DIY Kitchens - HONEST REVIEW!

It’s time for a quick review of DIY Kitchens. This video is NOT SPONSORED. They didn’t know I was reviewing them at the time as I’d rather get an honest appraisal of the product and customer service. How did they get on? Did they get the Gosforth Handyman seal of approval??
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[@s1992ta]

Kitchen designer here - based in a showroom on the other side of the river from you Andy! With corner larder units, if adjacent to another larder unit, I always provide an end panel (or an edged filler/blanking panel) to go in between them. Whilst it only provides an extra 1-2mm clearance depending on the range, it's enough for the diagonal angle not to impinge on door swing. In this kitchen's case, it would also provide symmetry and a 'frame' to the corner larder. Hope this helps - found your video insightful too, thank you.

[@alastairsummers8289]

Found DIY Kitchens a year ago and used their online planner tool to design my new kitchen over the course of several months, ready for when my extension was completed. It arrived 10 days ago, and its being installed bit by bit by my mate who is a kitchen fitter, whenever he has a free evening. He is a very experienced kitchen fitter, and is very impressed with DIY Kitchens, likening it to Wren units, but without the cost. I am really impressed with the base units, and tall units. Unfortunately the wall units don't quite match the rest of the units in terms of quality - The carcasses are not really any better than basic budget units, but once installed with pelmets and end panels I expect they'll be fine. The other big negative is that the 1000mm wall units are too wide for the design. They are dipping in the middle before there is even anything put in them. I'm very sad to say that DIY Kitchens after sale care has been a bit lacking, and their staff have contradicted each other - the first person I spoke to said its a known issue and the pelmet will help 'hide' any sagging. Subsequent people said no its not a known issue. They've refused to swap each 1000mm wall unit for two 500mm units, unless I pay the difference - which I am begrudgingly doing. Its hardly going to break the bank, but I'm just a little surprised that they wouldn't be keen to keep a customer happy, rather than leave them a little disappointed. All this being said, I am still very happy I chose DIY Kitchens, as the overall result is brilliant, and very cost effective.

[@90189waller]

On the DIY kitchens website their "accessories" section has moisture barriers for plinths sold in 2.5m lengths. Thanks for your video, I shall be adding this to my order!

[@richardredman3947]

Corner larder. Check your door size and indeed circus size. Sometimes you can find with made to order that the door can be 1 mm to big at 598 and indeed the cabinet can be 1mm too small. Next check I'd you have set the end panel in too far as these you have 22mm doors and have stepped it in this will have reduced the overall width. If it was an 18mm door the panel would have 20mm rebate line giving you a wider opening. To combat it. You could shim your decor panel off the cabinet and and caulk and re edge with 22mm edge band the cabinet. Reduce your filler on your draw unit to maintain range centre and space

[@greenmanreddog]

I wonder if the screws for the plinth bracket intentionally prevent the clip from sliding on/off. The idea being that you screw the one side of the bracket in place, slide the clip on then screw the other side. The clip is then held in plade with a small amount of play. I say this because I have some similarly shaped Ikea clips that are not restrained and they always slide off the bracket whenever you attempt to move/remove the plinth.

[@peterthorogood7025]

Is the screw-head intentionally oversized to that the screws centre the clip? put one screw in...put the clip on...then put the other screw into hold it? Just an idea...i haven't used it.

[@michaelday1991]

I've never fitted a DIY kitchen, but on Howdens Belfast sink units, sometimes you've got to put a packer between the carcass and the end panel, due to variability in the sink casting. I'd probably do something like that on the tall unit to make the gap a bit bigger and get the door over a bit!

[@tmmtmm]

All the doors in that corner area should be given a relief angle on the edge where they close, i.e. instead of the edge being cut 90degrees to the face they should have been cut at 85 or 80deg. That will give them a few mm of clearance on the back edge so they don't hit while closing, but the reveal around the face remains unchanged when they are closed. Looks like the doors on the corner unit are also a couple mm too wide overall.

[@zeussat9148]

Neighbours must love you after a year of renovations. Surprised someone hasn't reported it to the council yet.

[@tezryu]

just a bit of constructive criticism from a full time kitchen fitter, when scribing your fillers and end panels you should add an additional 2 -2.5 mm to allow for the buffers on your doors, otherwise your doors and drawers are going to be further forward than the front edge of your end panels or fillers.

[@philfyphil]

I fitted my own DIY kitchen in 2017 and it still looks as good today as when I finished it.

[@Hamish_A]

I fitted my kitchen from them over 10 years ago now. It looks as good as new. They also had a huge showroom next to the factory, which you can also tour. It's highly automated with some amazing robotic machines. Great value as well.

[@richardhart3847]

Used DIY Kitchens several times, for ourselves and friends. The last one I fitted 18 months ago. Just about to start our last ever renovation and we will use DIY Kitchens again. The fact that we will be using them again gives you a clue to how I rate them.

[@courtmanr]

We had a DIY kitchen 2 years ago and i would go straight back if we needed another. Despite getting a couple pieces of our order wrong they rectified it very quickly. The team on the backend managing issues were very good.

[@georgeoldridge]

I have fitted DIY kitchens for my own kitchen and was so impressed fitted one for my daughter, then two of my sisters also purchased DIY kitchens. I fitted mine in 2011 and it still looks and performs like new. I visited the factory and showroom in Pontefract and the customer service was excellent. No hesitation in recommending DIY kitchens

[@Factory051]

An absolutely genuine and honest review. Thanks for this.

[@MK-yo4jn]

Woohoo an extra video. About to order a DIY kitchens one for my parents. Really appreciate all the hard work you put into all these videos. 😊

[@olijones350]

I have just installed our DIY Kitchen and have been really overwhelmed with the quality. Makes it a treat to fit and the finished product looks amazing. We visited their factory, toured the showroom and spent many months in the planner and in dialogue with their ‘design’ staff on the chat module. Fantastic all round. Cannot recommend more highly.

[@markpreston6345]

Our DIY Kitchens kitchen is now 7 years old (nearly!) And has been brilliant. Similarly, we have a custom painted solid door setup. Delivery and customer service was brilliant. We also had a QC issue on a panel but they sent it along in addition to another one as an extra for offcuts as it was a custom colour which was a nice touch. We visited the showroom and that was really good to get a proper look at things.

[@PSNvjimmy]

For me, as a home owner not a fitter, the best thing about DIYkitchens is their configuration tool. It is great for creating a design and hopping and changing bits yourself and seeing how things will look. Unfortunately the delivery time when I was looking was too long so I ended up taking my design to Howdens but I was impressed by the online tool.