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Kitchen cupboard carcasses - where to buy?
On 08/11/2019 13:55, Terry Casey wrote:
In article , Andrew97d- says... Howdens won't sell to the public. Or at least they never used to. They only want to send an 'authorised' kitchen fitter round. One of their fitters has the same name as me and the same broadband supplier. He also wanted the email address that already had, so was obviously offered it with a 2 appended, which he accepted. Howdens 'lost' the 2 and started sending me his quotations - shiowing his 80% + discount! If we use Howdens for our new kitchen, that information could be useful to know! I had no problem getting a Howdens Trade account - even with a substantial credit allowance. All the kitchen items seem to be sold at a discount of anything between 50 and 100% ( yes 100% for 1 item). Had no problem taking surplus items - mainly accessories back unused for full refund. |
Kitchen cupboard carcasses - where to buy?
On 07/11/2019 15:31, GB wrote:
On 07/11/2019 15:07, wrote: If you want water tolerant carcasses, afaik you'd need to make your own. Wood frame or a suitable ply or OSB. I think that ply may be the way to go. My local Builders Depot has a large and very accurate machine for cutting up the panels. What I'm not sure about is whether the edges of the ply panels would look okay if painted or varnished, or whether you would have to lip them all with solid wood? Assuming you are using conventional front mounted doors you can even get away with 18 mm shuttering ply for the carcases. Make a sawboard to cut up your own panels, and get a biscuit cutter. Quickest and easiest way to make a strong, accurate "box". I had to do this for one "unit" because I wanted a large sink (at a sensible price) and it had to fit in a non-standard sized space. I also made three deep but narrow-ish waste bins for waste and recycling to use up the space. 12 mm ply sides, 18 mm back front and bottom to provide rigidity. They sit on castors and just pull out. But I agree, solid wood lips look nicest. I did this on the "end" and "back" of ordinary laminated chipboard worktops rather than faff around trying to use finishing strips. (There's a peninsular so I needed to finish the back of one piece). Ordinary softwood, fitted with concealed dowels then stained and varnished. |
Kitchen cupboard carcasses - where to buy?
On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 18:04:08 +0000, Robert wrote:
On 08/11/2019 13:55, Terry Casey wrote: In article , Andrew97d- says... Howdens won't sell to the public. Or at least they never used to. They only want to send an 'authorised' kitchen fitter round. One of their fitters has the same name as me and the same broadband supplier. He also wanted the email address that already had, so was obviously offered it with a 2 appended, which he accepted. Howdens 'lost' the 2 and started sending me his quotations - shiowing his 80% + discount! If we use Howdens for our new kitchen, that information could be useful to know! I had no problem getting a Howdens Trade account - even with a substantial credit allowance. All the kitchen items seem to be sold at a discount of anything between 50 and 100% ( yes 100% for 1 item). Had no problem taking surplus items - mainly accessories back unused for full refund. We were ready to go down that route but the builders we selected had a Howdens account so we use theirs. They showed us the quote from Howdens with "trade" and "retail" values side by side. Retail was mainly 2 * Trade. They just billed us the Trade amount. Cheers Dave R -- AMD FX-6300 in GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF running Windows 7 Pro x64 |
Kitchen cupboard carcasses - where to buy?
On 08/11/2019 13:55, Terry Casey wrote:
In article , Andrew97d- says... Howdens won't sell to the public. Or at least they never used to. They only want to send an 'authorised' kitchen fitter round. One of their fitters has the same name as me and the same broadband supplier. He also wanted the email address that already had, so was obviously offered it with a 2 appended, which he accepted. Howdens 'lost' the 2 and started sending me his quotations - shiowing his 80% + discount! Neighbour who is ex-MOT tester and garage owner still fixes cars in his retirement. He has an account with the local car parts supplier and all the invoices that I see lying around his garage show two columns, trade and 'retail' (or SRP these days). The latter is typically 80% up on the trade price. If we use Howdens for our new kitchen, that information could be useful to know! |
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