Ikea Kitchen

ElKavo

Hi Guys,

I know there are a number of threads about the Ikea kitchens but they are all fairly old at this stage.

So here goes, We are looking at changing our kitchen and have received several quoted from company's to do the job... They are all about twice our budget. So I had a look at the Ikea kitchen. I have designed it up as best I can with their planner and priced up what I have.. It is actually coming in under our budget . I also have a kitchen fitter who says he can do the whole job of removing and installing the new inc taps and some sockets for a very reasonable price. This still is less than half what I have been quoted by other company's.

So questions....

Does anyone have an Ikea kitchen in more than 5 years?
How does it look / function after this time?
Did you install it or get it installed?
How did you find the fitting if you installed yourself?

Thanks for all the replies guys.

D

jameshayes

ElKavo wrote: »

So questions....

Does anyone have an Ikea kitchen in more than 5 years?
How does it look / function after this time?
Did you install it or get it installed?
How did you find the fitting if you installed yourself?

Thanks for all the replies guys.

D

Ikea have recently changed their kitchens to new units, so there will be no one with the new units for 5 years (I think they were only released this year) you should bear this in mind

RoisinD

ElKavo wrote: »

Hi Guys,

I know there are a number of threads about the Ikea kitchens but they are all fairly old at this stage.

So here goes, We are looking at changing our kitchen and have received several quoted from company's to do the job... They are all about twice our budget. So I had a look at the Ikea kitchen. I have designed it up as best I can with their planner and priced up what I have.. It is actually coming in under our budget . I also have a kitchen fitter who says he can do the whole job of removing and installing the new inc taps and some sockets for a very reasonable price. This still is less than half what I have been quoted by other company's.

So questions....

Does anyone have an Ikea kitchen in more than 5 years?
How does it look / function after this time?
Did you install it or get it installed?
How did you find the fitting if you installed yourself?

Thanks for all the replies guys.

D

Don' know about the new kitchens but my Ikea kitchen is 7 years installed. Mine came from the Edinburgh store as Dublin wasn't open at the time. It is still as good as the day it was installed. Had no problems with it. No doors falling off or looking tatty, drawers still opening fine etc.

ElKavo

RoisinD wrote: »

Don' know about the new kitchens but my Ikea kitchen is 7 years installed. Mine came from the Edinburgh store as Dublin wasn't open at the time. It is still as good as the day it was installed. Had no problems with it. No doors falling off or looking tatty, drawers still opening fine etc.

Glad to hear its still going strong. Hopefully the new units are as good, Can you tell me did you get Ikea or a private fitter to install or yourself?

Thanks

jameshayes

This is a great PDF about their range, its helpful to see it all placed out in magazine style like this.. (just a pity all prices are £ in this mag) http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_GB/pdf/metod/metod_buying_guide_2014.pdf

dodzy

25 yr guarantee on the kitchens ( with exception of handles / knobs ). I've done a few for friends and they are very decent quality for the price. All that said, you could still get a butcher in to make a bo***x of the installation but as far as the materials go, I'd have no concerns there.

iano.p

Fitted loads of Ikea kitchens the are all good for the price. They will last well and they come with a guarantee. But get someone good in to fit them. A well fitted kitchen always looks more expensive

Borzoi

ElKavo wrote: »

So questions....

Does anyone have an Ikea kitchen in more than 5 years?
How does it look / function after this time?
Did you install it or get it installed?
How did you find the fitting if you installed yourself?

Thanks for all the replies guys.

D

In 4 years in our utility. We put it in ourselves. Overall happy with the quality. Compared to having it fitted by a pro you're limited to more standard options and sizes

RoisinD

ElKavo wrote: »

Glad to hear its still going strong. Hopefully the new units are as good, Can you tell me did you get Ikea or a private fitter to install or yourself?

Thanks

My husband fitted it.We downloaded the kitchen plan and went from there. BTW I still get comments on how good the kitchen looks and people asking where I got it from.
It was very well priced at the time, for quality (even with the transport costs) it was still way better than anything here.

game4it70

Just a heads up about ikea kitchens.The floor units don't have voids in them.If you have pipes on the walls you will need to either re-route them to floor level to come up through the floor of units or modify the units themselves.

They are also deeper than most units so a standard worktop wont fit if you get from a different company.I think the ikea worktops are about 635mm deep whereas standard is 600mm.

I had a nightmare finding deeper ones at a reasonable price and ended up getting a 900mm deep and cut it back.

All in all the units are very solid but my missus wanted the Tingsryd doors and i wouldn't recommend them as they show up fingers prints very easily.Grease splashes are very hard to get off and i ended up taking some dye off trying to remove them by only using a sponge and washing up liquid.

ElKavo

game4it70 wrote: »

Just a heads up about ikea kitchens.The floor units don't have voids in them.If you have pipes on the walls you will need to either re-route them to floor level to come up through the floor of units or modify the units themselves.

They are also deeper than most units so a standard worktop wont fit if you get from a different company.I think the ikea worktops are about 635mm deep whereas standard is 600mm.

I had a nightmare finding deeper ones at a reasonable price and ended up getting a 900mm deep and cut it back.

All in all the units are very solid but my missus wanted the Tingsryd doors and i wouldn't recommend them as they show up fingers prints very easily.Grease splashes are very hard to get off and i ended up taking some dye off trying to remove them by only using a sponge and washing up liquid.

Thanks for the heads up, I had heard about the depth. We would be buying everything there counter tops an all. I dont think there are a large number of pipes running along walls behind it, or at least none I can see anyway. Good to know though. The tingsryd doors are they the high gloss ones? that is what we are looking at doing. Cheers

game4it70

ElKavo wrote: »

Thanks for the heads up, I had heard about the depth. We would be buying everything there counter tops an all. I dont think there are a large number of pipes running along walls behind it, or at least none I can see anyway. Good to know though. The tingsryd doors are they the high gloss ones? that is what we are looking at doing. Cheers

No problem.
Those doors are black/brown but with a satin finish.

Another thing to note their stantard worktops have a max length of 1860mm.Afaik you can order custom lengths but the lead time is at least 6 weeks.This has to be done in store as its not an option on the website.

jeepers101

game4it70 wrote: »

No problem.
Those doors are black/brown but with a satin finish.

Another thing to note their stantard worktops have a max length of 1860mm.Afaik you can order custom lengths but the lead time is at least 6 weeks.This has to be done in store as its not an option on the website.

Worktops have a length of 2.4m.

We installed the new Metod kitchen during the summer. It's an excellent system. Small gap now behind base cabinets.

game4it70

jeepers101 wrote: »

Worktops have a length of 2.4m.

We installed the new Metod kitchen during the summer. It's an excellent system. Small gap now behind base cabinets.

Yep correct mixed up their shorter lengths

Jane98

Hi,

Can anybody tell me if assembly and installation are different when it comes to IKea kitchens. For example, can I get units assembled and then install them myself or is it assembly and installation together vs nothing.

slimjimmc

Not sure if the installation service includes assembly but I would assume so, I doubt they could standover their 5-year guarantee on workmanship and installation if they couldn't ensure the units were put together correctly.

If you want them to assemble only then why not use their assembly service instead of the installation service.

dodzy

Jane98 wrote: »

Hi,

Can anybody tell me if assembly and installation are different when it comes to IKea kitchens. For example, can I get units assembled and then install them myself or is it assembly and installation together vs nothing.

if you are able to install, then assembly will pose no problems for you.

cletus

^^ this

Having assembled and installed an Ikea kitchen, the installation is the more difficult and time consuming of the two jobs

flyguy

Don't have ikea kitchen, but got a reasonably pricey one installed 5 years ago.
Doors are falling off and drawers don't work properly. From what I've seen in ikea it's much better quality and will last longer than what we got.
Unless you're willing to pay top money for quality german brands like Miele I don't think you can go wrong with an ikea kitchen.

Howdy folks,

Sorry to resurrect this thread, but figured it'd make more sense than starting a new one.


Can anyone tell me how ikea kitchens are packed?

Does each unit just have it's own box, or what way does it work? I presume all door sizes are a standard size, so are interchangeable? But are all the units themselves (the carcasses) identical to each other?

(I suppose what Im really asking is, if you're putting together a kitchen with, say, 10 units, is it easy to get confused? Do you unpack and assemble each unit one-by-one or are you given 10 backs, 20 side pieces, etc. and left to try and figure out what belongs where yourself?)

Their kitchens seem nice, reasonably priced, and I've fitted kitchens in the past so installing will be easy. But it's the assembly aspect that has me thrown simply because I'm unsure of how things are packaged for a kitchen.

tabby aspreme

The units are packed individually, same with the doors , just open and assemble one at a time , the instructions are a series of pictures.

Ah I see. Perfect.

Cheers for the heads up on that tabby

Deep Thought

Have ours 5 years, got it installed when we were having work done.

The only thing is that were were looking to add in a new drawer and they no longer did the sizes we have, they seem to change them

SemperFidelis

I've just finished doing one myself. Each unit may require several boxes, i.e each drawer is two boxes so a unit with drawers could be quite a few.

When you order you get a list of each unit and the article numbers for that unit - frame, doors, drawers, handles, legs etc. I went over the list and wrote on each box what it was for that way I had the right ones in the right places.

Cabinets for sinks, hobs, ovens are very similar to others but not the same as they have vents at the back or access for wiring, plumbing etc.

Their online 3d kithcen planner is good, it will give you a list at then end showing all the bits you need.

Sleepy

The hardest part about installing them in our utility room was getting the runners that the cabinets attach to true and level on the old walls in our place. Absolute doddle of a job aside from that!