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Focus kitchens
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 9:34 pm
by CHIPPYAL
Customer wants me to fit a Focus kitchen. Not fitted one before, anything I should know. Are they pre-assembled?
many thanks
Al
Re: Focus kitchens
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 6:18 pm
by marc1106
Nasty things
15mm mfc, screws through end panels to fit cabs together
and NO they are flat pack!
Re: Focus kitchens
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 9:07 pm
by CHIPPYAL
Nice! Too late to swerve now, will add a bit on for assembly me thinks.
Focus sent me the drawing and there wasn't a sink unit, doh!
Many thanks
Al
Re: Focus kitchens
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 9:38 pm
by Colour Republic
add on some more and buy them a decent kitchen
Re: Focus kitchens
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 10:25 pm
by royaloakcarpentry
It has been years since I saw a Focus DIY. I thought they no longer existed.
Re: Focus kitchens
Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:12 pm
by Gadget
royaloakcarpentry wrote:It has been years since I saw a Focus DIY. I thought they no longer existed.
In January 2009 Focus had 178 stores in the UK, but who knows how many now?.......There is at least one in this area!
Re: Focus kitchens
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:43 am
by CHIPPYAL
They seem to be putting making a big push on kitchens, my customer got 60% off last week.
apparently they also have a shortage of fitters, however i will see how this one goes before I put my card in.
Al
Re: Focus kitchens
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 9:17 am
by Colour Republic
TBH 60%off means nothing with kitchens, Howdens will give you up to 95% off but when a 300 base unit is priced at £2,000...
Re: Focus kitchens
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 6:46 pm
by transitboy
Colour Republic dont start me off on howdens again lol
Re: Focus kitchens
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:02 pm
by fin
ive fitted howdens kitchens. theyre canny.
allied kitchens again canny.
homebase. crap for the money. hardboard backs to the units. on an expensive range kitchen aswell
wickes were soso
never a focus one though. i too thought they must have gone bust until recently. the one in south shields changed to wickes long ago. but i did see one still up in ashington. went in it for something and remember what god awfull hell holes they are
Re: Focus kitchens
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 10:55 pm
by CHIPPYAL
If I could turn her onto Magnet, Howdens or even Benchmarx I would but the salesman did a bloody good job on the customer.
They have now even managed to sell her some cheap tiles for muggins here to fix.
Al