Fit B&Q Kitchen
Hi folks, not sure if this is allowed but I’ve a small B&Q bought kitchen/appliances to be installed, I am just wondering if anyone on here contracts for them and might do it directly? Quote from...
View ArticleWhat type of hinge / bracket do I need?
I’ve uncovered a space above the oven and below a cupboard. I want to turn this in to a top opening draw. The problem is that there isn’t much space to put a bracket at the top. I think I need a...
View ArticleSilicone onto Zinsser Bin?
Fitting a sink into a laminate worktop... I've sealed the cut edge of the cutout with BIN and, to make sure I've got complete coverage, overlapped it onto the face of the laminate itself (not where...
View ArticleHowdens lift up door issue
I'm fitting a Howdens kitchen and I'm puzzled by the door fitting for the 600 horizontal hob wall unit housing an extractor. The door has two cutouts for hinges as usual but they are on the left hand...
View ArticleHow to clean and seal 1930s tiled floor which has bleach marks
Hello everyone, not sure if this is the right group. We have 1930s tiled floor as shown in the photo in our kitchen and hallway. This was restored by the previous owners some 8 years back when they...
View ArticleSupporting worksurface
I'm moving to a new house which has end cupboard, space for washing machine and then cupboard under the sink. I really want a dishwasher so I was thinking to remove the end cupboard to make space,...
View ArticleCheckatrade strikes again - potentially poor kitchen fit
Good evening everybody. First time poster here. What do the professional fitters here think about this kitchen fit? Photos attached. I already identified a bunch of relatively significant problems...
View ArticleQuestion about upstand fitting
Hello Everyone, Compliments of the season and Merry Christmas to you I would be grateful if any experts in the kitchen fitting game can answer a query for me - is it good and/or usual practice to fit...
View ArticleHowdens Granite Support Rail Fitting
Hi All, I’m after some advice for fitting Howdens granite support rail please. I’ve got the rail and the two fitting pieces. Can anyone advise how I’m supposed to orientate then please? Looking at the...
View ArticleReplacing Quartz Worktops and Cabinet End Panels
Hi, I was looking to renovate our kitchen. Originally we wanted to replace it but with cost of living crisis I wanted to renovate it instead. The cabinets are good quality but the worktops are quartz...
View ArticleSilistone Quartz Joints
Had a kitchen fitted some time ago, the Kitchen worktop fitter left me with the slightly raised butt joints on my upstands, can any please advise how i could buff the down to make the smooth. Thanks...
View ArticleCutting solid laminate
Hi, I have a piece of solid laminate offcut which I want to use as as the top for an undersink cabinet. I bought a diamond hole cutter to cut the hole for the waste, but it's not going through it. Have...
View ArticleHalf Overlay Hinge
Hi & happy new year to you all, would anyone be able to recommend a half overlay hinge? This is not for a kitchen but a storage cupboard where the sizing meant the middle upright is a single 18mm...
View ArticleMost affordable kitchen fitting?
Hi there. Planning to replace my kitchen after 20 years. It's probably a small-medium sized one. I'm not looking to spend much at all, my budget is something like 4k (worst case 5k), and most basic...
View ArticleHob installation on new worktop.
I planned on having an electrician tomorrow to have a new electric hob installed, but as I've never cut a worktop for one before, I didn't realise that 150mm from cupboards or walls was required on the...
View ArticleVenting extractor hood through roof
Hi I’ve just had a new kitchen and my hob is on an internal wall of a bungalow, and we had planned to vent it through the roof. The kitchen installer has never vented through a roof before and the...
View ArticleFitting Hob Splashback
I have been given a black glass splashblack to use behind our hob. Instructions have been lost, I think it was supplied by Wren. I am a bit confused over the fitting, it appears to be a splashback that...
View ArticleOak worktop splitting
Hello, looking for a kitchen fitter/ carpenter view on this please. Kitchen fitted 1 month ago from a well known shed, shed supplied fitters. The work top is splitting. the shed have said, rub down mix...
View ArticleAnyone have experience with COMPACT laminate ?
We've just had a compact laminate worktop fitted (charcoal in colour) and wherever there has been cut or router marks , the laminate is a lot lighter so stands out a lot. The fitter was under the...
View ArticleIKEA
Anyone had a design from IKEA that has a silly 1 m worktop where sink goes, so between two sides? Can t send photos
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