Some kitchen questions.

Dave Plowman (News) · 2020-02-13T15:32:15+00:00

My kitchen is in need of a bit of a refresh. Not a total re-fit, though.I built it all myself when money was tight. And ready made units cost more(pro rata) than today.All the floor units are basically one, made from approx 30mm squaresection timber with mortice and tenon joints. 'Legs' which run from floorto worktop one piece and a door's width apart. The whole lot firmly fixedto brick walls. Tops are blockboard and tiled.Most of the timber came for free as scrap lengths from the company Iworked for. Doors and drawer fronts were bought ready made - and have been changedrecently, so still OK. All the carcasing? is immensely strong and rigid compared to the usualchipboard, and I don't intend changing it. But I'd like new worktops. Possibly something like Corian? I realise thisis likely a totally pro job. Is it strong enough to sit on top of thecarcasing or does it need additional support like ply or whatever underit? And what would be a very rough cost for about 9 metres total (threewalls with a peninsula unit, so 3 mitre or whatever joins. And a cutoutfor a sink and hob. A rough guess would be fine, as I've zero idea of thecost.Other thing is the cooker hood which is ancient. It extracts to theoutside via a vent behind it. Still works fine - just old looking. Most ofthe 'pretty' ones I see now seem to have a chimney. Can those be ventedanywhere up that chimney - or only at the top? I don't mind moving thehole in the outside wall if needed. But the closer it is to the hooditself the better.Last thing. The entire kitchen is tiled, and I don't want to change them.Obviously some will need replacing where the new hood goes in, and roundthe new worktops. I do have some spares - but will have lots from the oldworktops. However I used some type of semi-flexible waterproof mortar bedto stick them to the blockboard, which has survived very well indeed. Ithink the small (2x2") very strong tiles will come off the wood intact -but how about removing the mortar from them?

Feb 13, 2020 Last reply: 6 years ago 25 Replies

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Tim Lamb 6 years ago

In message snipped-for-privacy@davenoise.co.uk>, "Dave Plowman (News)" snipped-for-privacy@davenoise.co.uk> writes

25 miles up the road! Come and see it or I could post a photo. >

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Dave Plowman (News) 6 years ago

Can anyone give a very rough idea of costs? Say per metre of a standard width worktop? Just that I really have no idea at all, and Google doesn't help.

A couple of grand might be OK. 10 wouldn't. ;-)

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Bev 6 years ago

According to Worktops.org "Corian is priced from £120 to £170 in a number of limited styles. The styles stocked are sourced from ex-stock inventories of lines which are no longer part of the Corian range."

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Tim Lamb 6 years ago

In message snipped-for-privacy@davenoise.co.uk>, "Dave Plowman (News)" snipped-for-privacy@davenoise.co.uk> writes

Much head scratching.... she doesn't really know!

John Lewis!! Initial visit to measure up. Follow up visit to install. Payment of 8k somewhere about the time.

This was sink/drainer, 4m work top/upstand and 2 wrap around window sills. 1.5m promontory and a large island unit.

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Andrew May 6 years ago

You can get a rough idea here:

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Dave Plowman (News) 6 years ago

A bit more Googling asking a different question found a site that could give a near enough price based on a sketch.

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