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TheOversteerLever said:
Wren do seem to get some stick on here but they were cheaper than DIY Kitchens for us on a comparable kitchen.
The unit quality actually appeared better than DIY Kitchens when we went to their showroom.
I'm very surprised as whenever I have compared them they were no where near as cheapThe unit quality actually appeared better than DIY Kitchens when we went to their showroom.
They certainly don't have the same range of options regarding carcass colour and when I last checked (around 18 months ago) they weren't the same quality of either carcass nor doors.
I've fitted many makes of kitchen but after ordering my first DIY kitchen, I've supplied and fitted nothing else.
V8RX7 said:
TheOversteerLever said:
Wren do seem to get some stick on here but they were cheaper than DIY Kitchens for us on a comparable kitchen.
The unit quality actually appeared better than DIY Kitchens when we went to their showroom.
I'm very surprised as whenever I have compared them they were no where near as cheapThe unit quality actually appeared better than DIY Kitchens when we went to their showroom.
They certainly don't have the same range of options regarding carcass colour and when I last checked (around 18 months ago) they weren't the same quality of either carcass nor doors.
I've fitted many makes of kitchen but after ordering my first DIY kitchen, I've supplied and fitted nothing else.
Alucidnation said:
None.
Yep, my response too. Find a localish (if possible) independent supplier who operates on recommendations only, and has some decent fitters. It's mostly in the quality of the fitting but you have to start with decent kit, and then get a reliable company. Some on that list meet neither of those criteria. Not the answer the OP looked for, sorry, but there it is.
FiF said:
It's mostly in the quality of the fitting
I see this a lot but as I have only ever installed them myself / with the same carpenter I've used for 25 years I'm unsure how wrong people can get it.They are simple boxes that you screw together along a level line on a wall, it's hardly rocket science
I'd suggest the worktops are the hardest part but again we've done chipboard, acrylic, granite and quartz with no training nor issue.
The hardest part I recall is getting the heavy / long worktops into the kitchen !
V8RX7 said:
I see this a lot but as I have only ever installed them myself / with the same carpenter I've used for 25 years I'm unsure how wrong people can get it.
They are simple boxes that you screw together along a level line on a wall, it's hardly rocket science
I'd suggest the worktops are the hardest part but again we've done chipboard, acrylic, granite and quartz with no training nor issue.
The hardest part I recall is getting the heavy / long worktops into the kitchen !
If your kitchen consists of straight walls with no awkward little corners and maybe some boxed in sections which require units to be custom modified then maybe it's not so complicated. I was in the "how hard can it be" category after seeing one set of bodgers' efforts. Then having experienced some decent fitters, and seeing just how they dealt with issues that had previously had other firms scratching their heads and coming up with compromised designs because because, guess we're going to have to differ.They are simple boxes that you screw together along a level line on a wall, it's hardly rocket science
I'd suggest the worktops are the hardest part but again we've done chipboard, acrylic, granite and quartz with no training nor issue.
The hardest part I recall is getting the heavy / long worktops into the kitchen !
FiF said:
If your kitchen consists of straight walls with no awkward little corners and maybe some boxed in sections which require units to be custom modified then maybe it's not so complicated. I was in the "how hard can it be" category after seeing one set of bodgers' efforts. Then having experienced some decent fitters, and seeing just how they dealt with issues that had previously had other firms scratching their heads and coming up with compromised designs because because, guess we're going to have to differ.
We've cut down heights and depths to suit, chopped in worktops to get over bowed walls and walls that aren't 90 degrees to each otherI think we merely disagree about what's hard.
When building my 8m x 8m kitchen extension the hardest bits were building / levelling / squaring the steel frame and laying the concrete floor - installing the actual kitchen was easy.
V8RX7 said:
FiF said:
If your kitchen consists of straight walls with no awkward little corners and maybe some boxed in sections which require units to be custom modified then maybe it's not so complicated. I was in the "how hard can it be" category after seeing one set of bodgers' efforts. Then having experienced some decent fitters, and seeing just how they dealt with issues that had previously had other firms scratching their heads and coming up with compromised designs because because, guess we're going to have to differ.
We've cut down heights and depths to suit, chopped in worktops to get over bowed walls and walls that aren't 90 degrees to each otherI think we merely disagree about what's hard.
When building my 8m x 8m kitchen extension the hardest bits were building / levelling / squaring the steel frame and laying the concrete floor - installing the actual kitchen was easy.
PositronicRay said:
V8RX7 said:
FiF said:
If your kitchen consists of straight walls with no awkward little corners and maybe some boxed in sections which require units to be custom modified then maybe it's not so complicated. I was in the "how hard can it be" category after seeing one set of bodgers' efforts. Then having experienced some decent fitters, and seeing just how they dealt with issues that had previously had other firms scratching their heads and coming up with compromised designs because because, guess we're going to have to differ.
We've cut down heights and depths to suit, chopped in worktops to get over bowed walls and walls that aren't 90 degrees to each otherI think we merely disagree about what's hard.
When building my 8m x 8m kitchen extension the hardest bits were building / levelling / squaring the steel frame and laying the concrete floor - installing the actual kitchen was easy.
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