Del as a young chippy gathering information,I just wanted to say your vids really do make a difference,great to see someone on top of their game sharing their knowledge and passion for carpentry to the rest of the community👍🏻
I don't recall ever fitting a kitchen that didn't have a design flaw, it's all computer designed it makes you wonder how they can mess up. The corner posts are such an obvious thing, better to just supply a couple of 300 end panels or doors and let the fitter make them to suit. for doors with a profile I used to cut the corner posts at 45deg for a nice finish. Great to watch thanks Del.
Hi Malcolm🖐What you say is quite true, and I guess that's where an experienced carpenter earns their keep👍And, yes, making your own corner posts gives us loads of flexibility😎Thanks for your comment 🤩 Cheers Del
Hi Steve🖐Bizarrely Steve, I've been doing more brickwork than carpentry lately🤔(well taking down a chimney and saving the bricks as well as knocking the back of a house out👊) I like to say it's easy, but it's not, and I'm knackered😩 I'd love to get together and work with Dan, and maybe one day🤞Hope you are doing well bud, and thanks for your comment 🤩 Cheers
Another top video Del 👌👌👌. You know your way around a kitchen job. You knew the corner posts weren’t working for you. That’s experience for ya. Around the dishwasher/washer I like to cut a piece of spare plinth or panel with an edge at 600mm and screw it in, sometimes pocket screw from the top. I just do it position the panels and don’t need to jack up the appliance as much. Looking forward to part 2 when I get time to watch 😆. Thanks Del 👍👍
Hi Marc🖐Pocket screwing a complete 602mm wide panel into the d/w opening is such a good idea, and the other supplier I use, actually includes this size panel, pocket drilled and ready to go👍Like you say screwing this panel in the top does so many things from keeping the opening the right size, keeping it square and parallel, plus reducing the opening height a little👊Thanks for your comment 😎 Cheers Del
i far prefer the wren sliding corner design god send for when corners need adjusting , looks like good quality stuff i noticed on time laps you used a batten to temp fix base ends for machine space i am coping that idea 💯
Hi Paul🖐Yes, I know the Wren corner posts, and, like you say, they make doing corner posts much simpler👊Thanks for your comment and for watching 😎 Cheers Del
nice one buddy. I do the same with the end panel and plinth looks so much better. great trick not to snap the legs on tall units when your on your own. will definitely use that next kitchen I fit.
Nice to see you back again Del, doing some more great work as always. The builder you work for must do some quality work, as all the walls and floors seem to be good for level and plumb.👍👍
Hi Kevin🖐As I've said many times, the other trades I work with are top notch and the builders just let us all get on with it to make the best job possible👊Thanks for watching bud 😎 Cheers
Hi Gareth🖐I don't know how you guys come across my videos, or what makes you click on them🤔but either way, I appreciate you watching and your kind comment🤗Cheers Del
Non adjustable corner really need to be incorporated in a carefully laid out kitchen, and like you, I prefer to make them up from additional end panels/plinth/doors👍Thanks for your comment bud 😎 Cheers
Great to have you watching John🤩and you'll notice that I've actually slowed down releasing videos weekly now on favour of every 2 weeks, as I don't want people to get fed up of me😲Cheers Del
Hi Del, another good video. I am hesitant about fitting any kitchen measured by others. In my experience most of them have issues. Some problems are are easier than others to get over. At least it’s not just me, a couple of others in the comments section have also had a few problems. Oh well the joys of fitting kitchens. Thanks Del.
Another great video and another instance where the joiner has to rectify the problems caused by a poor designer. In my humble opinion, for symmetry the panels really should be mirrored top and bottom. In this case the wall cabs over the oven are off set, because of the wall end panels, losing symmetry and causing the delay and extra work that you had to carry out. All for the sake of one base end panel ripped in half and each half placed either side of the oven. This would have reduced labour and symmetry would have been restored. The designer obviously wanted you to go to a lot of the extra work to highlight his discrepancy. There are some great kitchen designers out there (generally ex joiners 😜) and then there are the others who can’t think past the screen they live in front of where everything works because it’s on a screen. Well done Del, great job as usual 👍🏼
Hi there🖐By the sounds of your comment, you are speaking from experience🤔I guess it would be pretty boring if we didn't have to solve the odd problem here or there though😉Thanks for your comment and for watching😎Cheers
This is my job starting tomorrow, luckily it's in a new build about 20 seconds from my house so handy on the van diesel. Also I designed and supplied the kitchen so I know everything is spot on 🎉
Sounds like you've got one of those rare Mondays lined up Gary, when its all going to go smoothly🤞 (hope I haven't jinxed it for you now saying that😵) Cheers Del
18:46 Thats something i learnt from you TC! I asked a bricky recently if he could put one course of the solid concrete block on a thermalite block wall where the kitchen wall cabinets will go (hope that makes sense)
Hi GL🖐hope you are well bud🤞That's awesome if your brickies do that for you, and guarantees a really good wall cabinet fixing💪Thanks for watching bud 😎 Cheers Del
Hahaha another grey kitchen hey Del…I can’t wait to see the video of you fitting skirts and a kitchen in an ex council house that was built without the use of a spirit level 😂😂
I hear what you are saying Paul🤔and I know it's a completely different kettle of fish when not 2nd fixing lovely, straight, new work😮Thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
Good one Del , ye you always have to watch the corner unit profile,main thing is to line up the hob unit and extractor, you'd see them sometimes slightly off line, it looks like a dog's dinner , do the same myself with the plinths , appreciate the video Del 🇮🇪☘️👍🤪😁👏
How about when the designer has it so the gap left for the extractor is exactly 600mm and there is no gap between the wall end panels and the extractor😩 Thanks for watching John, and your comment🤩Cheers
You always make kitchen fitting look easy. It is easier with quality components rather than self destruct Chinesium ones. And your units are pre assembled. I can only think of one kitchen ever, where I fitted pre made units. All the multitude of others have been flat pack. Most annoying here is nothing left on anything that can be cut to fit. So it fits or it doesn't. If you do cut anything it falls apart. Just horrible. Reminds me of the flat packs in the 80's. Was it MFI ? Half the parts missing or bits damaged. At least they had outlets that stocked parts. They knew no pack was complete. Tidy little Low set, as they say in Oz. Nicer colour kitchen than the last one.
Hi Dave🖐Yes, certainly all kitchens are not created equal, and I know exactly what you mean about units that disintegrate as soon as you go near them with a saw😲I've always thought of traditional style, wall and base unit kitchens as pretty unimaginative, and think 'kitchen designer' is a bit of a false title, as your not really 'designing' anything, just fitting predetermined sized boxes into a space as best you can, choosing a colour and some worktops😕Each to thier own I guess👍Thanks for your comment bud 😎 Cheers Del
Smart job. 👌 Fitted many Howdens and Magnet kitchens but next customer has ordered there own from B&Q. We'll see how that goes🙄 Then a Wren end of the month. I'll have to look into Crown kitchens. Didn't see you screw the base units to the wall, are they free standing?
Hi there🖐Sounds like you have experience of just about all of the main players kitchens bud👊and the tall units are angle bracketed back to the wall unit noggins and I just 'stick' the base units back using high performance adhesive on little blocks at the top of the service void which keeps them in position until the worktops and splashbacks are bonded on👍Cheers Del
Great work Del. 🙌🏻 I don’t know why we don’t get 2 drawings, for the base units and another for the wall units. It can be misleading when they lay the wall units on top of the base units. 😳 I’ve just fitted a similar style kitchen myself.. 😮 👊🏻
I hear what you're saying Dan, and half of my problem is that I never get a 'run down' with the builder/kitchen designer, they just tell me the kitchens ready to be fitted, give me a drawing, and tell me get on with it😬(oh, and the worktop templater is coming in 2 days😵) Thanks for watching fella🤩
Liking the videos Del. Been looking for tips and tricks for kitchen installs as I will be installing our new kitchen (DIY) in the coming weeks. You make it look so easy though lol I will be fixing my wall cabinets to a brick wall, what would be the best screws to use? Thanks
Hi Rob🖐It's easy to forget that a job you've been doing for 35 years comes much easier to you than a job you've never done before🤔If you've got nice solid masonry walls, then I would use red wall plugs with 5x60mm screws to fix the wall unit brackets👍Cheers Del
@@thetallcarpenter I think i have a few more opportunities coming up to utilise your sage advice Del thanks. Word is out to family and friends so got a few requests in already.
Yet another great video...was going to ask the question you don't screw the base units to the wall and couldn't remember why you did this, but you answered my question in the video, the weight of the worktop will ensure the base units don't move ..is that correct. Also it wouldn't have made much of a difference if they had put 2 side panels sandwiched between the hob unit.
Hi Arthur🖐Yes, once the worktop is bonded down to the units, and then the stone upstand is also bonded to the wall and then sealed to the tops, they wont be going anywhere💪And I agree, that it wouldn't have hurt if there was end panels either side of the hob unit, but it would break up the line of the doors/drawers a bit😬 Thanks, as always, for watching bud😎Cheers Del
Hi del, great vid as always. We're in the process of doing our kitchen up and we are having a slimline dishwasher next to the washing machine,both require doors to be fitted on the front, so do I need to fit a panel in between them as I thought they just slide in next to each other. Hope you understand what I mean. Thanks Del. Regards Glen.👍
Really interesting video, picking up loads of tips.👍 I've got a straight run kitchen to fit & design, Del can you get a half size dishwasher that will fit under a 1000mm sink unit? or is that not a thing?👍
@@thetallcarpenter Thanks Del, following up I did some searching and they are called slimline dishwashers, they are 45cm wide rather than 60cm for standard ones. Thanks for you help.👍
@V8motors Ah yes, I'm aware of 450 wide slimline dishwashers, and I perhaps misunderstood your initial question😬Great that a slimline one will do the trick though👊Cheers
Nice job dell question if that was a flat packed kitchen how long do you think it would take you to build all the base units and wall units up as I have just. And it’s taken me over a day just saying.
@@thetallcarpenter I’m working in a town house kitchen is 2nd floor and the flat packs are on the ground floor. The worst thing is they are B&Q 🥲 16 flat packs morning seems quick del
@John Bullough That's with all the units loaded in the same room John. These Crown kitchens are really easy to assemble, with only a minimum of cams, dowels and screws👍
Hi Del, out of interest, do you fit kitchens on a day rate for your builder or do you fit them on price? I ask because I'm pretty sure full time kitchen fitters make make a hell of a lot more money per kitchen than I do on a 3 day kitchen fit.
Hi Tom🖐Yes, I do all my work on day rate, and know that I could earn more on price, but I've never been a real money chaser, and just prefer to concentrate on doing the best carpentry as possible rather than concentrating on how much money I'm earning. (or not earning😮)Thanks for your comment and for watching 😎 Cheers
@@Blue60 Hi Blue Boy🖐I can be contacted on Instagram at thetallcarpenteruk, but I'm not taking on any more customers now as I struggle to keep up with the ones I've already got😬Cheers Del
Great work del as usual, I usually just go up to the legs with the finished floor then the plith will cover is there a reason why you wind the legs back onto the floor? Just wondering!
Hi there🖐I find that the clips are designed to 'pull' the plinth back onto the foot at the bottom and the leg mount at the top, and sometimes, if the floor/underlay is too thick, the bottom of the plinth will not catch the foot of the leg, and not sit upright but 'dive in' at the bottom👍Thanks for watching 😎Cheers Del
@@thetallcarpenter thanks Del I may try that in the future thanks for all your work and helpful tips the most helpful tip I use now is for standing up my tower units using the clamps and a piece of board!
@@thetallcarpenter Is that including the worktops. I’ve got 6 base/ 7 wall and an extractor above a stove going in . Quartz worktops / upstands separate company . Trying to get fitters in Edinburgh area a nightmare. Old kitchen out and been quoted up to 2K to fit them . Watching your videos I’m tempted to do it myself.
@@cabottaxi Yes, 4 days EXCLUDING the worktops, which were done by a separate company. I know it's getting harder and harder for people to find decent tradesmen nowadays😬
Hi Del! It would be literally so helpful for me,if you could tell me what's the distance from the floor to the wall that you put your Laser in for the base units,it's usually 82 cm or...?
Sir,I actually mean it the distance from the floor and up without the countertop,If the base unit's height it's 72cm+10cm the legs,how it can be 875mm (if) without countertop?
@KSLY £200 for an 8 hour day is OK depending where you are bud, but I've paid £275 a day for carpenters in my neck of the woods. A decent, reliable chippie should be on £250 in todays market place👍
I'm sorry about that bud😬and I'm definitely trying to work on slowing down my camera movements as I know its not great to watch sometimes😩Thanks for sticking with it though🤩Cheers Del
Flooring under the front legs?? Big no no! Take the flooring up to the feet leaving a 5mm gap personally, plinth covers the gap! Flooring needs to move
Hi Aiden🖐There's a huge amount of flex in those legs, and they will easily move with any tiny movements in the floor👍Each to their own though bud👌Cheers Del
Del as a young chippy gathering information,I just wanted to say your vids really do make a difference,great to see someone on top of their game sharing their knowledge and passion for carpentry to the rest of the community👍🏻
Guys like you are the PRIME reason I'm making videos and if they help you, even a little, than that makes it worth while👍Cheers Del
Talking about getting info,just that clip of him clamping the shelf to the larder unit so the legs don’t snap 100 iq
Liked the tip re the noggins...My father in law had a saying "one look before you is better than two after you", in other words plan, plan , plan...
That's a great saying Brendan👍Thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
Another interesting video. Handy tip for lifting the tall unit without breaking the legs. Looking forward to the second part. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching David🤩Cheers Del
I don't recall ever fitting a kitchen that didn't have a design flaw, it's all computer designed it makes you wonder how they can mess up. The corner posts are such an obvious thing, better to just supply a couple of 300 end panels or doors and let the fitter make them to suit. for doors with a profile I used to cut the corner posts at 45deg for a nice finish. Great to watch thanks Del.
Hi Malcolm🖐What you say is quite true, and I guess that's where an experienced carpenter earns their keep👍And, yes, making your own corner posts gives us loads of flexibility😎Thanks for your comment 🤩 Cheers Del
Watching more carpentry than bricklaying at the moment, very enjoyable.👌🏼
You and Dan need to get together for a collab 🧱👍🏽🤜🏽🤛🏽
Hi Steve🖐Bizarrely Steve, I've been doing more brickwork than carpentry lately🤔(well taking down a chimney and saving the bricks as well as knocking the back of a house out👊) I like to say it's easy, but it's not, and I'm knackered😩 I'd love to get together and work with Dan, and maybe one day🤞Hope you are doing well bud, and thanks for your comment 🤩 Cheers
@@thetallcarpenter A bit of proper graft then Del 😆😆🧱👍🏽
So to remove that corner post you have to just undo 2000 screws 🤣🤣🤣 good job you are a patient man. Another fantastic install 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
They say patience is a virtue Marc 😇Thanks for your comment bud 😎 Cheers Del
Kitchen designers, don’t you just love them! Nice one Del. 🚴👍
I love them in a very special way Barry😉Thanks for watching😎
Pro Fitting A Kitchen........Accurate discription of the man installing this Kitchen !!!! 😊😊😊😊😊😊😇 Great video Del ....Thank You
That's a very kind comment Michael🤗Thanks for watching bud🤩
Brilliant video, very kind to give you two days to do all that and a bit of problem solving too. Great work.
Thank you Martin👍Cheers Del
I was impressed with the ease in which you installed the Fridge/Freezer into it's housing.
I just give it a big 'bear hug' and wrestle it into the unit💪Its a one shot thing though Chris😵Cheers Del
Another top video Del 👌👌👌. You know your way around a kitchen job. You knew the corner posts weren’t working for you. That’s experience for ya. Around the dishwasher/washer I like to cut a piece of spare plinth or panel with an edge at 600mm and screw it in, sometimes pocket screw from the top. I just do it position the panels and don’t need to jack up the appliance as much. Looking forward to part 2 when I get time to watch 😆.
Thanks Del 👍👍
Hi Marc🖐Pocket screwing a complete 602mm wide panel into the d/w opening is such a good idea, and the other supplier I use, actually includes this size panel, pocket drilled and ready to go👍Like you say screwing this panel in the top does so many things from keeping the opening the right size, keeping it square and parallel, plus reducing the opening height a little👊Thanks for your comment 😎 Cheers Del
Great video again Del, can't help but pick up tips watching these 👌
Cheers James🤩Thanks for watching 😎
i far prefer the wren sliding corner design god send for when corners need adjusting , looks like good quality stuff i noticed on time laps you used a batten to temp fix base ends for machine space i am coping that idea 💯
Hi Paul🖐Yes, I know the Wren corner posts, and, like you say, they make doing corner posts much simpler👊Thanks for your comment and for watching 😎 Cheers Del
nice one buddy. I do the same with the end panel and plinth looks so much better. great trick not to snap the legs on tall units when your on your own. will definitely use that next kitchen I fit.
Hi there🖐I've got a separate video on my channel about that little tip🤩Thanks for your comment and for watching 😎 Cheers Del
That is now a proper fitting kitchen
I guess I really did make it FIT Adrian🤩Cheers Del
Great work and advice as usual Del
Hi Darren🖐Hope you are well bud🤞Thanks for watching🤩Cheers
Nice to see you back again Del, doing some more great work as always. The builder you work for must do some quality work, as all the walls and floors seem to be good for level and plumb.👍👍
Hi Kevin🖐As I've said many times, the other trades I work with are top notch and the builders just let us all get on with it to make the best job possible👊Thanks for watching bud 😎 Cheers
Love you attention to detail mate.👍👍
Thank you PM🤗Cheers Del
Another fantastic video Del. Love seeing your videos pop up in my watch list. Will look forward to the next one! Take care and stay safe. 👍👌
Hi Gareth🖐I don't know how you guys come across my videos, or what makes you click on them🤔but either way, I appreciate you watching and your kind comment🤗Cheers Del
Nice one del, I do the same as you mate, I always order an extra length of plinth so I can make my corners what ever I need 👍
Non adjustable corner really need to be incorporated in a carefully laid out kitchen, and like you, I prefer to make them up from additional end panels/plinth/doors👍Thanks for your comment bud 😎 Cheers
Great video, so many tips and tricks; thanks, you have given me ideas to overcome my own troubles.
That's great Martin👍and what sharing knowledge is all about🤩Cheers Del
Nicely done del as always 👌👌
Cheers Liam👊Thanks for watching 😎
Top lad T.C. As always a great watch 🔧🔧👍👍
Cheers Brian🤩Thanks for watching 😎
Great work Del, just catching up on your vids been busy last few months.
Loving your content pal 👍🏼
Great to have you watching John🤩and you'll notice that I've actually slowed down releasing videos weekly now on favour of every 2 weeks, as I don't want people to get fed up of me😲Cheers Del
Excellent job. Glad you pushed the units back, 80mm might not seem much but in a small kitchen it can make a massive difference 👍
Hi there🖐Yeah, definitely made quite a bit of difference on this kitchen👊Thanks for watching😎Cheers Del
Excellent job mate. Looking good 👍 (the fitchen 😂😂)
Cheers Tyler🤗
great video del
Thanks for watching Neil🤩
👍 Another great video thanks del
You're welcome Paddy🤩and thanks for watching😎
Hi Del, another good video. I am hesitant about fitting any kitchen measured by others. In my experience most of them have issues. Some problems are are easier than others to get over. At least it’s not just me, a couple of others in the comments section have also had a few problems. Oh well the joys of fitting kitchens. Thanks Del.
I think it's par for the course Jerry😬and it's unusual to do a kitchen where NOTHING needs tweeking😉Thanks for your comment bud 😎 Cheers Del
Another great video and another instance where the joiner has to rectify the problems caused by a poor designer. In my humble opinion, for symmetry the panels really should be mirrored top and bottom. In this case the wall cabs over the oven are off set, because of the wall end panels, losing symmetry and causing the delay and extra work that you had to carry out. All for the sake of one base end panel ripped in half and each half placed either side of the oven. This would have reduced labour and symmetry would have been restored. The designer obviously wanted you to go to a lot of the extra work to highlight his discrepancy. There are some great kitchen designers out there (generally ex joiners 😜) and then there are the others who can’t think past the screen they live in front of where everything works because it’s on a screen. Well done Del, great job as usual 👍🏼
Hi there🖐By the sounds of your comment, you are speaking from experience🤔I guess it would be pretty boring if we didn't have to solve the odd problem here or there though😉Thanks for your comment and for watching😎Cheers
This is my job starting tomorrow, luckily it's in a new build about 20 seconds from my house so handy on the van diesel.
Also I designed and supplied the kitchen so I know everything is spot on 🎉
Sounds like you've got one of those rare Mondays lined up Gary, when its all going to go smoothly🤞 (hope I haven't jinxed it for you now saying that😵) Cheers Del
Ahhh now don't be saying the 'jinxed' word on a Sunday evening del 😮
It's for my father in laws brickie so it'll be all OK 😂
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👍👍👍Thanks Del.
No worries Pete🤩Thanks for watching
Great videos sir
Cheers guys🤩
18:46 Thats something i learnt from you TC! I asked a bricky recently if he could put one course of the solid concrete block on a thermalite block wall where the kitchen wall cabinets will go (hope that makes sense)
Hi GL🖐hope you are well bud🤞That's awesome if your brickies do that for you, and guarantees a really good wall cabinet fixing💪Thanks for watching bud 😎 Cheers Del
Hahaha another grey kitchen hey Del…I can’t wait to see the video of you fitting skirts and a kitchen in an ex council house that was built without the use of a spirit level 😂😂
I hear what you are saying Paul🤔and I know it's a completely different kettle of fish when not 2nd fixing lovely, straight, new work😮Thanks for watching 😎 Cheers Del
I’m only teasing Del, love the vids especially the fitchen kitting ones 😂
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Good one Del , ye you always have to watch the corner unit profile,main thing is to line up the hob unit and extractor, you'd see them sometimes slightly off line, it looks like a dog's dinner , do the same myself with the plinths , appreciate the video Del 🇮🇪☘️👍🤪😁👏
How about when the designer has it so the gap left for the extractor is exactly 600mm and there is no gap between the wall end panels and the extractor😩 Thanks for watching John, and your comment🤩Cheers
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You always make kitchen fitting look easy. It is easier with quality components rather than self destruct Chinesium ones. And your units are pre assembled. I can only think of one kitchen ever, where I fitted pre made units. All the multitude of others have been flat pack. Most annoying here is nothing left on anything that can be cut to fit. So it fits or it doesn't. If you do cut anything it falls apart. Just horrible. Reminds me of the flat packs in the 80's. Was it MFI ? Half the parts missing or bits damaged. At least they had outlets that stocked parts. They knew no pack was complete. Tidy little Low set, as they say in Oz. Nicer colour kitchen than the last one.
Hi Dave🖐Yes, certainly all kitchens are not created equal, and I know exactly what you mean about units that disintegrate as soon as you go near them with a saw😲I've always thought of traditional style, wall and base unit kitchens as pretty unimaginative, and think 'kitchen designer' is a bit of a false title, as your not really 'designing' anything, just fitting predetermined sized boxes into a space as best you can, choosing a colour and some worktops😕Each to thier own I guess👍Thanks for your comment bud 😎 Cheers Del
Lovely job as always Del me ol’ mukka
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Cheers Alistair🤩
Great channel bud, just subbed you 👍
Hi Gazza🖐Appreciate you watching bud, and thanks for subscribing 🤩Cheers Del
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Smart job. 👌 Fitted many Howdens and Magnet kitchens but next customer has ordered there own from B&Q. We'll see how that goes🙄 Then a Wren end of the month. I'll have to look into Crown kitchens.
Didn't see you screw the base units to the wall, are they free standing?
Hi there🖐Sounds like you have experience of just about all of the main players kitchens bud👊and the tall units are angle bracketed back to the wall unit noggins and I just 'stick' the base units back using high performance adhesive on little blocks at the top of the service void which keeps them in position until the worktops and splashbacks are bonded on👍Cheers Del
Great work Del. 🙌🏻
I don’t know why we don’t get 2 drawings, for the base units and another for the wall units.
It can be misleading when they lay the wall units on top of the base units. 😳
I’ve just fitted a similar style kitchen myself.. 😮
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I hear what you're saying Dan, and half of my problem is that I never get a 'run down' with the builder/kitchen designer, they just tell me the kitchens ready to be fitted, give me a drawing, and tell me get on with it😬(oh, and the worktop templater is coming in 2 days😵) Thanks for watching fella🤩
@@thetallcarpenter yep left up to us to make it fit. 😆
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Liking the videos Del. Been looking for tips and tricks for kitchen installs as I will be installing our new kitchen (DIY) in the coming weeks. You make it look so easy though lol I will be fixing my wall cabinets to a brick wall, what would be the best screws to use? Thanks
Hi Rob🖐It's easy to forget that a job you've been doing for 35 years comes much easier to you than a job you've never done before🤔If you've got nice solid masonry walls, then I would use red wall plugs with 5x60mm screws to fix the wall unit brackets👍Cheers Del
Some really good tips here for anyone fitting a kitchen, shame it was 5 months late for me.
Timing was never my strong suite Steve😮Thanks for watching😎Cheers
@@thetallcarpenter I think i have a few more opportunities coming up to utilise your sage advice Del thanks. Word is out to family and friends so got a few requests in already.
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Yet another great video...was going to ask the question you don't screw the base units to the wall and couldn't remember why you did this, but you answered my question in the video, the weight of the worktop will ensure the base units don't move ..is that correct. Also it wouldn't have made much of a difference if they had put 2 side panels sandwiched between the hob unit.
Hi Arthur🖐Yes, once the worktop is bonded down to the units, and then the stone upstand is also bonded to the wall and then sealed to the tops, they wont be going anywhere💪And I agree, that it wouldn't have hurt if there was end panels either side of the hob unit, but it would break up the line of the doors/drawers a bit😬 Thanks, as always, for watching bud😎Cheers Del
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Thanks for watching Wayne🤩
Hi del, great vid as always. We're in the process of doing our kitchen up and we are having a slimline dishwasher next to the washing machine,both require doors to be fitted on the front, so do I need to fit a panel in between them as I thought they just slide in next to each other. Hope you understand what I mean. Thanks Del. Regards Glen.👍
Hi Glen🖐Yes, you should put an end panel in between the 2 appliances because the opening is too big for the worktop to span👍Cheers Del
@@thetallcarpenter Many thanks Del. Keep up the great work 👍
Really interesting video, picking up loads of tips.👍 I've got a straight run kitchen to fit & design, Del can you get a half size dishwasher that will fit under a 1000mm sink unit? or is that not a thing?👍
Hi there🖐I think you can get 'draw' type dishwashers that might work with what you describe🤔Thanks for watching😎Cheers Del
@@thetallcarpenter Thanks Del, following up I did some searching and they are called slimline dishwashers, they are 45cm wide rather than 60cm for standard ones. Thanks for you help.👍
@V8motors Ah yes, I'm aware of 450 wide slimline dishwashers, and I perhaps misunderstood your initial question😬Great that a slimline one will do the trick though👊Cheers
Nice job dell question if that was a flat packed kitchen how long do you think it would take you to build all the base units and wall units up as I have just. And it’s taken me over a day just saying.
Hi John🖐I really would like to have all these units built up in a morning bud👊Cheers Del
@@thetallcarpenter I’m working in a town house kitchen is 2nd floor and the flat packs are on the ground floor. The worst thing is they are B&Q 🥲 16 flat packs morning seems quick del
@John Bullough That's with all the units loaded in the same room John. These Crown kitchens are really easy to assemble, with only a minimum of cams, dowels and screws👍
Hi Del, out of interest, do you fit kitchens on a day rate for your builder or do you fit them on price? I ask because I'm pretty sure full time kitchen fitters make make a hell of a lot more money per kitchen than I do on a 3 day kitchen fit.
Hi Tom🖐Yes, I do all my work on day rate, and know that I could earn more on price, but I've never been a real money chaser, and just prefer to concentrate on doing the best carpentry as possible rather than concentrating on how much money I'm earning. (or not earning😮)Thanks for your comment and for watching 😎 Cheers
Del what areas do you work in? I've got a wren kitchen to be fitted :D
Hi George🖐I'm in the North Cambs area, but I only work for a few people now, so not taking on any more customers👍Thanks for watching😎Cheers
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Булатный лайк мой👍
NICE 😎😎
@@thetallcarpenter how can I contact you for a small stud work job?
@@Blue60 Hi Blue Boy🖐I can be contacted on Instagram at thetallcarpenteruk, but I'm not taking on any more customers now as I struggle to keep up with the ones I've already got😬Cheers Del
Hi Del. That non adjustable corner post would make it awkward if you were fitting standard 600 worktops yes?
Yes Lee👍The worktops would have needed to be at least 640mm wide😬Cheers Del
Wouldn't work with a 600mm worktop.
Great work del as usual, I usually just go up to the legs with the finished floor then the plith will cover is there a reason why you wind the legs back onto the floor? Just wondering!
Hi there🖐I find that the clips are designed to 'pull' the plinth back onto the foot at the bottom and the leg mount at the top, and sometimes, if the floor/underlay is too thick, the bottom of the plinth will not catch the foot of the leg, and not sit upright but 'dive in' at the bottom👍Thanks for watching 😎Cheers Del
@@thetallcarpenter thanks Del I may try that in the future thanks for all your work and helpful tips the most helpful tip I use now is for standing up my tower units using the clamps and a piece of board!
@@brithozierhozier4718 It's my pleasure bud😎
How many days to fit this ? I have similar coming up but gas fitter, spark and plasterer all waiting in the wings to do their bit
Probably a solid 4 days in total👍
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Is that including the worktops. I’ve got 6 base/ 7 wall and an extractor above a stove going in . Quartz worktops / upstands separate company . Trying to get fitters in Edinburgh area a nightmare. Old kitchen out and been quoted up to 2K to fit them . Watching your videos I’m tempted to do it myself.
@@cabottaxi Yes, 4 days EXCLUDING the worktops, which were done by a separate company. I know it's getting harder and harder for people to find decent tradesmen nowadays😬
Hi Del! It would be literally so helpful for me,if you could tell me what's the distance from the floor to the wall that you put your Laser in for the base units,it's usually 82 cm or...?
Hi there🖐If you mean the top of the base unit to the floor, then I set mine at 875mm from the FINISHED floor👍
@@thetallcarpenter I mean it for the distance that you put the Rail without the Countertop!
@@BM-xt5mf Sorry bud, I can't quite get what you mean?. What part of the video is it at?
Sir,I actually mean it the distance from the floor and up without the countertop,If the base unit's height it's 72cm+10cm the legs,how it can be 875mm (if) without countertop?
@BM-xt5mf The plinth is 150mm + 720mm for the base unit + 5mm tolerance👍
Can I ask do you give a price for the kitchen or day rate ? Thanks
Hi there🖐I don't price any of my work, but just charge by the hour👍Cheers
@@thetallcarpenter that’s what I do it’s my first year self employed and charge £200/day I’m just not sure on how to price jobs
@KSLY £200 for an 8 hour day is OK depending where you are bud, but I've paid £275 a day for carpenters in my neck of the woods. A decent, reliable chippie should be on £250 in todays market place👍
@@thetallcarpenter mate thanks for the reply just got a high end kitchen job paying £250/day
@@ksly7426 SWEEET😎
Your camera work made me dizzy Del!
I'm sorry about that bud😬and I'm definitely trying to work on slowing down my camera movements as I know its not great to watch sometimes😩Thanks for sticking with it though🤩Cheers Del
21:20 thats what she said
You know it bud😉🤣
Flooring under the front legs?? Big no no! Take the flooring up to the feet leaving a 5mm gap personally, plinth covers the gap! Flooring needs to move
Hi Aiden🖐There's a huge amount of flex in those legs, and they will easily move with any tiny movements in the floor👍Each to their own though bud👌Cheers Del
80 mm off the wall buddy 😂
If you don't laugh you'll cry Aaron😬Cheers Del
@@thetallcarpenter 😂😂 you did say 80 in the next clip thou just working throu you’re vids av missed
One of those straight forward jobs I always found had niggling issues, added another day at least to the schedule, lovely job Del. 🪚👍
Hi Mark🖐Yeah bud, it's a shame that these things have a habit of happening 😕 but worse things happen at sea, as they say🤩Cheers Del
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Thanks for watching Richard🤩Cheers Del