Howden's Kitchen Design Cocked-Up

Alderbank

Grumpy_chap said:

LostMyMSEAccount said:

5mm too big/out 

 That really is within the tolerance of measurement, slightly not quite 90 degree corner, and I would expect the fitter could resolve.

LostMyMSEAccount says 'The fitter...thinks the...solution...is to plane the back edge of the door by around 1mm. As this is the back edge of the door, it won't be noticeable.'

That solution sounds reasonable to me.

LostMyMSEAccount

Alderbank said:

Grumpy_chap said:

LostMyMSEAccount said:

5mm too big/out 

 That really is within the tolerance of measurement, slightly not quite 90 degree corner, and I would expect the fitter could resolve.

LostMyMSEAccount says 'The fitter...thinks the...solution...is to plane the back edge of the door by around 1mm. As this is the back edge of the door, it won't be noticeable.'

That solution sounds reasonable to me.

Which is ultimately what I'm going to have to go for. It's just frustrating that my kitchen will now be effectively non-standard. If I ever need to replace the door, it won't fit. Seems to be a more common occurrence than I realized though and all part of the game.

Still, I wish I could go into a job where imprecision is all just part of the fun One of those I guess. Once it's fitted and all in, I'll be happy. I think I am frustrated over the fact it's all just been a bit of a mess.

Alderbank

LostMyMSEAccount said:

Alderbank said:

Grumpy_chap said:

LostMyMSEAccount said:

5mm too big/out 

 That really is within the tolerance of measurement, slightly not quite 90 degree corner, and I would expect the fitter could resolve.

LostMyMSEAccount says 'The fitter...thinks the...solution...is to plane the back edge of the door by around 1mm. As this is the back edge of the door, it won't be noticeable.'

That solution sounds reasonable to me.

Which is ultimately what I'm going to have to go for. It's just frustrating that my kitchen will now be effectively non-standard. If I ever need to replace the door, it won't fit. 

Perhaps you could plane 1mm off the back of the new door?

Sandtree

LostMyMSEAccount said:

Like TELLIT01 alludes to, the issue is that there's no tolerance built into the design. Whether that's the fitters issue to deal with or the designers issue to account for, I guess is open to interpretation. 

Its not, if you paid your fitter for everything then its their issue as they are the contracted party. They may make a counter claim from Howdens after if they feel their supplier was the cause of the problem but that's their business not yours

daz9100

I think you'll find that in the small print of the kitchen plan that it says this
"The drawing is a computer representation of layout and dimension, details should be checked by the installer/builder prior to installation"

Appliance_engineer

Howdens is a trade to trade supplier. They don't sell direct to the public.