buying kitchen carcasses without doors

phill99

Lee_T. wrote: »

The general public can't buy from Howdens if I'm correct. Well that was the last time I went into their store in S!!!!horpe. I seem to think you have to be in the trade.

I may be wrong though.

They will sell to you. Explain your situation and ask to be put down as a 'one time user'.

cattie

phill99 wrote: »

They will sell to you. Explain your situation and ask to be put down as a 'one time user'.

Not all Howdens will sell to anybody other than trade. None of the 2 branches that are closest to my locality will. Still, nothing lost by trying.

noelphobic

cattie wrote: »

Not all Howdens will sell to anybody other than trade. None of the 2 branches that are closest to my locality will. Still, nothing lost by trying.

Presumably even if they won't sell directly to me they will at least allow me in the door and give me a price so I can send my builder in to pay and collect if they have what I want?

cddc

No they will not give you a price, they will give your builder one if he goes in though.

bridgedino

Pop into your local B & Q, select the carcasses you want, pay for them, pop them in you car and off you go. Job done.

I have built several kitchens using B & Q units and they are fine

noelphobic

cddc wrote: »

No they will not give you a price, they will give your builder one if he goes in though.

They did give me a price and said if my builder had an acccount and I gave them his name they would sell directly to me.

Steve_the_fitter

Howdens units are not plat pack put together. They are dowel and glued rigid carcasses though imo very standard but do the job.

thge reason why B&Q dont send them out built is to save money. No other reason

B&Q units are not a couple of mm thicker . They are the same

Yes they are both laminated chipboard. Whether its the same quality chipboard and laminate I dont know

Didnt see the other posts correcting this post before i replied

spadoosh wrote: »

There both actually flatpacks however howdens send them out pre built. So more or less exactly the same product just one has been put together by howdens and one put together by yourself.

The reason B&Q dont do pre-built is because they believe delivery of pre built units will compromise the rigidity in the moving and handling and think its better to build it on site and move it less.

Essentially though theyre both laminated chipboard, and off the top of my head (could be wrong) but i tihnk the B&Q units are a couple of mil thicker.

real1314

IKEA carcases can be bought without doors. :cool: