How Long a Kitchen Refurbishment Takes
On site, a kitchen refurbishment takes two to three days for the doors and one more for a laminate worktop. A stone worktop is templated once the units are ready and fitted a week or two later. The wait is before that: made-to-measure doors take two to four weeks to make.
The wait, the days on site, and how long you're without a sink.
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- 2 to 3 daysfor the doors
- 1 dayfor a laminate worktop
- 2 to 4 weeksto make new doors
Job by job
| Job | Wait beforehand | On site |
|---|---|---|
| Doors resprayed | Booked in | Two to three days |
| New doors and drawer fronts | Two to four weeks to make | A day or two to hang |
| Laminate worktop | Days | A day |
| Quartz or stone worktop | Template, then a week or two | Half a day to fit |
| Splashback tiled | After the worktop | A day, plus grouting |
| Electrics | Before the splashback | Half a day to a day |
Without a sink
- Doors only: never.
- Laminate worktop: one day.
- Stone worktop: a day at fitting, if the old top stays until then. Ask for that.
What slows it down
- A swollen unit found under the old worktop.
- A door measured wrong and remade.
- Walls out of square behind a stone worktop.
- Choosing the tiles after the worktop is in.
Against a new kitchen
A new kitchen takes one to three weeks on site, with the room stripped, and no kitchen at all for most of it. A refurbishment keeps the cooker, the fridge and, bar a day, the sink.
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Costs, doors, worktops and timing.
What it costsFrom a €700 respray to €5,000 for doors and a worktop.
Replacement doorsMade to measure for your units, from €48 a door.
A new worktopLaminate €800 to €2,000. Quartz €2,200 to €4,800.
Refurbish or replace?Five checks on the units you have.
The small partsHandles and soft-close hinges, €150 to €450.
Ten changes, by costWhat makes the most difference for the least.Kitchen refurbishment in every county
- Carlow44% of homes built 1991 to 2010
- Cavan50% of homes built 1991 to 2010
- Clare42% of homes built 1991 to 2010
- Cork38% of homes built 1991 to 2010
- Donegal48% of homes built 1991 to 2010
- Dublin32% of homes built 1991 to 2010
- Galway48% of homes built 1991 to 2010
- Kerry42% of homes built 1991 to 2010
- Kildare48% of homes built 1991 to 2010
- Kilkenny41% of homes built 1991 to 2010
- Laois50% of homes built 1991 to 2010
- Leitrim48% of homes built 1991 to 2010
- Limerick39% of homes built 1991 to 2010
- Longford47% of homes built 1991 to 2010
- Louth41% of homes built 1991 to 2010
- Mayo43% of homes built 1991 to 2010
- Meath48% of homes built 1991 to 2010
- Monaghan39% of homes built 1991 to 2010
- Offaly42% of homes built 1991 to 2010
- Roscommon44% of homes built 1991 to 2010
- Sligo43% of homes built 1991 to 2010
- Tipperary39% of homes built 1991 to 2010
- Waterford40% of homes built 1991 to 2010
- Westmeath46% of homes built 1991 to 2010
- Wexford48% of homes built 1991 to 2010
- Wicklow37% of homes built 1991 to 2010
Price your refurbishment
Four taps: the doors, the worktop, the size and any extras. You see our price guide for it. Your number is only asked for at the end, if you want one kitchen company that covers your county to ring you.
Questions people ask
Can it be done before Christmas?
Order doors by early November. A respray or a laminate worktop can be later.
Do I need to empty the cupboards?
For doors, no. For a worktop, clear the tops and the sink unit.
Is there much dust?
Little. Doors are made or sprayed off site. A laminate top is cut outside.
Get a price to refurbish your kitchen
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