Kitchen Fitters in Brighton
Safe-Bricks provides complete kitchen fitting and renovation services across Brighton and Hove, managing the building work required around the kitchen as well as the final installation.
Rather than treating a kitchen as a collection of cabinets and appliances, we approach the room as a complete construction project. That can include stripping out the existing kitchen, altering walls and doorways, repairing floors and ceilings, coordinating plumbing and electrical work, preparing surfaces and installing the new kitchen ready for decoration and use.
Complete Kitchen Renovations
Kitchen projects often involve considerably more than replacing the existing units.
Depending on the property and specification, our work can include:
- Removing the existing kitchen
- Removing old wall and floor finishes
- Altering non-structural partitions
- Forming or closing doorways
- Structural alterations where properly designed
- Plumbing alterations
- Electrical works
- Boiler or heating alterations where required
- Floor preparation and levelling
- Wall repairs
- Plastering
- Tiling
- Kitchen installation
- Worktop installation
- Appliance installation
- Decorating
- Final finishing and making good
The exact scope is agreed before work begins so the quotation reflects the complete project rather than only the visible kitchen installation.
Kitchen Fitting in Older Brighton Properties
Many Brighton properties were built long before modern fitted kitchens became standard.
As a result, removing an existing kitchen can expose uneven masonry, historic alterations, damaged plaster, redundant services or walls that have been repeatedly repaired over many years.
Safe-Bricks has particular experience working with older solid-wall properties, including buildings containing bungaroosh, flint, brick and lime-based construction.
Where these materials are present, we assess the existing wall before deciding how it should be prepared and finished.
This avoids automatically applying modern plaster or dense repair materials to a wall without first considering how that wall is constructed.
Wall and Plaster Repairs During Kitchen Renovations
Removing cabinets, splashbacks and tiles frequently exposes damaged or uneven wall surfaces.
We can carry out the associated repairs as part of the kitchen project rather than requiring the client to coordinate separate contractors.
Depending on the wall construction, this may involve:
- Local masonry repairs
- Making good previous service routes
- Removing loose or failed plaster
- Lime plastering to suitable traditional walls
- Gypsum plastering where appropriate
- Levelling surfaces for kitchen installation
- Preparing walls for tiling or decoration
The material used is selected according to the substrate and condition of the wall.
Kitchen Layout Alterations
A new kitchen is often an opportunity to improve the way the room functions.
Where required, Safe-Bricks can undertake building alterations such as:
- Moving internal doorways
- Closing redundant openings
- Creating new openings
- Constructing partition walls
- Removing suitable non-load-bearing walls
- Carrying out structural alterations to approved designs
- Adjusting service locations
- Preparing adjoining rooms as part of a wider renovation
Structural work is assessed separately and, where necessary, undertaken in accordance with an engineer's design and Building Regulations requirements.
Plumbing and Electrical Coordination
Modern kitchens require careful coordination between the building work, kitchen installation, plumbing and electrics.
We can manage the sequencing of these works so that services are positioned before the kitchen is fitted.
This can include provision for:
- Sinks
- Dishwashers
- Washing machines
- Refrigeration
- Ovens
- Hobs
- Extractors
- Lighting
- Sockets
- Heating
- Other specified appliances
Electrical and gas works requiring competent-person certification are completed by appropriately qualified trades.
Flooring
Where the kitchen floor needs replacement or preparation, this can be included within the renovation.
The correct build-up depends on the existing substrate and proposed finish.
Work may include:
- Removal of existing flooring
- Subfloor repairs
- Local levelling
- Screed or suitable preparation systems
- Tiled floors
- Engineered flooring
- Other specified finishes
- Making good at thresholds and adjoining rooms
We assess the existing floor before confirming the appropriate preparation.
Kitchen Installation
Once the room and services are properly prepared, the kitchen can be installed in accordance with the agreed layout.
Installation can include:
- Base units
- Wall units
- Tall housings
- Panels
- Plinths
- Cornices and trims
- Worktops
- Sinks and taps
- Integrated appliances
- Extractor systems
- Splashbacks
- Finishing details
Where kitchens or specialist worktops are being supplied by another company, we coordinate the building programme around their measurements, delivery and installation requirements.
Kitchens as Part of a Larger Renovation
Kitchen works are frequently carried out alongside other improvements.
Safe-Bricks can manage associated work including:
- Bathroom renovation
- Plastering
- Decorating
- Structural alterations
- Traditional wall repairs
- Lime plastering
- Flooring
- Home extensions
- General internal refurbishment
This can reduce the need for the homeowner to coordinate multiple independent trades.
Clear Scope and Fixed Quotation
Before commencing work, we establish the proposed kitchen layout and the building work required around it.
Our quotation can then separate the principal elements of the project so it is clear what is included.
Where hidden defects are discovered after the existing kitchen or finishes have been removed, these are assessed before additional work is undertaken.
Planning a Kitchen Renovation in Brighton?
If you are considering a new kitchen, send Safe-Bricks photographs of the existing room together with any plans, kitchen designs or supplier quotations you already have.
Useful information includes:
- Photographs of the complete kitchen
- Proposed kitchen layout
- Details of appliances
- Worktop specification
- Flooring preference
- Any walls or doorways you want altered
- Whether the kitchen forms part of a larger renovation
From there, we can determine whether the next step should be a site inspection and detailed quotation.
Not sure where to start?
Send us photographs of the area of concern. It is the most straightforward first step — we will look at what you can see and advise on the appropriate next steps.