Kitchen fitters: what fitting costs

Typical prices for Irish homes. Your written quote comes after the room is measured.

What a fit-only price should include

• Building and fixing the units level, even on a floor that isn't.
• Cutting and fitting laminate or wood worktops, the sink and the hob.
• Doors, drawers, handles, plinths and end panels.
• Integrated appliances fitted into their housings.

What it usually doesn't: the plumbing and electrical connections, tiling, plastering and painting, and the skip. Ask which are in it.

The first day to the last

1. Day one: the old kitchen comes out, the services are capped, the walls checked for level.
2. Days two and three: base units, then wall units.
3. Day four: worktops, sink and hob. A stone worktop is templated now and fitted a week or two later.
4. Last day: doors, drawers, handles, plinths, end panels, appliances.

Electrics and gas: registered, by law

Electrical work must be done by a Registered Electrical Contractor and gas work by a Registered Gas Installer, and each gives you a completion certificate. Ask the fitter who they use.

Supplied and fitted, or fitting only?

If you buy the kitchen yourself, you carry the risk when a unit is missing or damaged, and you organise the plumber and electrician. A company that supplies and fits takes that on and gives one guarantee for the lot. See kitchen fitter day rates.