B&Q KITCHENS RECOMMENDED (B&Q Kitchen Furniture)

Member Name: jay

Product:	B&Q Kitchen Furniture
Date:	10/10/09 (102 review reads)
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Advantages: Good customer service; decent quality units for the price you pay; No problems with delivery

Disadvantages: none yet

We had a pretty good experience of B&Q kitchens, probably because we ordered our kitchen from them but employed our own builder to fit it.
Make sure you check off all delivered items against the invoice order, as they may, by mistake, leave out items or give you the wrong items. Check the code on each item; it may be tedious, but believe me it will be worth your while in the long run, since if you have to reorder missing items it may take ages to get it from the main warehouse if they don't have it in stock in your local B&Q.
The standard legs on each floor cabinet are made of plastic which may seem a bit flimsy but they do their job. You can adjust the legs to whatever height you want your floor cabinets to be. If you're not getting a plinth to go along the bottom of the floor cabinets, then i advise to get the chrome legs for the floor cabinets since they look far better than the cheap plastic ones.
Our classic chestnut kitchen was installed a year ago now, at i've had no problems. The doors and cabinets are pretty sturdy and everything is as it was when we first had the kitchen installed. Make sure that all the worktop edges (against the wall, sides, sink, hob) are fully lined with sealent to prevent water getting into the worktop, as over time water can 'warp' the worktop. This happened to my friend's worktop around the sink area, probably because the workmen didn't do a good job on the sealant. This is why I was adamant in doing the sealant job myself and told my builders so. I made sure every worktop edge was sealed properly, since we do a lot of cooking and use the sink a lot and potentially water can get into little unsealed gaps.
The worktops from B&Q are actually good value for money when i compared them to other stores. For the matching kitchen worktop upstand (which looks great) i got this from howdens, since they had a thicker upstand, and i needed this due to the sizable gap between our worktop and the wall.
All in all we had a good experience with B&Q kitchens. Contact me at jghosh24@yahoo.co.uk if you need anymore advice!!

Summary: Overall a good experience