Wickes Kitchens Fitted Right Across the Merthyr Tydfil Borough

We survey before quoting so the fixings, the appliance gaps and the worktop runs are worked out on paper rather than on the day. In the older sandstone terraces that means resin anchors or long frame fixings set into sound stone rather than into the mortar joint, and drilling on hammer only where the stone will take it so we are not blowing out the face of it. On the Gurnos and the other post-war estates the walls are blockwork and it is a far more predictable fit, while the newer developments at Trefechan and around the town centre are dot and dab plasterboard where every fixing has to reach the block behind. Three different wall types in one borough is exactly why a Wickes plan drawn without a site visit needs checking.

Deliveries are the other Merthyr specific problem. Suppliers deliver kerbside to the nearest point a vehicle can safely stop, and on the tighter Penydarren and Dowlais terraces that can mean the top or the bottom of the street rather than your front door. With a Wickes order that arrives in stages, that carry happens more than once, so we plan it at the survey and set aside somewhere dry and reasonably level for the boxes. A full kitchen takes up more room than people expect. Where there is a rear lane or a back gate we will use it if it is the easier route, and we confirm the gate width and any steps into the yard before delivery day rather than on it.

A lot of Merthyr kitchens are a narrow rear outshot, which means one run of units, careful planning around the back door swing, and honest answers about what will genuinely fit. If you are reusing a dishwasher or a washing machine we measure it at the survey against the new housing, because that is where a plan drawn from customer measurements most often comes unstuck. Strip out is part of the job and we take the old units out carefully rather than smashing them through the house, and if you want to keep any of them for a garage we will take them out whole where we can. Laminate worktops are cut and jointed on site, stone is templated separately once the bases are in, and the electrician, gas engineer and plasterer are coordinated by us so they arrive at the right point in the week.

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.