Fitting a ikea kitchen, tips advice needed

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Fitting a ikea kitchen, tips advice needed
hi, thought i would post this up to see if i can get some tips advice, i don't mind DIY but i'm dreading fitting this kitchen

Its about 8 units for a utility room, 4/5 wall units and 4 floor units plus a tall pull out larder cupboard also an integrated freezer, washing machine And a sink.

With it being a utility room, one cupboard is going to cover the boiler and another is covering the consumer unit and its a tight fit, i know i will have to cut the backs away and refit the bracket for fitting as the consuimer unit is near enough flush with the ceiling and we also want the wall units as flush as possible aswell. (the ikea units use adjustable brackets in each top corner)

Its not a massive room so working space will be tight plus I have to do it all in a week.

I have some plumbing work which needs to be done.
The cold and hot feed for the washing machine are near enough in the right place and waste pipe arent far either, its basically trying to calculate what i need for the angles to make it as neat as possible.
With regards to the supply pipes Ive read other sites stating that the is a Y peice for the cold and hot pipes as many washing machines wont work if just the cold is connected only.

I was going to use compression fittings for the pipework, but copper pipe is expensive and i stumbled across the plastic pipe and fittings, anyone had any experience of this stuff? Discussing it with my neighbour he said that the plastic fittings use rubber gaskets and he would be unsure long term how the rubber would hold up and possibly degrade to an extent where it leaks and causes a flood.
With regards to the waste for the sink and washing machine I was going to take the waste down under the sink and then run under the plinth to the waste outlet (it will be located under the tall larder unit) I thought it would save me having to make space behind the cupboard to run the waste (apparenly the ikea units do to have service gaps behind them)


The walls are dot and dab plasterboard, so i was going to use 3inch screws and some brown raw plugs to fix the wall units up.

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thanks for all the replies, its the kind of stuff i wanted to hear before starting the job.

still daunted by it.

i'm trying to figure out the right size screw to fix it in the rawlplugs....

i'm trying to choose the right screw to order from toolstation website.

I guess 3.5inch or indeed 4 inch might be better for me...


Stainless Single Thread Pozi Screw
Catalogue p76Top quality A2 stainless steel.
Code Delivered Leigh-on-Sea Price inc VAT
92142 Stainless Single Thread Pozi Screw 3.5x16 200 Pack 48 1 £3.65
83584 Stainless Single Thread Pozi Screw 3.5x20 200 Pack 50+ 5 £3.72
91987 Stainless Single Thread Pozi Screw 3.5x25 200 Pack 50+ 4 £3.85
98610 Stainless Single Thread Pozi Screw 4x25 200 Pack 50+ 4 £4.17
47194 Stainless Single Thread Pozi Screw 4x30 200 Pack 50+ 2 £4.87
30115 Stainless Single Thread Pozi Screw 4x40 200 Pack 50+ 4 £5.96
76614 Stainless Single Thread Pozi Screw 5x40 200 Pack 50+ 1 £8.98
93733 Stainless Single Thread Pozi Screw 5x50 200 Pack 50+ 1 £10.44


Stainless Self Tapping Countersunk Pozi
Catalogue p75Top quality A2 stainless steel. Selection pack available (Code 86732).
Code Delivered Leigh-on-Sea Price inc VAT
94733 Stainless Self Tapping Countersunk Pozi 6x1/2 100 Pack 42 8 £1.90
70685 Stainless Self Tapping Countersunk Pozi 6x3/4 100 Pack 50+ 5 £2.30
31732 Stainless Self Tapping Countersunk Pozi 6x1 100 Pack 50+ 3 £1.86
49422 Stainless Self Tapping Countersunk Pozi 8x3/4 100 Pack 26 3 £2.57
73874 Stainless Self Tapping Countersunk Pozi 8x1 100 Pack 50+ 3 £3.00
34724 Stainless Self Tapping Countersunk Pozi 8x1.1/4 100 Pack 26 2 £3.53
88891 Stainless Self Tapping Countersunk Pozi 8x1.1/2 100 Pack 50+ 7 £3.74
18348 Stainless Self Tapping Countersunk Pozi 10x1.1/4 100 Pack 50+ 4 £3.95
71581 Stainless Self Tapping Countersunk Pozi 10x1.1/2 100 Pack 23 2 £4.81

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thanks for all the replies, has anyone used the copper push fittings

http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Plumbing/Copper+Pu...

for the amount i need it I will probably buy two lengths of copper pipe from homebase and either use the compression or pushfit fittings to connect up.

And one of these for the washing machine, Y piece
http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Plumbing/Washing+M...

and this sort of thing for the trap on the sink and can connect the washing waste directly into that from the other side.
http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Plumbing/Washing+M...

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thanks ever so for all the replies, really appreciated. I will definatley check out the sleeve anchors for fitting the wall units up.