kitchen

Morning folks. Currently renovating the kitchen and I’m after some advice on the best way to run power to a kitchen island for a couple of sockets, lighting and a dishwasher. Floor construction is type 1, sand blinding, DPM, PIR insulation. There will be another layer of DPM and then 65mm...

Hi all I am not a professional woodworker but like to do as much as I can around the house. My kitchen has oak worktops, solid oak made of smaller blocks a bit like the Ikea Oak Worktop. When I purchased the flat 10 years ago the worktops were already there. They are painted with some sort of...

Hello all! My first post and I’m needing some help! I’ve just taken out a sink, and there’s an odd sized drain cemented into the ground, going straight into (what I think is) a 110 mm soil pipe. Inside diameter looks like 55mm and outside diameter looks 70mm. Never come across this before. Can...

Hi super novice here. Refitting my kitchen and come to connect the tap supply. There is existing copper pipes to supply hot and cold. On these pipes are braided pipes with isolator valves at the end. Then a small length of copper pipe with the remnant of the compression fittings that were...

I'm looking to replace the countertop corner and edge trims. They are 40mm size with approx 10mm radius. I think I need a double bull nose radius. Does anyone know where I can get this specific size but in black? Thanks

Hi all, I am installing a set of howdens drawers and an integrated fridge freezer next to each other. The top of the drawer cabinet is 5mm from wall (bottom touching). However at the top of the fridge cabinet, it is nearly 15 mm out. I have attached photos. I was going to trim 5 mm off the...

Hi all, I’m looking to change the drawer handles on my kitchen drawers. I’m totally flummoxed how to remove the handles as there are three different screws and can’t figure out what does what. I assume some are for adjustment but which will allow me to access the screws to remove the handles...

Hi all, I am fitting my first Howdens kitchen. What gap would you put between a range 5 hob cooker and the cupboards either side? Secondly, if there is a gap between the end panel and the wall (due to a wavey wall), what do you do? Fill it? I am talking about at the end of a run for the end...

Hello all. Would like some advise on my kitchen refit. I'm fitting a new kitchen and in doing so want to insulate the external walls as it's really cold and currently no insulation. The walls are solid stone and are cover in a damp proof membrane then dot and dab plaster board. My ideas are...

Hi there. So I've got a whole kitchen fitted with horribly ugly tiles and the walls are all plasterboard. I tried taking one out with a chisel only to cut into the wall a little. Was wondering what might be the best way to sort of save the wall, how I could safely remove the tiles + grout...

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 modern kitchens I was interested in are perfectly well within reason e.g £1600-2600, the only...

Hi all, Getting a kitchen fitting mid July, but before that I want to level the floor which has a dip in it (about 30mm high to low) The floor is a concrete base with asphalt screed on top acting as the Dpm (built about 1956) I was hoping to use Mapei Ultraplan Renovation Screed 3240 and...

Hi all, I’m looking to blank off a double wall socket in our kitchen. I’ve looked at other posts on here but just wanting to be certain. Behind the double socket it looks like this, with two cables running into it, comprising of two ground, two live (one red and one brown), and two neutral...

I own an old 2 bed stone cottage that has had a botch kitchen lean-to extension put on some 20 years ago. I'd like to make the kitchen bigger, and am wondering what the best way to do this is. Is it to lower the kitchen floor so that the kitchen and dining room link, or to extend the lean-to...

Hiya Currently got 6m cable twin and earth on own circuit in the kitchen with 45amp swith for the cooker!! My question is can I use induction hob 9300kw 40amp? On this existing circuit? With out causing a major fire! Or having it trip circuit Or do I need to upgrade to 10m rather be safe...

Hi Everyone, I have had a lot of problems with a kitchen I had installed by Wickes (this is the link to that thread is anyone is interested https://community.screwfix.com/threads/laminate-worktop-joints-and-plinths.251680/). I finally received my certificate after weeks and weeks of asking for...

Hey, I am looking to do up my parents medium sized kitchen in the next 3-6 months. I’m on a limited budget but it needs to last the test of time as they are both elderly/unwell. I really like DIY Kitchens designs but I have no idea how to use the kitchen planner. Is there any kitchen fitters in...

Hi guys, Just taken down my first floor kitchen ceiling to tape and join with spotlights etc. Decided to throw up some sound insulation while at it (fixed above the wires!) Just wanted to ask if it's worth throwing up a VCL (full envelope inc walls) to stop moisture from the kitchen migrating...

Hi, Not a plumber, recently had a new 1st floor bathroom installed, so new sewerage pipe, and plumbing / drainage. Can you, or is it usual to connect the waste water from a bath / sink / shower into the new sewerage pipe? mine have been run through the kitchen below, then out to a drainpipe...

Hi Everyone, Any advice would be appreciated! I have recently had a kitchen installed and I am currently in talks with the installation company as the finish of the kitchen is not great. I need some advice regarding the laminate worktop joints. The builder used colour fill in the...