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Took the wife to see kitchens at several outlets today and she has settled on B&Q Shaker Oak so I have attempted to price it up. She wants more drawers than I was allowing for so the design has changed some. Starting from top left its now provisionally this: 400mm with drawer £67.50...

Cant see how they can justify a 500mm drawer unit for £109 inc discount. So I have to resign to narrow drawers or go for a different supplier. Thanks for your efforts. :) Still not sure of that 90cm hood over a 60cm hob. Just spoke to Wickes and just my luck they are changing the...

Hi ColJak, I think she would like a couple of drawer units, maybe one under the hob for pots and another perhaps in the 500mm unit next to that? The double oven manual says it needs 878mm to fit and cover the top shelf edge, as for height I thought that was pretty much set by what door size...

Going around in circles here, so hoping for some advice on the best value low end kitchen units for my small budget. Wickes flat pack is looking best so far, but there are so many on line companies offering units and I wonder if I would be better off with one of those. Perhaps if you have...

Ahh right ;-) I was assuming the chimney to be just bigger than the extract hose so no more than say 16cm wide. Yes that would seem to be silly having it behind the chimney. So assuming a 60cm hood I will aim to put the FCU 40cm off the center line which will be above one of the wall...

I can do as you say Coljack or even just a bit of plastic conduit with an open end below the plasterboard behind the chimney going to an FCU to feed the flex through. Why would I need to strip the chimney to change a fuse? I was offsetting the FCU by 15cm so it was just to one side of any...

Next question... I now have a layout for the kitchen units and know where the gas hob will be. I intend to have a cooker hood over the hob but as I have bought nothing yet I need to guess where to put the fcu on the wall in readiness for whatever chimney type extract hood I get. Assuming a...

Thanks once again :)

Thanks for the reply noseall, seems the builder made the floor screed to joist height 2500mm so even allowing for floor tiles and ceiling board I am going to have a 70mm or so gap to sort somewhere using standard sheets long side upwards. Most of the walls will have kitchen units against them...

I intend to fit 12mm plasterboard on a celcon block wall using adhesive, the wall has first fix electrics on it . Just want to be sure I am going about this the right way before I start :wink: Cables are all surface on the blocks in safe zones around 10mm max above blocks. The socket...

Yes but the window company messed up with the size so he had to "adjust" the opening to suit it. Pic 2 has the cut blocks in it.

Thanks guys, plasterboard it is going to get, not for a few weeks yet though so maybe it will have finished its realignment by then ;-)

Metal conduit of course, I rendered it in as I had secured it with cut nails and after rendering the box in place I had some left, so I tidied up some :) Maybe nobodys going to see it but I still will for a while and its nice to have it tidy. My cables will be covered by a ceiling but that...

I think this may just be normal cracking that can happen with lightweight blocks, that wouldnt have been noticed had the plasterboard gone on already. The extension shell has been finished about 4-5 weeks. This wall with a crack from below the sill to the floor has a concrete block as a...

I am now at the point where I need to run my cables on the thermolite blocks, now this wall will be plasterboarded using adhesive. Is it usual to surface cable in safe zones and then just make the adhesive thick enough for the plasterboard to be proud of them? I was intending to use 35mm...

Heavy clay here in Kent but the Local council still insist on soakaways. When I asked a BCO why this nonsense is being asked for he suggested they were forced to comply with it due to the local water authority insisting it be done. So you dig a soakaway 5mtr from your home, a couple of days...

I have bought a couple of 4 lamp spot rails (R50 ses lamps) for the decorative bit and shall mount those above the front edge of the worktops. I figured in the end I didnt need to run with the pack on downlighters with hoods and the worry of heating the roofspace too much. I will fit as...

And its £100 cheaper than the super deluxe one that ban has pointed out. I am on a limited budget, also my other half insists on a flourescent for the main lighting. I have added another circuit so we can have a choice of tube or downlighting.

OK I now have lots of loverly new cables from CU to kitchen, still not got a plan for layout of the units/oven etc. The only thing for sure is the sink under the window. Please excuse the drawing. The L shape will be all units with wall cupboards on the long side and an...

I like the basin and fitted cabinets, well done. Where were they purchased?