One Wickes Fitting Team for the Whole of Rhondda Cynon Taf

The northern valleys are overwhelmingly Victorian and Edwardian terraces in Pennant sandstone, stepped along steep hillsides with rear lanes and small back kitchens, solid walled and needing resin or frame fixings rather than plasterboard plugs. Move down into Pontypridd and Porth and you get the same terraces mixed with larger bay fronted houses and a good deal of post-war stock in block. South of the ridge around Llantrisant, Talbot Green, Pontyclun and Llanharan the picture changes again to modern estate housing with timber stud and dot and dab plasterboard, where the fixings problem is reversed and everything has to reach the block or the stud behind. That is why we survey every property rather than quoting off a floor plan, and why a Wickes drawing done from customer measurements gets checked before the order is confirmed.

Delivery access is the practical difference between one valley and another. Some of the Rhondda Fawr terraces above Treorchy and Treherbert are tighter for a delivery vehicle than the equivalent rows in the Cynon, so a kerbside drop and a carry is the normal plan up there. Because a Wickes order usually arrives as units, then worktop, then appliances, that carry happens on more than one date, and we sequence the strip out so the kitchen is out of action for the shortest sensible run of days. Rear lane access is common across the valleys and is usually the easier route, but we confirm at the survey whether the lane is driveable, how wide the gate is and whether there are steps up into the yard.

For landlords with several properties the same logic applies at a bigger scale. It works better planned as a sequence than all at once, so you are not holding several properties empty, and each one still gets its own survey and its own written quote because a Ferndale terrace and a Pontyclun semi are not the same job even with the same kitchen going in. Removal and responsible disposal of the old kitchen is included on every fit, laminate worktops are cut and joined on site, and stone is templated after the base units are level, which is worth planning for across a multi property programme. Travel is not a separate charge anywhere in the county borough.

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.