Kitchen Installation Questions

Buying a kitchen - recommendations
Kitchen Installation  •  8583 views  •  19 answers

We are looking for a long lasting but good value kitchen for a 3 bed semi we rent to tenants. (currently empty). In your experience which suppliers provide the best value? Thank you!

Can you add intergrated dishwasher to an existing kitchen?
Kitchen Installation  •  3837 views  •  25 answers

We are moving into our new home shortly which doesn't have a dishwasher. We would like to retrospectively fit an integrated dishwasher to the existing kitchen. Can this be done? and if so, is it a big/expensive job?

Replace integrated microwave
Kitchen Installation  •  1767 views  •  8 answers

I don't know which trade will be able to make the best job of this. Is it an electricians or a kitchen fitter's job?

Door hinge coming out
Kitchen Installation  •  1751 views  •  15 answers

We have a brand new kitchen. After just a few months. 2 soft close hinges on separate doors have come out, as in, the screws attaching it to the door have pulled out of the wood completely. Why has this happened? Is it a fault? We rarely open the doors …

Sealing end panels
Kitchen Installation  •  1655 views  •  15 answers

Fitting a new utility room and have had to cut the cupboard end panels. Is it ok to fit them cut end down to the floor, and if so do they need sealing?

Sink removal
Kitchen Installation  •  1219 views  •  9 answers

Hi I am having kitchen fitted by a company but I am having the kitchen removed and plastered/ skimmed by a separate tradesman ( to keep costs down) . I want to know once the sink is removed, but walls have been plastered and I am awaiting the fitting of …

Kitchen partial refit
Kitchen Installation  •  1066 views  •  12 answers

We have a galley/corridor kitchen with two 3 metre laminate benches. One has 2 sinks in it, and we need to replace this benchtop, one cabinet below, + sink, taps etc. The other cabinet is to remain. (We are intending to buy cabinet, doors, sink, drain board, and a benchtop, …

Under sink noise
Kitchen Installation  •  1058 views  •  8 answers

There is a loud “engine” noise coming from under the kitchen sink, even when water is turned off. It comes and goes randomly and when the noise starts I can also hear water n the walls. I also have a big white tank under the sink, not sure if it’s …

How to fix kitchen unit that's out of square?
Kitchen Installation  •  726 views  •  3 answers

One of our kitchen units appears to be out of square. The bottom face of the drawer does not sit flush with the surrounding units and juts out by approximately 5mm. I have come to the conclusion that it is the actual unit that is causing this. The kitchen is …

External noise through cooker hood!
Kitchen Installation  •  715 views  •  1 answer

Hi, We had an AEG cooker hood installed earlier this year which has a duct to the outside. The trouble is we can hear outside noises through it including cars, taking and people moving their bins?! Is this normal and is there anything I can do to block the sound …