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Kitchen Installation Tips - Part 1 - How to Plan & Install a Fitted Kitchen

We've put together this series of kitchen installation tips as a companion to the kitchen design guide.  Where it showed you how to design a professional kitchen plan, this series of articles will show you how to organise the installation so that everything comes together on time.

Over the next 6 articles I’ll guide you through the process of designing and installing a kitchen, breaking it down into bite-sized chunks and removing the mystery!  You’ll see it’s not all that difficult when you know how.

We’ll get into our stride proper tomorrow but for now, here’s what we’ll be covering:

Kitchen Planning - Section 1

• Existing kitchen layout

• Existing room features to be worked around

• Existing equipment features to be worked around

• Is room being enlarged or changed shape?

• How many people live in the house, how many will use the kitchen, what ages are they – do you have a young family?

• Existing location of sink, oven & hob

Kitchen Planning - Section 2

• New layout – same or different?

• Measuring

• Appliances needed and best locations – integrated or free-standing?

• Location of existing power sockets and light switches – need moved or added to for appliances?

• Lighting

• Suppliers – furniture & appliances

Kitchen Planning - Section 3

• Choosing units – see what’s available – type, colour, material, construction, delivery

• Doors

• Worktops & splashback

• Drawing your plan – it’s easy with Word!

• Start with base units first, then wall units

• Flooring & decoration

Kitchen Installation - Section 1

• Who’s installing it– you or tradesmen?

• Contact tradesmen – arrange visit and quotes based on plan

• Arrange timescale and agree it with all contractors

• Can you survive without a kitchen?

• A great time for a clear out!

• Out with the old… Who’s removing it and how will you dispose of it?