New Kitchen Vs Replacment doors cost

meme74

Hi all,

Just looking for some advice. I am wanting to upgrade my kitchen but looking for a rough idea of cost.

Option 1 is to gut my existing kitchen and get full new ktichen fitted. I am thinking Ikea/B&Q/Woodies/Cash and Carry Kitchens type prices, not the very upmarket designer places. I ahve seen what Cash & Carry etc have to offer and would be happy with the quality.

Option 2 is to change the doors and worktops etc. The carcas of the kitchen itself is fine its just the doors an dworktops that are looking a bit tired and really need an upgrade. The kitchen is currently a shaker style wooden kitchen and I would ideally like to change to high gloss modern cream kitchen.

Any idea of the differnece in price of these 2 options? It is a fairly standard 3 bed semi-d house kitchen.


Also, any idea how feasable it is to replace just the doors and worktops considering such a different style to whats there at the min? Would this look mismatched and not blend with the carcas well?

Thanks for any advice/experience you can share!

ShoppingQueen

Would you consider painting your kitchen? I did that with mine, as long as you use a very good primer you can paint it any colour you like. I can give you more info if you like. You could of course get it spray painted professionally too. If you change to knobs and handles that will also make a huge difference

meme74

Hi shoppingqueen thanks for your reply. I could consider that I suppose and it would definitely be a much cheaper option but still freshen up the whole kitchen.

I was after high gloss doors so this is why I hadn't considered painting before

jlm29

I enquired last year about replacing doors on an old kitchen, and several places wouldn't do it. Most of the places you've mentioned would be buying in doors pre-made, and they said that they wouldn't be able to match up sizes. That was without me even telling them measurements- I suppose it depends on how old your kitchen is. It might be more faesible if it's newer.
Also- be sure to get prices from some smaller local operators, as well as the bigger chains like cash and carry. I did a lot of pricing around last year, and was surprised at how expensive cash and carry were in comparison to the smaller places. I ended up getting a solid wood painted kitchen for only slightly more as the vinyl kitchen in cash and carry! And at least that can be painted in a few years and freshened up. It's (apparently) quite difficult to paint vinyl!

ShoppingQueen

I used Zinsser bin primer for painting my cabinets, it's expensive but worth it as it creates a paintable surface over anything. First you need to wash down the cabinets with sugar soap. Then when dry, apply 2 coats of the primer and then 2 coats of paint. I'm delighted with mine. If you prefer to get it professionally done I saw these guys, you can send them a pic for a quote - I'm not affiliated with them but just heard about them:

I'll PM

meme74

Thanks shoppingqueen

Adoolan85

ShoppingQueen wrote: »

I used Zinsser bin primer for painting my cabinets, it's expensive but worth it as it creates a paintable surface over anything. First you need to wash down the cabinets with sugar soap. Then when dry, apply 2 coats of the primer and then 2 coats of paint. I'm delighted with mine. If you prefer to get it professionally done I saw these guys, you can send them a pic for a quote - I'm not affiliated with them but just heard about them:

I'll PM

Hi ShoppingQueen,

Could you PM me name your talking about above if possible please?

Thanks.