Has anyone had pipes etc moved for an ikea kitchen? Has anyone haggled magnet down?

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Thanks, I'm impressed by ikea but why oh why do they only have this flush to the wall unit thing!.
Has anyone had pipes moved to accommodate it?

Has anyone haggled magnetic down please. Thanks

Our kitchen fitters cut the IKEA unit backs to fit around the pipes, and then covered the pipes up with casing. I did worry about it looking like a shanty town initially - but honestly once all the appliances, drawers and shelving fixtures were in, and I’d filled the cupboards and shelves up, it was completely unnoticeable.

Comptess thank you, what concern me about that is, I've been told the cabinet rests on its back board and two front legs so doesn't cutting into the back weaken the strength of your cabinet and then if they don't move the pipes, do you get the full use of the deep drawers?

can't you just set the units 10cm forward of the walls and then have a slightly deeper worksurface? I like a worksurface that is deeper than the standard 60cm anyway.

The only issue with that is I am already going to loose about 3 inchec each side so 6 total cm already as ikea work tops bigger.. So doing that would really reduce our floor space. Small u shaped kixthen in Victorian yerewxe

As you have usually ripped the entire kitchen out and have an empty room, it is very easy access to all the pipes etc you just drop them down to below plinth height. Nothing has to be made pretty, it is all hidden again behind the cabinets. The only thing running around my kitchen is the water feed for the fridge freezer. No gas as induction hob.

The sink unit has a service pipe gap to allow for all the pipework behind that.

The new Ikea kitchen that came in around 2014 has a metal rail that you attach to the wall and the cabinets are attached to this with legs only at the front to level off the base carcass. This is a great system with a huge choice of fixing points for the rails however it could be an issue if your walls are completely uneven.

The back of IKEA units is thin hardboard. It's not structural and you can cut into it.

I'd look at how many pipes and units are involved. The fitter could put a false back on a cupboard unit if there is a particular trouble spot like a boiler. It's likely only gas and water supply which a plumber can easily move down.

Thank you, I've got uneven walls but they will be skimmed.
I'm worried about how "soft" our walls are though.

Have done it twice, we just moved the pipes to floor level.

If you are booking the fitting with Ikea directly, they can calculate the move directly. If more changes are required, they ask you to negotiate with the fitter on the day. I wish I negotiated with the fitter from the start, although IKEA fitting prices are very reasonable, the fitter, who was excellent, would charge much less than Ikea. (he put a new tap in my garden for… a bacon sandwich )

Ah… gas pipes are another matter, but I would say that you need to calculate the expense of moving the pipes vs the labour and time it will cut the cabinets, or made to measure deeper worktops or lost space if you go for a secondary wall.

Thank you Grandmas cat, We have gas now but will probably go all electric so hopefully gas pipes can just b capped off.

We had a local plumber move the pipes down before fitting and fitted the kitchen ourselves

Another wow ok! Was it a big job?

In my case, it took a morning and was done by the IKEA fitter himself. If you are moving gas pipes or capping the you will need to bring in a Corgi engineer.

It is not a massive job to do, and IMO, in terms of labour costs, it might be cheaper than modifying the cabinets or ordering made to measure worktops.

Not that big - we ripped the kitchen out and then went away overnight whilst the plumber sorted it - gas pipes too as we needed one extending and one capped off, came back refreshed and ready to fit the new one (easier as was all pre Covid)