This building or remedial specification is delivered by Parkside Construction, our core contracting and property renovation division.
Kitchen Fitting and Refurbishments
Single-Point Responsibility for Your Kitchen Transformation
Removing partition walls, routing brand new plumbing pipes, fitting cabinetry, and ensuring perfect tiling can involve managing multiple separate subcontractors. At Parkside Construction, we provide a unified principal contracting service—meaning we manage electrics, water lines, structural knock-throughs, and joinery finishes under one accountable manager.
The Damp-Safe Kitchen Installation Protocol
Kitchens are highly prone to hidden issues. Typical installers fit cabinets directly onto damp-affected solid walls or cover up bridging defects, which eventually causes units to warp and swell. Our custom fitting protocol ensures a healthy, long-life kitchen space:
- Pre-Installation Surveys: We check moisture profile levels across masonry, solid brickwork and studs behind your old cabinets before installing any new joinery.
- Cavity Wall & Masonry Remediation: If our diagnostic tools show high moisture readings, we clear the compromised masonry, apply damp-resistant waterproof backing barriers, and clear dry rot timber or wall salts.
- Thermostatic Heating & Plumbing Checks: High water-flow appliances are pressure-checked to eliminate silent microscopic copper line joints failures.
- Part F Mechanical Ventilation: We integrate high-power, low-noise extractor ventilation units that draw high humidity directly from cooking zones, running correct over-run timers to completely stop secondary damp and mould blooms.
Our Complete Kitchen Fitting Elements
From minor modern upgrades to full home extensions, we deliver detailed craftsmanship across Bournemouth, Poole, and surrounding areas:
Structural Alterations
Removing load-bearing walls, installing RSJ steel beams and framing partitions to form modern layouts.
Cabinetry & Joinery
Perfectly leveled carcass fitting, integrated appliances, crown mouldings, plinths, and bespoke door alignments.
Premium Worktops
Installation of classic solid timbers, high-grade laminates, or coordinated quartz masonry slabs.
Splashbacks & Tiling
Large format brick-style tile layouts, geometric backsplashes, and mould-immune flexible epoxy grout lines.
Why Choose a Building Contractor for Kitchen Renovations?
Classic furniture showrooms are skilled salesrooms but rely on independent, rushed subcontractors. As experienced builders, we inspect subfloors for moisture decay, ensure damp proof courses aren't bridged, reinforce ceiling joists, and complete flawless wet plastering so your structural envelope remains strong.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Why do kitchen walls suffer from damp?
Water plumbing line micro-leaks or high relative humidity from cooking condensation failing to escape through under-powered extractor fans.
Q: Do kitchen renovations require building control?
Simple replacements do not, but removing a structural, load-bearing partition to create an open-plan kitchen-diner require active structural calculations and Building Regulations sign-offs.