Kitchen installation · Wales
Kitchen installation in South Glamorgan
Homeowners and landlords across South Glamorgan can book us for kitchen installation: complete kitchen installation, fit only or supply and fit, with every trade booked in order.
Is kitchen installation right for your South Glamorgan kitchen?
A new layout is a common reason to change kitchens in South Glamorgan: moving the sink under the window, adding an island or opening up to the dining room.
Some South Glamorgan households already have a kitchen they like the look of but not the fit: doors out of line, gaps at the wall and a worktop that has lifted.
What does kitchen installation in South Glamorgan include?
Your written quote lists everything included. For kitchen installation, that normally means:
- Free survey visit, measurements and an itemised written quote
- Removal and disposal of the old kitchen, with gas and electrics made safe
- First-fix electrics and plumbing for the new layout
- Base, wall and tall units fixed, levelled and secured to the wall
- Worktops cut, jointed and sealed, or templated for stone
- Sink, tap and integrated appliances fitted and connected
- Gas hobs connected only by Gas Safe registered engineers
- Panels, plinths, cornice, splashback and a final check before handover
How much does kitchen installation cost in South Glamorgan?
As a starting point for South Glamorgan, these ranges include VAT at 20% and allow for typical labour costs in Wales. Labour rates in Wales are generally lower than in London and the South East, so these ranges are a little below the national guide.
| Typical project | Guide price |
|---|---|
| Small kitchen, 5–10 units, fit onlyYour units fitted, laminate worktop, sink and appliance connections | £1,400–£2,300 |
| Medium kitchen, 10–15 units, fit onlyAs above, for a typical family kitchen | £2,300–£3,200 |
| Large kitchen, 15+ units or an island, fit onlyTall larders, island, more cut-outs and panels | £3,200–£4,100 |
| Mid-range kitchen, supplied and fittedRigid units, quartz or solid wood worktops, integrated appliances, fitting and the usual trades | £16,600–£32,000 |
Fit-only guide ranges cover labour for units, laminate worktops and standard connections; stone worktops, new circuits, moved services, tiling, flooring and plastering are priced as separate lines. Prices include VAT at 20%.
Kitchens in homes across South Glamorgan
Across South Glamorgan you will often find Victorian terraces, Edwardian villas, post-war estate houses and waterfront apartments, and each shapes the kitchen differently. Cardiff's Victorian terraces often have a long galley in the back addition, while Edwardian villas in Penarth may have a separate kitchen and breakfast room.
Much of South Glamorgan has soft to moderately soft water, though some parts are harder, so check with your supplier before choosing a filter. Busy on-street parking in terraced areas and apartment blocks with booked lifts can affect delivery times and how long worktops are carried in.
Knocking a back-addition kitchen through to the middle room or side return is a common project in a Cardiff terrace. Waterfront apartments usually mean a compact, open-plan kitchen fitted to building rules on working hours, lift use and waste removal, with extraction planned around the block's ventilation.
Rules for kitchen installation in South Glamorgan
In Wales, fitting a kitchen does not need planning permission, though a listed building may need listed building consent. Part P is wider than in England: extending an existing circuit within a kitchen is notifiable, as well as new circuits and consumer units, so most kitchen electrics are certified through a competent person scheme or building control. New extraction should be designed to the Welsh Approved Document F rates, a refit should not leave ventilation worse than before, and gas work is for Gas Safe registered engineers only.
Listed buildings and conservation areas, including parts of Cardiff and Penarth, may need consent for new vents, and apartment owners usually need the freeholder's consent.
Before you start
- Leave every box sealed until the fit; parts get lost or damaged once packaging is opened and stacked around the house.
- Order stone worktops for templating as soon as the base units are fixed, as fabrication usually takes one to two weeks.
- If the house was built before 2000, consider an asbestos survey before strip-out, especially with textured ceilings or old floor tiles.
- Decide where the sink, hob and dishwasher go early, because moving them later means repeating plumbing, electrics and tiling.
- Order stone worktops early in the plan, as templating can only happen once the base units are fixed.
- Ask for appliance sizes and ventilation gaps to be checked against the housings before you buy appliances for a South Glamorgan kitchen.
Questions about kitchen installation in South Glamorgan
How much does kitchen installation cost in South Glamorgan?
Kitchen installation in South Glamorgan typically costs £1,400 to £2,300 including VAT for a small kitchen of 5 to 10 units, fit only, based on prices in Wales. Larger or more involved jobs cost more, and your price is fixed in writing after a free survey visit.
Do you cover the whole of South Glamorgan?
Yes. We carry out kitchen installation across South Glamorgan, including Cardiff, Barry, Penarth and Whitchurch, South Glamorgan. Every job starts with a free survey visit and an itemised written quote.
Will you fit a kitchen I have bought myself?
Yes. We fit kitchens bought from any retailer, trade counter or online supplier, flat-pack or rigid. On the survey we check the plan, and before fitting we check the delivery against it. Missing or damaged parts are for the supplier to replace, and we tell you straight away so the fit can be re-planned.
Do I need building regulations approval for a new kitchen?
Usually only for parts of the job. Fitting units does not need approval, but new electrical circuits are notifiable in England and Wales, removing a load-bearing wall needs approval everywhere, and in Scotland structural work needs a building warrant. Gas work must always be done by a Gas Safe registered engineer.
What order does a kitchen installation follow?
The usual sequence is strip-out, any structural work, first-fix electrics and plumbing, plastering, base and wall units, worktops, second fix of sockets, sink, tap and appliances, then splashbacks, flooring and decorating. Some floors go down before the units and some after, depending on the floor type, which we agree at the survey.
Kitchen installation in towns across South Glamorgan
Choose a town for local guide prices and postcode coverage:
- Kitchen installation in Cardiff
- Kitchen installation in Barry
- Kitchen installation in Penarth
- Kitchen installation in Whitchurch, South Glamorgan