Open-plan kitchens in Luton. A kitchen designed and fitted once the wall to the back room is opened. The builder does the structural work first.
Opening the kitchen into the back room is the change that transforms a Luton terrace. The opening is structural work for a builder. It needs calculations and Building Control sign-off. What decides how the room works is the kitchen fitted into it afterwards.
In High Town and Bury Park, the wall between the kitchen and the back room often has a chimney breast in it. The builder decides with you whether it stays or goes. That comes before the kitchen is designed. It changes where the units, cooker and any island can go.
A builder, working to calculations from a structural engineer, with Building Control sign-off. The kitchen is designed around the opening and fitted once the structural work is complete.
Yes, and it is better to. Knowing where the sink, cooker and table go lets the builder place the opening and services correctly the first time.
One bigger room is harder to heat than two small ones, and it is worth thinking about before rather than after. Sometimes the answer is a wide opening rather than removing the whole wall.
That is a structural decision for a builder and engineer, and if the stack is shared a party wall notice is needed. The kitchen is then designed for whichever way it goes, and a breast that stays often makes good alcoves for tall units.
Usually not for a few weeks, because the builder works first and the kitchen is fitted after. A temporary set-up with a microwave and kettle in another room is planned before anything starts.
The structural work is quoted by the builder. The kitchen cost depends on the units, the worktop and any new services. Planning both together avoids paying twice for the same floor and walls.
01A layout for the whole room | Kitchen and dining space planned as one room, with the cooking area, table and walkways worked out together. |
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02Coordinated with the builder | The design is fixed before the wall comes out, so the builder leaves the opening and services where the kitchen needs them. |
03Disruption kept short | The kitchen fit is booked to follow straight on from the structural work. The house is not out of action longer than it needs to be. |
04Chimney breasts planned around | Where a chimney breast stays, the layout uses the alcoves for tall units or shelving rather than fighting the shape of the room. |
05What makes quoting easy | Photos of the wall between the kitchen and the back room, from both sides. Say whether the chimney breast is still there. We pass that to the builder at the start. |
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