A kitchen renovation is a services job as much as a fitting job. Drainage, water, power, ventilation and, where it is present, gas all move. We hold no Gas Safe registration, so any gas work is carried out by a Gas Safe registered engineer. Where a wall comes out to open the kitchen up, the structural engineer we appoint designs the beam. This page covers what a Royston kitchen involves.
A rear range in Royston steps down from the building on the street
The council's townscape analysis records that rear ranges and outbuildings behind Royston's frontage buildings are set at right angles to the street building, follow the narrow shape of the plots, and step down in height from it.
Where a kitchen sits in that rear range, the floor level, the ceiling height and the joist direction can all change at the junction with the main house. That governs where units, extraction and lighting can go, and whether an opening between the two needs a beam. We measure levels at survey, not on the day the units are delivered.
Wastewater in Royston goes to Anglian Water, and the treatment works has recorded capacity constraints
Anglian Water is the wastewater undertaker the council works with in Royston, and the North Hertfordshire Local Plan records known capacity constraints at Royston's wastewater treatment works. For a kitchen it matters where a new connection, a longer waste run or a relocated stack is being proposed.
We set the drainage out before the units are ordered. Falls, access points and the route to the existing connection are all fixed at that stage, because moving a sink after the run is laid means lifting the floor a second time.
North Hertfordshire's drinking water is abstracted from the ground
The North Hertfordshire Local Plan records that much of the district's water supply comes from an unconfined aquifer beneath the district, and that most drinking water in North Hertfordshire is abstracted from the ground.
That is a supply matter rather than a building one, but it is worth raising with your supplier before an appliance order goes in. Ask what a boiling tap, a filter or a dishwasher needs for the water in your area. We set out the supply points, the isolation valves and the pipe routes at first fix, so an appliance can be changed later without stripping the units out.
- Open-plan kitchen-diner conversions with steel support
- Quartz, granite and marble worktops templated and fitted
- Extraction ducted through to outside air
- Plumbing, electrics and appliance integration
- New circuits, sockets and dedicated appliance supplies
Trusted Kitchen Renovation in Royston
A kitchen goes wrong in the order of the trades, not in the units. Drainage, then water, then power and ventilation, then plastering, then the fit, with the tiling and the worktop template following the carcasses. We run all of it as one contract, so no trade is waiting on another to be booked. Where a wall is coming out to open the room up, we appoint the structural engineer and arrange the building control inspections rather than leaving that to you. GS Renovation Ltd is fully insured, registered in England, company number 14611254, and quotations are free and without obligation.
- One point of contact on the phone, not a call centre
- Free follow-up visit after completion if anything needs attention
- Second fix carpentry and decorating finished by the same team
- Registered in England, Companies House no. 14611254
- Clean, tidy and reliable tradespeople
- Appliance and extraction routes agreed at design stage