DIY Kitchens Fitters for Merthyr Tydfil, Dowlais to Treharris

Solid Pennant sandstone holds a fixing beautifully and it does not care for the plugs that come in the box. Wall cabinets loaded with crockery need resin anchors or long frame fixings set into sound stone rather than into a lime mortar joint, and drilling has to be done with some care so the face of the stone is not blown out. None of that is a problem, it just has to be known about and priced before the week starts. We check the wall construction at the survey along with the floor levels and the position of the existing services, so the fixings, the appliance gaps and the worktop runs are all worked out on paper.

The other thing the survey settles is the rear outshot. A lot of Dowlais and Penydarren houses put the kitchen in a narrow single storey extension off the back, which usually means one workable run of units, a tall larder only if the ceiling allows and careful planning around the back door swing. An online planner will happily draw a run straight through where your door opens, so we tell you what to change before you buy. In a room that narrow it is common for the honest answer on appliances to be a slimline dishwasher and an integrated washing machine rather than everything you wanted, and we would rather say that at survey than on fitting day.

Delivery in Merthyr is a single large drop rather than a series of small ones, and on the tighter terraces the lorry will stop at the top or the bottom of the street rather than outside your door. Set aside somewhere dry and reasonably level for the order, because a full kitchen takes more room than most people picture and chipboard carcasses left in a damp shed or an unheated outbuilding will swell. Check the delivery against your order early, since replacements run between you and DIY Kitchens as the account holder. Once we start, rigid units go in fast, with a straight replacement in the same layout commonly taking three to five working days and a bigger job with services moved running further. Your written quote sets out the expected days before anything begins.

What is included

• DIY Kitchens specialists
• Full assembly service
• Worktop templating
• Complete project management

Fitting DIY Kitchens kitchens

DIY Kitchens is an online supplier, so there is no showroom visit and no designer standing in your kitchen. That puts more weight on getting the measurements and the order right up front, which is where a survey before ordering pays for itself. Units arrive rigid and pre-built, so once they are on site the fit moves quickly.