A kitchen fit runs first fix plumbing and electrics, levelling floors and walls, fitting the units and worktop, then second fix, appliances connected, and a final snagging walk round before we hand back the room.
Old Suffolk houses rarely have a level floor or a square wall. We check both before a single unit goes in, packing, screeding or battening out where needed so the finished kitchen actually lines up.
Plenty of kitchens still have a chimney breast running through them from an old range or fire. Taking it out opens the room up, but it needs a steel put in above to carry the wall, calculated and signed off by a structural engineer, and building control has to see it at each stage. Northgate handles the steel, the making good either side, and the building control inspections as part of the same job, and not a separate contractor brought in halfway through.
Pipework moves to where the new sink and dishwasher will sit, and sockets go in behind where units and appliances will stand, all before a cabinet is fixed to the wall.
Victorian terraces, 1930s semis, bungalows and newer estate housing all come with their own quirks, and each gets treated on its own terms. Get in touch with some photos and a rough idea of what you want, and we will talk you through what the room needs and how it can be done.
The old kitchen comes out first, units, worktop, splashback and often the flooring underneath, which usually reveals a floor and walls that need making good before anything new goes in. First fix plumbing and electrics get moved to where the new layout needs them, then floors and walls are levelled. Units go in, and the worktop is templated once they are fixed and level, not before, so the fit is exact. Second fix follows, taps, sockets, extractor and appliances connected, then a qualified electrician and, if there is gas, a registered gas engineer sign off their own work before we snag the room and hand it back.
Floors that were never level get scribed and packed properly, rather than units left rocking on shims.
Extraction gets ducted outside wherever the layout allows it, because a recirculating hood filters grease and does little else.
Electrics and gas are signed off by someone qualified to do it, with the paperwork kept for you.
We fit kitchens across Bury St Edmunds and the surrounding villages, and further out across Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire, in older cottages, farmhouses, new builds and ordinary family homes alike.
A straight swap, same layout, same pipework, can be done in under two weeks. Moving walls or plumbing around adds time on top of that.
Worktop templating happens after the units are fixed, and stone worktops usually take one to two weeks to come back cut.
We build a kettle and a microwave point into the plan early on, so you are not living off a takeaway for a fortnight.
Whatever state the room is in, get in touch and we will tell you honestly what it needs and how long it will realistically take, whether that is a straight swap or a full extension.
