Replacement kitchen doors/drawer fronts needed please

Clowance

I want to replace my old solid medium oak doors (Hygena Henley) and drawer fronts in the kitchen. B & Q have badly let us down and want a three month delivery time from now, so I dont want to buy from them. I have tried Homebase, MFI and Focus.
WHo else do replacement doors (Budget priced)? I have looked briefly on the internet but they are asking something like £70 per door, and we have about 18 doors and 9 drawer fronts to replace.
Looking for a creamy satin paint finish.
Willing to travel if necessary ( I live in the Bournemouth area) - do Ikea do kitchens? Never been to one as they are so far away.

cheekymole

From [previous experience, I was cheaper to buy the whole unit than just the fronts as it's those that cost the most

Destiny33

http://www.doors.homestylekitchens.co.uk/
http://www.kitchenfacades.com/
http://www.doorsdirect.co.uk/

Not sure if this is of any help but just a few companies that came up in a search on this:

http://uk.ask.com/web?q=kitchen+doors&qsrc=0&o=0&dm=ctry

HTH

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ka7e

We renewed our unit doors a couple of years ago. Replaced 19-year old B & Q with new B & Q, but it wasn't fun. The main snag is that the pre-drilled holes for attaching doors and drawer fronts are not standardised. They not only vary between manufacturers, but also get changed if the type of hinge is updated. We had 15 doors and 4 drawer fronts to replace and it took my OH over a week to make all the adjustments! The drawers had to be totally replaced as the new fronts couldn't be made to fit the liners - and that meant he had to re-drill holes to take new runners, as well.
The final effect is lovely, but it was literally blood, sweat and tears to create!

jobbingmusician

The answer to your question is yes, IKEA do kitchens. A friend of mine who is a very high class kitchen designer and master carpenter says that they are known in the trade for having the best carcasses (the bit without the door). Look here! but don't get TOO excited - you can't buy online.

Also, if you've never been to IKEA, it might help to know the following.

1. The shop layout and merchandising is excellent and you'll have fun looking around.

2. Getting OUT of the shop is a total nightmare and at this point you'll wish you never went, if you go at busy periods. Best time IMHO is Monday nights (IKEA is generally open until 10pm, you can check on the website for your local store. Plan to have supper there - at the moment they have an eat as much as you like pasta deal for £1!!!)

3. Customer service is also a nightmare.

4. They probably won't have what you want, and there is no way you can find out in advance what is in stock, so don't waste your energy trying! Just enjoy the shopping experience for what you CAN get out of it!

Enojy!

jobbingmusician

PS Enojy is of course Swedish for Enjoy

Sarahjovi

we replaced our Doors, Drawer Fronts and Work Tops a couple of years ago and used a local family run company (Milton Keynes area). The company were happy to supply and fit or just supply. We opted for them to supply and fit the work tops (with professionally glued joints) and hubby fitted the drawers and doors. The whole lot came to £2000 (8 base unit doors, 4 wall unit doors and 3 drawers + handles for all, and 3 lengths of worktop, a new sink and taps/pipework). I can't remember the exact breakdown of the price, but I'm sure the doors were about £35 - 40 each depending on the size and the handles were £3.50 ish each (incidently the same ones in homebase were around £5.95 each at the time).

I also sold my old cupboard doors on ebay for £41.

Look in your local yellow pages to see if you have a similar company in your area!

Sarah

saver_sam

Can you not just paint them with special kitchen cupboard paint?

Frogling

jobbingmusician wrote:

They probably won't have what you want, and there is no way you can find out in advance what is in stock, so don't waste your energy trying! Just enjoy the shopping experience for what you CAN get out of it!

Ikea now have a stock-check function online. All you have to do is select the product you want to look at and underneath the description there is an option that says: 'check stock availability at your local store.' Bob's your uncle (well, he probably isn't, but you know what I mean!)