Howdens Kitchens Fitted in Pontypridd, Terrace to New Build

Because Howdens is trade only, the plan you have been shown and the price you have been quoted have to agree with each other before anything is ordered, and that only happens properly after somebody has measured your actual room. We survey first, check the walls, the services and the access, then place the order through our account once you have signed off the layout and the cost. On a Pontypridd terrace that survey earns its money immediately. The older stock is solid stone, frequently well over 400mm thick, which holds a fixing beautifully but is slow to core for extractor ducting and awkward for new waste runs, and none of that shows on a showroom drawing.

Getting the kitchen into the house is the next question. Rigid Howdens carcasses arrive already built, which saves a day of assembly but means every unit has to physically travel the route as one piece. On the Graig, Graigwen and Hopkinstown that can mean a flight of steps up from the pavement, or a rear lane that may be unsurfaced, gated or too narrow to be useful. We walk both at the survey rather than assuming, agree where the delivery stops and allow real time for carrying. If your original kitchen is in the old rear outshut and the wall feels damp behind the units, we will show you what we find before anything new goes near it, because boxing a damp wall in with new carcasses only hides the problem until it ruins them.

Out at Church Village, Tonteg, Beddau and Llantwit Fardre the job flips. Rooms are square, floors are level and the fit itself moves quickly, but the walls are dot and dab plasterboard standing off blockwork, so a loaded run of Howdens wall units needs fixings long enough to reach the block behind rather than anything that grips the board. That five minute check is the difference between a cabinet that carries and one that does not. Whichever end of the CF37 and CF38 area you are in, gas work is done by a Gas Safe registered engineer, electrics by a qualified electrician, most fits run five to ten working days, and the workmanship is guaranteed.

What is included

• Full Howdens range experience
• Trade depot coordination
• Precision unit fitting
• Integrated appliance setup

Fitting Howdens kitchens

Howdens sell trade only, so the account and the depot relationship sit with the fitter rather than the homeowner. That makes the depot coordination part of the job, from checking the plan and lead times to arranging the delivery slot and sorting any replacement parts. Howdens units come rigid and their ranges change, so we work from the current catalogue rather than assumptions.