New fitted kitchen: what material should I be looking for?

It's all a maze so far. There's bad MDF and good MDF apparently, but I'm not sure what is the type of MDF that I should be looking for. Many people seem to be saying if you do a wood kitchen, make the carcass out of some other material. There will be a family of young children in the house so again that appears to have implications for what should be chosen (doors being opened a lot, messy hands on doors, etc).

What would be the best material for each section of a fitted kitchen, and is there much price difference between a wood kitchen and a good MDF kitchen?

Graham

The average (for want of a better description) kitchen these days consists of MFC kitchen units (15mm or 18mm) with MDF or MFC doors.

Take it up a price level and you'd probably be looking at solid wood doors.

Add a zero to the right hand side of the budget and you're in the realms of a solid wood kitchen.

Personally if I were buying for a young family, I'd be looking at the lower to middle price ranges and something with a wipe clean finish.

tabby aspreme

Anyone saying there Mdf is better than some other suppliers Mdf is spinning you rubbish, kitchen carcasses and worktops are usually melamine faced chipboard, with Mdf used for doors cornices pelmets etc. Talk to some of the smaller kitchen companies you will get less of the sales pitch

Graham

tabby aspreme wrote: »

Anyone saying there Mdf is better than some other suppliers Mdf is spinning you rubbish, kitchen carcasses and worktops are usually melamine faced chipboard

+1

Although I'd avoid the cheaper 15mm MFC carcasses, most use 18mm these days.