Replacement kitchen doors · Scotland
Replacement kitchen doors in Dundee and Angus
Replacement kitchen doors in Dundee and Angus start with a free visit to measure up, then a written scope and quote before any work begins.
Why replacement kitchen doors for a Dundee and Angus home?
If you have bought a Dundee and Angus home where the kitchen layout works but the colour does not, new doors and handles can change the look in a day or two.
Landlords across Dundee and Angus often refresh a rental kitchen between tenancies with new doors and drawer fronts, keeping the sound carcasses and the appliances in place.
What do replacement kitchen doors in Dundee and Angus include?
Here is what usually goes into replacement kitchen doors, adjusted to your Dundee and Angus kitchen after we have measured it:
- Free survey visit to check the carcasses and measure every door and drawer front
- Doors and drawer fronts made to measure or matched to the existing sizes
- Hinge holes drilled to line up with the positions on your carcasses
- New soft-close hinges fitted and every door adjusted so the gaps run even
- Drawer fronts fixed to existing drawer boxes, or new boxes where worn
- Handles or knobs drilled from a template so they sit at a consistent height
- Matching end panels, plinths, cornice and pelmet cut and fitted
- New fronts fixed to integrated appliances with their door-fixing kits
How much do replacement kitchen doors cost in Dundee and Angus?
Use these ranges to plan your budget. They include VAT, reflect costs in Scotland, and are firmed up once we have seen your Dundee and Angus kitchen. Prices in Scotland usually come in below the national guide, as labour rates are lower than in the South East.
| Typical project | Guide price |
|---|---|
| Doors and drawer fronts supplied and fitted (15–20 doors)Standard ranges, with new hinges and handles | £940–£2,800 |
| Bespoke, in-frame or hand-painted doorsMade to measure for your carcasses | £1,900–£4,700 |
| Fitting only, doors you have boughtHanging, adjusting, handles drilled and fitted | £280–£750 |
| Matching end panels, plinths and corniceCut and fitted to suit the new doors | £140–£560 |
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%.
Kitchens in homes across Dundee and Angus
The housing mix across Dundee and Angus includes sandstone tenement flats, Victorian villas, post-war council-built houses and fishing town cottages, so no two kitchen fits are quite alike. Dundee's tenement flats often have a narrow kitchen or a box room off the hall, while villas in Broughty Ferry and the Angus towns tend to have larger separate kitchens.
Dundee and Angus have soft mains water, so limescale is rarely an issue and taps and boiling water taps tend to stay free of heavy scale. Common stairs in tenements, steep streets in parts of Dundee and narrow glen roads in Angus can each affect deliveries and worktop lengths.
Tenement flats often have a small kitchen that owners open into the living room, which needs a building warrant if a load-bearing wall is involved, and can need one even if it is not, where the change affects the escape route or fire separation. Victorian villa kitchens may sit in an old scullery area with high ceilings and original features.
Rules for replacement kitchen doors in Dundee and Angus
In Scotland, replacing kitchen doors and drawer fronts counts as replacing fitments, which does not need a building warrant. A listed building may need listed building consent if original fitted joinery is being altered or removed. If plinth or cornice lighting is added at the same time, the wiring must meet the building standards and BS 7671, so ask for the right electrical certificate. Nothing else about a door change involves building standards.
Consent may be needed for new vents on listed buildings and in conservation areas, and homes in the upper Angus glens fall within the Cairngorms National Park.
Before you start
- A new kitchen makes more sense if the carcasses are damaged, the layout does not work, or the sink and hob need to move.
- Remember the extras: end panels, plinths, cornice, pelmet and integrated appliance doors all need to match the new fronts.
- If the worktops are also worn, consider replacing them in the same visit rather than fitting new doors beside tired surfaces.
- Old drawer boxes may not take new fronts neatly; worn runners or unusual fixings sometimes make new drawer boxes worth adding.
- If you let out a Dundee and Angus property, new doors can often be fitted between tenancies in a day or two once they have been delivered.
- Allow for delivery time on made-to-measure doors; your kitchen stays usable while you wait, as nothing comes off until they arrive.
Questions about replacement kitchen doors in Dundee and Angus
How much do replacement kitchen doors cost in Dundee and Angus?
For 15 to 20 doors and drawer fronts, supplied and fitted, budget around £940 to £2,800 including VAT in Dundee and Angus. That reflects typical costs in Scotland; we confirm the actual figure in writing once we have measured up.
Do you cover the whole of Dundee and Angus?
Yes. We carry out replacement kitchen doors across Dundee and Angus, including Dundee, Arbroath, Forfar and Montrose. Every job starts with a free survey visit and an itemised written quote.
Can I change to a completely different door style?
Usually, yes. Slab, shaker and painted doors can all go on standard carcasses if the sizes and hinge positions suit. An in-frame look is more involved, because the doors sit inside a frame built onto the front of the units, so it costs more. A true handleless kitchen uses rails built into the carcasses, so with a door change that look is imitated with edge-profiled doors instead.
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.
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.
Replacement kitchen doors in towns across Dundee and Angus
Choose a town for local guide prices and postcode coverage:
- Replacement kitchen doors in Dundee
- Replacement kitchen doors in Arbroath
- Replacement kitchen doors in Forfar
- Replacement kitchen doors in Montrose
- Replacement kitchen doors in Brechin