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IKEA kitchen queries and costs

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deepfriedsage · 01/06/2013 21:10

I had a go at the self planning in-store. I have a few bits and worksurface I would like to add to the quote. I was looking at two big tall units and a narrow tall unit, sink and sink unit, A silver shutter wall unit. Freestanding washing machine, dishwasher, oven and fridge freezer, so far the cost is nearly a thousand pounds.

are the drawers as skirting/kickboard any good?

It was busy so I couldn't get answers to some questions.

Are they easy to make up yourself?

How easy are the tall units to fit against the wall?

How much is assembley or fitting on say a £1,500 kitchen?

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doglover · 01/06/2013 21:23

Watching with interest ........................

Vivacia · 01/06/2013 21:40

Also watching with interest.

Are you referring to the plinth drawers?

We intend to make our units up ourselves to save on fitting. We're not going with the IKEA fitting service, as it's out of our price range (I think you'd be looking at about £2000).

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deepfriedsage · 01/06/2013 22:03

Yes, plinth.

Wow £2,000 for fitting!

I was going to get the tall unit with drawers, when I saw the quote and difference in price to the plain shelves, I thought I will just have the shelves.

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froginthepond · 01/06/2013 22:12

We bought and fitted an Ikea kitchen in our old house about 7 years ago. From memory the whole product and service was excellent. We bought an Adel yellow? kitchen with solid wood worktops and 2 double belfast sinks. The purchasing process was excellent, the quality of the units, wood worktops and sinks was excellent. We fitted the kitchen ourselves, units were very easy to build. Great value for money. We are currently in the process of fitting an expensive kitchen and it has been a nightmare! the process has been horrible and we are over 3 months into constant issues with the solid very expensive oak worktops and the suppliers. I really wish we had saved our money and just bought an Ikea one again! Sad

Talkinpeace · 01/06/2013 22:16

my kitchen - 5 yers ago - was 39 units (pictures on my closed talkinpeace2 ID) and cost just over £3000 not including worktops or appliances
I hired a fitter who charged me £800

we do not have plinth drawers though

Potterer · 01/06/2013 22:23

We have just bought an Ikea kitchen, it only goes down one side of the room and across one wall so a 6m run down one wall and 2.5m across, total cost of units including an extractor but no other appliances £3400

We are having a local fitter build and install it so £1000 for him but my friend said that when she went to Homebase they said whatever your kitchen costs it will cost that again for installation, so if your kitchen was £2k it would cost £2k to fit. How accurate that is I don't know. I went with a recommended local joiner.

The best time to ever pop to an Ikea is on the dot of when it opens or very late on. Browsing times usually 9.30am on a weekday mean staff are available but most people think that the store opens at 10.

High cabinets are easy to fit to a wall as there is no service gap and the legs should take your cabinet higher than your skirting so it will go flat against the wall.

Making the cabinets up is easy peasy, see this helpful video on YouTube

You will need a lot of space to put it together, especially the high cabinets. We installed some ourselves as a temporary measure years ago.

Methe · 01/06/2013 22:24

We've just had ours done. 3 tall units, 4 smaller ones, integrated appliances and solid oak work top - £4000

Fitting - £2000. It took a week but all needed knocking about and re plastering and there was a fair but of electrics and gas to be moved.

Ikea stuff is very good.

Talkinpeace · 01/06/2013 22:28

thats true - our fitting was cheaper as the kitchen ant utility room were newly built : so services in the right places and nothing to remove

PartTimeDomesticGoddess · 01/06/2013 22:31

We have just had an Ikea kitchen put in, and I'm delighted with it. DH built the units and we paid an independent guy to fit them. I am also delighted with the plinth drawer that I have, although I only have one as you can only fit them to a 60cm wide unit, and I only have one of those (DH trying to work out a way to fit them to 80cm wide units). I keep baking trays in mine.
Don't forget that the Ikea units are designed to go flush against the wall (so no space for pipes etc) We also got our worktop from an independent local place, and they said that 650mm worktop was needed for Ikea units. If you do need to allow room for pipes though, you could buy a wider worktop and have that fitted, giving you extra deep worktop (if your room layout allows). My friend has been able to do this more than we have, and it's fab

Talkinpeace · 01/06/2013 22:36

THe stories about Ikea units and pipes are HOGWASH
you just move them down to the skirting height and then Ikea units are the same as any other
we did NOT get non standard worktops : and they are just fine.

Suttonmum1 · 01/06/2013 23:01

I would say think about what floor you are having and any chance of scratching it when using plinth drawers. I have Ikea and love it. The planners I spoke to really knew there stuff, been there over 10 years.
The Ikeafans website is good for ideas, eg I have a pull out unit for trays created by using a drawer front fitted vertically and cut off at the bottom. The pull out bits are made by Hafele and available online.
Be careful on building in cookers etc as Ikea dimensions are a bit different. We have been able to box in our freestanding tall fridge with an extra cupboard above it.

Talkinpeace · 01/06/2013 23:03

Be careful on building in cookers etc as Ikea dimensions are a bit different
No they are not.
Units are based on 60cm wide and 60cm deep
ALL of our electricals came from elsewhere and slotted neatly into our Ikea units.

MiceElfAgin · 01/06/2013 23:19

We have 4 plinth drawers and I keep baking trays in two , soap powder etc.. In 1 and tinned stuf in another. I really like them. They aren't huge but 1 can hold about 25 400g tins to give you an idea. We made up and fitted the kitchen ourselves. I am really pleased with it and we found ikeafans and YouTube very helpful as others have said .

Suttonmum1 · 01/06/2013 23:43

Oven units are same width, but when you start to stack up several ovens and / or a warming drawer it isn't so easy. We have achieved it with judicious use of drawer fronts as blanking pieces etc. It 's the height of some of the non-Ikea built in ovens that is the issue. Also I found I an Ikea microwave best to have properly built in micro in a wall unit.

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deepfriedsage · 02/06/2013 08:52

They don't do free planning any more. The charge is £100, which includes them measuring up your home.

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Talkinpeace · 02/06/2013 11:01

Do they no longer have the online planning tool?

I had the fun that the room did not exist when I started designing : the plaster was not on the walls till a couple of weeks before delivery
but my fitter hid some shims in strategic places

my fitted appliances are all Neff and they slotted in OK

Methe · 02/06/2013 11:06

They do have online planning but if your anything like us it might be worth having them out to checking over and make sure your measurements are correct. It cost £100 but you get £50 off the order. We thought it well worth it for peace of mind.. We are generally the kind of idiots who would measure something wrong. We only have one bedside table as dh didn't think to make sure they would fit when he ordered them!

As my dad would say - measure twice, cut (or buy!) once!

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deepfriedsage · 02/06/2013 11:08

They show you how to use the online planning, and you can print there. I had a go and that's why I don't have the kitchen finished. I can log on any time anywhere now to complete at my leisure.

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Potterer · 02/06/2013 12:08

Re appliances, we I looked at all the dimensions of the Ikea ones and then compared them to other manufacturers. I had a big list but most of the Ikea ones are the same.

Ikea use Whirlpool appliances and we have chosen Whirlpool appliances but not the ones Ikea sell.

Re pipes, if you are having a kitchen ripped out you just address any pipe issues then. We are mid extension build for our kitchen and had our gas supply cut off and capped as we are having an induction hob. All the new pipes have been run behind the walls at skirting level.

Both my sisters have Ikea kitchens, one has had one for 7 years. Still looks beautiful.

doglover · 02/06/2013 21:27

Any opinions on the worktops? Probably laminates - not a fan of wooden worksurfaces.

Talkinpeace · 02/06/2013 21:34

I love my bamboo.

doglover · 02/06/2013 21:44

Bamboo?

Talkinpeace · 02/06/2013 21:47

Yup
www.bambooflooringcompany.com/bamboo-worktop-carbonised-horizontal-3mtr.html
Mine is now 5 years old and I still love it : a swift wipe with olive oil every couple of weeks and it hides the abuse I give it.
(scorch marks, water, detergents, knives ...)

doglover · 02/06/2013 21:54

Is it like wood? (Sorry to be a bit dense!)

Talkinpeace · 02/06/2013 22:03

Yup
three year old stems are cut and split and pressed together into cross woven layers and then steamed

just like wood but much more sustainable and has a dense grain and pattern so hides scuffs and stains much better : and in the long run can be sanded back and re sealed (as can my bamboo floor)