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Title: Take away kitchens
Post by Zambezi on Aug 25^th, 2009, 8:41am

Who does the best take away kitchens?
There are the sheds that do flat pack take away kitchen units,
- B&Q
- Wickes
- Ikea

Then there are the more expensive pre-assembled units,
- Howdens
- Magnet

I have used various brands over the last few years but I hope some of the more experienced kitchen fitters would be able to shed some light on them.

Howdens - units came ready assembled but they were not very well put together, which made lining them up and leveling a nightmare. 1 or 2 mm out per unit = 6 - 10mm out by the time you have fitted a row of units. They may have upped their game in the last couple of years, I used them about 2 years ago.

Magnet - Only ever used a couple of their units and they seemed ok, again a long time ago.

B&Q - Nice thick carcasses but I don't really like their selection of doors, again not used any for a while.

Wickes - Standard carcasses and some nice doors.

Ikea - Odd sizes but quality was ok.

I have a kitchen to fit and I don't have 8 weeks to wait for units to arrive, hence the need for a take away kitchen. I would dearly like to make my own doors but my workshop/garage is not geared up for making anything of any quality :(

Any other places I could look for decent kitchens that are available from stock?

Title: Re: Take away kitchens
Post by londonman on Aug 25^th, 2009, 6:52pm

What does the customer want in the way of frontals? Modern? Wood? Style...shaker? Wouldn't that dictate where to get the kitchen from?

I've installed 3 Magnet kitchens over the last few years and their quality is very good.

Title: Re: Take away kitchens
Post by Zambezi on Aug 25^th, 2009, 9:34pm

The customer is SWMBO, who keeps changing her mind!!! Subject to us exchanging contracts tomorrow (or soon after).

I quite like shaker style doors - solid oak frames on veneered panels.

Title: Re: Take away kitchens
Post by woodsmith on Aug 26^th, 2009, 8:20am

Woodfit have a good selection but I think they have a 2 week delivery.

http://woodfit.com/

You could always use the BnQ cabinets and source the doors separately

Title: Re: Take away kitchens
Post by Zambezi on Aug 26^th, 2009, 8:42am

Thanks WS, I have not used Woodfit before but it looks like they do some nice stuff.

I was thinking of doing the carcasses only, if I can not find suitable doors in time.

Apparently Howdens are having a big sale but it only starts on the 5th of October :(