Recommend a inframe kitchen supplier please

holgate79

Hi,

I am in south / West Yorkshire and would like to buy an inframe kitchen - shaker style.

I' m happy to buy from a national company on the internet or go with someone more local - my budget might stretch to a bespoke build.

Does anyone have any recommendations?

Thanks

ryder72

Whoever you buy from, please remember that inframe is a much more expensive kitchen so ensure that it is built on quality carcases. The cheaper manufacturers will usually buy standard size doors and use spacers between 600mm units to create the inframe look. They are effective using a lay-on door to make it appear inframe.

It is the more bespoke end of the market where you see the real inframe doors.

BlueC

diy-kitchens.com - they are the direct sales arm of Ultima kitchens who make and supply a lot of the posh kitchen shops with "bespoke" kitchens.

Their inframe kitchen is excellent, but two things to be aware of:

1) It is more expensive than equivalent lay-on door kitchen
2) There is less choice of units and inners than a lay-on door kitchen

They are based near Pontefract so nearby for you - go and have a gander round their showroom you will be impressed.

TCB1

Crown do an in-frame kitchen. I'm not sure how high the quality is hut they looked and felt solid when we went to see them.

They are generally supplied by local independents.

jenfa

I have a fully bespoke oak inframe kitchen which I am looking at replacing. Having recently had a modern kitchen with 600 cupboards I have found the inframe very restricting.

Like others have said proper inframe means that your cupboard doors are narrower than the carcass they are in, drawers are also narrower and in our cupboards which are only 650 wide have a central support pillar. I am not sure if you can have soft close as the way they are constructed is that they fit inside the frame.

They can look lovely but practically if this is the design you are looking at you may be better having more pan drawers rather than cupboards and have wider units rather than the standard 600. It is a real fight getting saucepans and woks in and out of my cupboards and the clonk when they shut drives me mad. Also be aware that a lot of companies will tell you they sell bespoke inframe units however often they are standard sizes, the only way to get true inframe is using a carpenter, which isn't always as expensive as the kitchen companies.