Wickes Kitchen Fitting for Bridgend, Brackla and Porthcawl

On the modern estates at Brackla, Broadlands and Parc Derwen the rooms are square and the floors are level, which speeds the fit up noticeably, and most properties have a garage or a drive to take the deliveries. The catch is the walls. Plasterboard on dot and dab, or timber stud, will not hold a loaded wall unit on its own, so we fix back to the blockwork or into noggins and we check what is actually behind the plaster at the survey rather than finding out with a full cabinet on the wall. Where the units are going to sit in a garage between drops, keep them dry and off a cold floor, because chipboard carcasses swell and do not recover.

The older stone properties around Newcastle Hill, Laleston and Coychurch are the opposite. Solid walls with no cavity mean fixings go into stone rather than block, which is slower and dustier, services are either chased in or neatly boxed because there is nowhere to hide them, and any new extractor duct needs proper coring rather than a quick hole. None of that is a problem, it just has to be allowed for in the time and the price. At Wildmill and the older estates a concrete ground floor and boxed in pipework constrain where the sink and the appliances can go, and the moment the room is stripped is the right time to reroute or rebox that pipework properly rather than leaving it as an afterthought.

Porthcawl adds the coastal factor, where humidity and salt in the air make a genuinely ducted extractor and a well sealed worktop upstand more important than they look on a plan. Wherever you are in the borough, the same Wickes realities apply. Laminate is cut, jointed and fitted during the same visit as the units, while stone and quartz are templated once the base units are in and fitted later by the stone supplier, typically adding a week or two. A plan drawn from your own measurements gets checked against the real room before you order, reused appliances get measured against their new housings, and removal and responsible disposal of the old kitchen is part of the job.

What is included

• All Wickes ranges covered
• Old kitchen removal
• Plumbing coordination
• Electrics management

Fitting Wickes kitchens

Wickes kitchens are a common choice for customers managing the project themselves, which usually means the units, worktops and appliances arrive on different dates from different places. Sequencing is the main job here, making sure the right things are on site at the right stage so the fit does not stall halfway through waiting on a worktop.