Wickes Kitchen Fitting in Mountain Ash, Booked From Woodland Street

The bulk of the town is colliery terrace built up the valley sides in Pennant stone, and streets like the rows above Oxford Street climb hard enough that the front door and the back door can be a full storey apart. That gives you solid walls with no cavity, small rear kitchens, and doorways that will not take a fridge freezer without the door coming off. It also means some streets are tight for an articulated lorry with cars parked both sides, so the retailer will often stop at the nearest safe point instead. We know most of these streets, so at the survey we will tell you where a vehicle is realistically going to stop and how the boxes get from there into the house, which is a lot better than finding out on delivery morning.

Storage is the next question, because a Wickes order arriving in three drops still adds up to a full kitchen and a terrace rarely has a garage. We will tell you what the order actually occupies and suggest a delivery date close to the start of the fit rather than weeks ahead. Penrhiwceiber and Perthcelyn add post-war and later council built stock where the walls are block and the rooms are more regular, and there are pockets of newer housing around Abercynon and Ynysboeth that behave like any modern build, where wall unit fixings have to reach through the plasterboard to something solid. Knowing which of those you are standing in changes the fixings, the delivery plan and the order the trades come in.

Because we are five minutes away, the small things get sorted properly. If a door needs adjusting after the fit we book it in rather than leaving you waiting, and our workmanship is guaranteed. Removal and responsible disposal of the old kitchen is part of the job, laminate worktops are cut and joined on site, stone is templated separately once the bases are level, and gas and electrical work is carried out by a Gas Safe registered engineer and a qualified electrician, both coordinated by us. If your existing carcasses are sound and you only want new Wickes doors and a worktop, that is a normal job for us too, and it is worth a look before you commit to replacing everything.

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.