Can any of you advise me on window and kitchen delivery timescales? I spoke to a guy at a local showroom yesterday who said that their workshops had no problem with materials for units and doors, but appliances had been a bit of a problem this year as so many of them come from continental Europe. We won't be ready for kitchen fitting until February at least, so I'm thinking of buying appliances well in advance and storing them (we have a secure and weathertight garden office with enough space). We only need to buy oven and induction hob, but we haven't done any research into which oven (double, or two separate, and warming drawer?) And DH is worrying about warranty if you buy it but don't fit and test it straight away.
On windows, our schedule has them going in the first week of January after a two week site shutdown over the holidays (I see we don't have the Chr----as emojis yet!). I've asked two companies for quotes and specified that date. What are the chances....?
@UptownFunkYouUp on the UFH, I don't know about prices but would agree that for a room that size it is by far the best way to achieve consistent and even heating. We had it in the small extension we did ten years ago (3*4m) and the feeling under foot was lovely. I'm now umming and ahhing over whether to get a wet UFH system for the original rooms of our house which have suspended timber floors - our new room will be a concrete screed but opening into a kitchen in the old part. You can get dense foam like celotex insulation with ufh pipes through it, which you fit between the floor joists with a foil insulation/reflector below it. I want to avoid going from warm extension floor to cold underfoot in the kitchen.