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Everyting you Want to Know About Kitchens and Kitchen Fitting Including DIY How To Projects and Video Guides

This page includes links, tips and advice on Kitchen DIY how to projects including fitting and installing kitchen appliances, worktops and tiling. Browse through the below list and click on your chosen link to view the project information.

  • Kitchen Cupboard Door and Hinge Adjustment

    Cupboards - cupboard door fitting and adjustment - In this DIY guide find out the best way of adjusting your kitchen cupboard doors and how to adjust concealed hinges complete with helpful images and description of what each adjustment screw does

  • How to Fit a Gas Hob

    Gas - fitting a gas hob - How to Fit a Gas Hob into a kitchen worktop including how to cut out the hole and what regulations need to be followed when fitting gas hobs

  • Fixing a kitchen Base Unit

    Kitchens - fitting a kitchen base unit - Learn how to fit kitchen base units like the pros including getting them square and level in any kitchen area whether the walls are flat or uneven

  • What to Look for When Choosing a Kitchen

    Kitchens - how to choose - Choosing a kitchen that works for you can be a tricky job. Find out exactly what questions you need to answer to get the best kitchen for you

  • Fitted Kitchens

    Kitchens - how to fit a kitchen - A guide to fitting a kitchen - How to fit kitchen units and kitchen worktops, with help on kitchen design, kitchen planning and choosing kitchen appliances

  • Kitchen Storage

    Kitchens - kitchen storage solutions - Learn all about kitchen storage and planning and designing a kitchen to get the best use out of the storage space available

  • Kitchen Planning

    Kitchens - planning a kitchen - How to plan your kitchen - DIY guide providing pointers and things to think about when planning a new kitchen install such as the layout of your new units and also where applances with go and their associated pipework and electrical sockets

  • Fitting a Kitchen Wall Unit

    Kitchens - wall cupboard fitting and installing - How to Fit Kitchen Wall Units In this easy to follow tutorial guide our experts show you how to fit kitchen cupboards and kitchen wall units correctly

  • How to Fasten Kitchen Doors

    Magnetic catches - Learn about magnetic catches for cupboard doors and kitchen units, how to fit them and about all the different types of catch, hinges and drawer runners

  • How to Join a Kitchen Worktop

    Mitering worktops - How to fit a kitchen workshop. Joining or mitering a worktop - Learn how to fit the worktop to your kitchen units and ensure that you get a neat and tight join.

  • Fitting worktop edging strip

    Worktop Edging Strip - How to fit edging strips to laminate worktops - Learn how to fit worktop edge strip to a laminate kitchen worktop in easy steps including how to trim it for a perfect fit

  • Using a Worktop Mitre Jig

    Worktop mitre jigs - how to use - How to use a worktop jig; a guide to using a kitchen worktop jig and to use a jig to mitre worktops

  • Filling and Disguising Worktop Joints

    Worktops - filling joints - In this DIY guide we show you how to successfully fill joints between kitchen worktop surfaces, including mitred joints, so that the joint becomes invisible

  • Fitting Granite Worktops

    Worktops - granite worktops - How to choosing and fit granite worktops. Advice on fitting granite worktops in your kitchen cheaply yourself.

  • Fitting Wooden Worktops

    worktops - Information on wooden worktops - Tips and advice on how to fit wooden kitchen worktops plus useful information on maintenance of hardwood worktops and the best surface oils to use

  • Granite or Marble Inserts in Worktop

    Worktops - stone inserts - In this DIY guide we show you how to mark out and cut a worktop insert so that you can install an insert chopping board or pastry board

  • Treating Wooden Worktops

    Worktops - treating wooden worktops - In this DIY guide we look at cleaning, treating, oiling and maintaining hardwood and wooden kitchen worktops, repairing and renovating damaged worktops and some common do's and don'ts

This section hopefully covers all the tasks you might need to know about when designing and installing a kitchen, everything from choosing appliances to picking worktop, grouting tiles to plumbing. In fact, it covers everything including the kitchen sink (sorry couldn’t resist!)

Learning how to mitre a kitchen worktop can produce a neat job

Learning how to mitre a kitchen worktop can produce a neat job

Fitting kitchens can be broken down into various Do It Yourself tasks that we talk you through with a variety of video tutorials and how to guides. The only items that must be left to the experts in the UK are Plumbing for Gas and we also have a cautionary note about electrical installation.

We have included information about planning a kitchen, fitting worktops and cupboards, tiling for splashbacks and floors, choosing and fitting taps. These include instructions on mitre joints and painting over kitchen cupboards and tiles.

Kitchen plumbing can include fitting taps, fitting sinks and wastes, moving a stopcock and boxing in pipes.

Kitchen repairs include DIY projects such as repairing a tap, problems with your dishwasher, unblocking drains, spotting and treating water leaks, damp, and condensation. We also explain about adequate ventilation and different choices of fans and extraction.

The atmosphere of any room can be completely altered by choosing the right lighting. While you are cooking you need higher levels of broad spectrum lighting that gives a wash of light – avoiding shadows and patches of light. However if you are eating in the kitchen or you have an open plan kitchen and living area you will want to be able to adjust the lighting to alter the mood of the room when it is used for other activities.

Before you start laying tiles and flooring you need to be sure that you have a good surface to fix them to and so we tell you how to level a floor and

If you are not going to Do It Yourself you need to know how to find a tradesman, compare quotes and use a building contract, you can visit our Home Improver Protection Solution for more help with this.

A well designed kitchen can make your cooking experience so much easier, it can also enhance the value of you house, so it is worth getting right.

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