backs

Hi there, I’m just looking for some advice. We’ve recently had our kitchen fitted, and after they finished I realised the backs of all the kitchen wall units were bowing, and there was a gap between...

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Reports

Anyone out there do reports on kitchens fitted by other companies and if so what is the cost.

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