A kitchen goes wrong in the sequence rather than in the units. Structure first, then drainage and first fix, then plaster, then the kitchen fitted against finished walls. We run that order with one team, appoint a structural engineer where a wall is coming out, and coordinate building control where the work is notifiable. This page sets out what a kitchen job in Aylesbury has to account for.
Moving a kitchen's drainage means dealing with the adopted sewer
Thames Water is the sewerage undertaker for the adopted sewer network in Aylesbury. Where a new kitchen moves the sink, the dishwasher or the washing machine to a different wall, the waste has to reach a connection that already exists or one that is newly agreed. Building over or close to an adopted sewer is a separate consent from the water company, and it is not something to discover halfway through.
That is worth settling before the units are ordered rather than after the floor is up. We survey the existing runs, work out what falls are available, and tell you where a layout will force a drainage change. If a layout cannot be made to work without one, you hear it at quotation stage.
Building control has a notice period and a booking window
Buckinghamshire Council asks to be told in writing at least two working days before building work starts. Where a kitchen job includes removing a wall, forming an opening or altering drainage, that notice applies to the job as a whole rather than to the structural part alone.
The council asks for building control site inspections to be booked the day before they are needed, and carries them out between 10am and 3pm, Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays. On a kitchen that window has to be worked into the programme, because an inspection landing in the wrong place holds up the fit out. We book them around the sequence rather than against it.
A kitchen at Kingsbrook sits in a house with an existing design
Kingsbrook is a 306 hectare urban extension on the eastern side of Aylesbury, on land between Bierton and the Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal. Outline planning permission was granted in December 2013 for 2,450 homes, so the housing there postdates that permission.
In a house built since then the original drawings and any builder's warranty are live documents. Before a wall comes out or a drainage run moves, we check what the original design assumed and what the warranty terms say. That takes less time than sorting it out afterwards, and it is still the structural engineer we appoint who decides what the structure can take.
- Pantry, larder and utility room integration
- Sink, tap and filter installation with full leak testing
- Boiler relocation coordinated with a registered heating engineer
- Handleless, shaker and in-frame door styles fitted
- Plumbing, electrics and appliance integration
Why Choose GS Renovation in Aylesbury
A kitchen is priced from a survey of the actual room, not from a template. Three things move the figure: the wall that turns out to be load bearing, the drainage run that has to move, and the floor that has to come up. We settle all three before the units are ordered, appoint a structural engineer where the layout needs one, and coordinate building control where the work is notifiable. One point of contact runs the trades in order, from strip out through to worktop. The company is fully insured and quotations are free and without obligation.
- Old kitchen stripped, disposed of and made good within the price
- Rated 4.9 from 31 reviews on MyBuilder
- A temporary sink arranged where the kitchen is out for weeks
- A dedicated project manager from first survey to handover
- One point of contact on the phone, not a call centre
- Our own trades on site rather than a chain of subcontractors