Kitchen unit doors - Stopping welling or finding replacment.

[dhutch]

Ive recently bought a house and inhereted the below kitchen, its largly in ok condition but the quality is only so-so and hence the worktop and one of the doors around the sink is swelded (and swelling) so i want to replace it like for like but do not know the make or design of the doors/top.

The sinks in its own stand alone unit, so the top will not be joining the existing, if just has to look about the same. Ditto the doors, which i could replace both off.

Daniel

 

[joe-90]

They look like B&Q to me and I think the colour is Ivory white.

 

[dhutch]

They look like B&Q to me and I think the colour is Ivory white.

Ok. Had a look in the store but didnt see anything smooth-face, but it doesnt sound unlikely given the fittings in the rest of the house and having just gone to BnQ's website and found this which looks likely.
http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?linktype=breadcrumb&fh_location=//catalog01/en_GB/categories<{9372014}/categories<{9372039}/categories<{9372149}/specificationsProductType%3Dit_kitchen_doors___drawer_fronts/styleStyle>{gloss_cream_slab}&

Is there range fairly static then? The kitchens my be atleast a year or so old. I guess for £30 a go i can order a pair of doors and see what i get, taking them back if they dont match.

Thankyou

Daniel

 

[dhutch]

Failing that. Does anyone have any suggestions for stopping or reducing the swelling?

Im not holding much hope in reducing it, although if I can that would be great.

Interms stopping it getting worse, i guess its a case of keeping the water out. Creating some sort of seal between the faced edges, which are not swelled apart by 2mm or so.


Daniel

 

[misterhelpful]

The doors look a bit like Wickes' COSTA RICA range (cream).
If they are, perhaps the worktops are from there too.

 

[dhutch]

The doors look a bit like Wickes' COSTA RICA range (cream).
If they are, perhaps the worktops are from there too.

Which would figure, as the DIY shop in town was a wickes until it closed and become a BnQ.

That would be more of an pain to get replacments of!

In boating circles i know people who have had success in using very thin capillary sealant to cure minor cabin leaks so i might try and floor it with some of that before getting the clamps on it (every little helps) and then run a bead of clear epoxy/araldite round to finish.


Daniel