Getting a DIY Kitchens Delivery Into a Pontypridd Terrace
On the Graig, Graigwen and Hopkinstown the front door opens straight onto the pavement and the back of the house can sit a full storey lower than the front, which decides how a kitchen gets into the property long before anyone opens a box. DIY Kitchens send everything in one large delivery of pre built units, so the question of where the lorry stops and how the carcasses get up the steps is a real one here. We are fifteen minutes down the road, so we look at the street before you order rather than guessing from a postcode.
Buying online works well in Pontypridd for one reason and badly for another. It works because rigid carcasses go in fast once they are on site, and in a small valley back kitchen the fitting is more about levelling and scribing than assembly, so a strong pre built box is a good start. It works badly if the order was drawn from a tape measure run along a wall that is nowhere near straight. Old Pontypridd stock is solid stone, frequently over 400mm thick, and the rooms move in every direction, so we survey and then tell you which units and how many filler pieces the room actually needs before anything is paid for.
Delivery day needs a plan rather than optimism. Some of the streets climbing off the Graig are no good for a large vehicle with cars parked both sides, so the driver stops at the nearest safe point and the order gets carried from there. Where a rear lane runs behind the terrace it is often the better route, but plenty of Pontypridd lanes are unsurfaced, gated or too narrow for anything wider than a wheelbarrow, so we walk it at the survey instead of assuming. Once the boxes are in, they want somewhere dry indoors. The old rear outshut is exactly the wrong place, because those single skin extensions run cold and damp and chipboard swells in them.
That damp rear outshut is worth its own conversation before you order. Boxing a wet wall behind a new run of units only hides the problem until the carcasses are ruined, so if we see signs of it at the survey we will tell you to get the cause sorted first, whether that is a failed gutter, ground levels or ventilation. Out at Church Village, Tonteg and Beddau the picture flips completely to level floors and dot and dab plasterboard, where the units are easy but every wall cabinet has to be fixed back to the blockwork behind the board. Either way you get a fixed written quote after the survey, coordinated Gas Safe and electrical work, a workmanship guarantee and public liability insurance.
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.
DIY Kitchens kitchen fitting in Pontypridd: your questions
What customers in Pontypridd ask before booking a DIY Kitchens installation.
Get a quote for your DIY Kitchens kitchen in Pontypridd
We will survey the room, check your DIY Kitchens plan against it, and send you a fixed written price.