Howdens Glendevon kitchen. is it good quality? does it warp/frail/peel?

[mrbg07546]

Hi we are planning on getting a howdens Glendevon kitchen. does any one have one? how long have you had it? has it warped or detached?

i have heard vinyl wrapped kitchens warp/peel near areas of heat (eg by oven) so wanted to know your view - as i dont want a kitchen which wont last 10+ years.

 

[RichA]

I fitted to a couple of kitchens 8 yrs ago. Once was sold, one rented (recently sold). Seemed to wear pretty well, I was not aware of any warping/peeling.

 

[Deleted member 174758]

They can bubble, delaminate (peel) and crack. This generally seems to occur above the kettle spot (kettles shouldn't be used beneath cabinets - but it happens) - peeling and/or bubbling, in kitchens with inadequate extraction or where the extraction isn't ever used and especially if you have someone who steams their food or dries their wet washing in the kitchen - peeling, or where the doors are installed too near to the cooker and especially without a heat shield installed - bubbling and cracking. Properly treated they will last (ma in law has a white high gloss vinyl kitchen I installed for her in 2003 and it's still good apart from the two doors over where the kettle now sits.........)

 

[JohnD]

kettles and toasters, hobs, dishwashers and ovens, surely.

A kitchen with none of these things should be OK.

 

[Deleted member 174758]

Oh, really?

To answer the OP's query I doubt that I'd ever want to put a foil door in a rental property unless the doors were cheap enough to allow me to replace them after 5 years. Equally I wouldn't go high gloss (tops or doors) if the kitchen was going to be used intensively (e.g. by anyone who cooks regularly) because they mark more easily and scratch for fun