Replacement kitchen doors · Kent
Replacement kitchen doors in Chatham
If you live in Chatham and need replacement kitchen doors, we can measure the room, send an itemised written quote and book every trade in the right order until the kitchen is handed over.
Thinking about replacement kitchen doors in Chatham?
If your Kent kitchen has worktops you still like but dated doors, new fronts in a different style or colour let you keep the surfaces and change the rest.
Some Chatham households getting ready to sell want the kitchen to look fresher in the photographs without the cost and mess of taking it out. Chatham sits about 8 miles north of Maidstone, and our Kent coverage takes in everything in between.
What we cover for replacement kitchen doors in Chatham
After the survey visit we write the scope down. For replacement kitchen doors in Chatham it usually covers:
- Matching end panels, plinths, cornice and pelmet cut and fitted
- Drawer fronts fixed to existing drawer boxes, or new boxes where worn
- Free survey visit to check the carcasses and measure every door and drawer front
- Hinge holes drilled to line up with the positions on your carcasses
- Handles or knobs drilled from a template so they sit at a consistent height
- New fronts fixed to integrated appliances with their door-fixing kits
How much do replacement kitchen doors cost in Chatham?
Typical replacement kitchen doors prices for homes in Chatham, including VAT and adjusted for the South East. Your own figure depends on the size of the kitchen, the layout and what is moving. Prices in the South East usually run above the national guide, mainly because labour and parking cost more.
| Typical project | Guide price |
|---|---|
| Doors and drawer fronts supplied and fitted (15–20 doors)Standard ranges, with new hinges and handles | £1,200–£3,400 |
| Bespoke, in-frame or hand-painted doorsMade to measure for your carcasses | £2,300–£5,800 |
| Fitting only, doors you have boughtHanging, adjusting, handles drilled and fitted | £340–£920 |
| Matching end panels, plinths and corniceCut and fitted to suit the new doors | £170–£690 |
Guide ranges cover doors, drawer fronts, hinges and handles for a typical kitchen of 15 to 20 doors; replacing swollen carcasses, worktops or appliances is priced separately. Prices include VAT at 20%.
Local homes and their kitchens
The housing mix across Kent includes Victorian terraces, weatherboarded cottages, 1930s semis and oast house conversions, so no two kitchen fits are quite alike. Victorian terraces in the Medway towns and along the coast often have a narrow back-addition kitchen, while 1930s semis usually have a small kitchen beside a separate dining room.
Seaside terraces, permit parking and narrow village lanes can each make deliveries slower, so the route for long worktops is best checked at the survey. Water across Kent is hard, so limescale builds up quickly on taps and boiling water taps, and a scale-reducing filter is worth considering.
Regulations for kitchen work in Chatham
Replacing kitchen doors needs no planning permission or Building Regulations approval in England, because nothing structural, electrical or plumbed changes. The exception is a listed building, where original fitted cupboards or joinery may need listed building consent before they are altered. If you add plinth or cornice lighting at the same time, the wiring must meet BS 7671, and a new circuit for it would be notifiable under Part P.
Listed weatherboarded and timber-framed cottages, oast conversions and homes in conservation areas such as historic Canterbury may need consent for new external vents.
Tips before you start
- Choose handles after the doors, holding samples against the new colour in your Chatham kitchen's daylight before anything is drilled.
- Ask whether the cornice and pelmet will be replaced too, as old ones left on a Chatham kitchen with new doors often show a colour mismatch.
- If you let out a Chatham property, new doors can often be fitted between tenancies in a day or two once they have been delivered.
- Old drawer boxes may not take new fronts neatly; worn runners or unusual fixings sometimes make new drawer boxes worth adding.
Questions about replacement kitchen doors in Chatham
How much do replacement kitchen doors cost in Chatham?
For 15 to 20 doors and drawer fronts, supplied and fitted, budget around £1,200 to £3,400 including VAT in Chatham. That reflects typical costs in the South East; we confirm the actual figure in writing once we have measured up.
Which parts of Chatham do you work in?
All of them. Our Kent coverage takes in the whole of Chatham, including the ME4 postcode district, as well as surrounding towns such as Gillingham. If you are unsure, send us your postcode.
Can new doors be fitted to my existing kitchen units?
Usually, yes, as long as the carcasses are sound. We measure every door and drawer front at the survey and check the hinge positions, because sizes vary between makers and older kitchens often use sizes that are no longer standard. Doors are then made to measure or matched to your units, drilled for new hinges and hung so the gaps line up across each run.
What if some of my kitchen units are water damaged?
Damaged units are replaced before the new doors go on, because swollen chipboard does not recover. The sink base is the usual problem, from slow leaks at the trap or tap, followed by units beside the dishwasher. We check every carcass at the survey, look for the cause of any leak, and price replacement units as a separate line so you can see the cost clearly.
Are new hinges and handles fitted with the doors?
Yes, normally. Old hinges are often worn or set for the old doors, so new soft-close hinges are fitted and adjusted so the doors close quietly and the gaps run even. Handles are drilled from a template so every one sits at the same height and distance from the edge. If you would like to reuse your existing handles, the new doors are drilled to suit them.
Replacement kitchen doors in neighbouring towns
We also carry out replacement kitchen doors in these towns near Chatham:
- Replacement kitchen doors in Gillingham
- Replacement kitchen doors in Rochester
- Replacement kitchen doors in Strood
- Replacement kitchen doors in Maidstone
- Replacement kitchen doors in Gravesend
- Replacement kitchen doors in Sittingbourne
- Replacement kitchen doors across Kent