Kitchen Fitting with Dan Cox
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This is a good book. Does provide a step by step introduction to how to build things kzhead.infoUgkxhgbP-6hUnXu_QRaoHgLztgsI0YF3HqR0 , also does offer some steps. Includes pictures to give you ideas for layouts and such. If you are looking for a guide, this is not exactly what you want. But if you are trying to familiarize yourself with the way that pole barn building and other out buildings, are made, then this will work just as you need it to. A few things in this book are a barn (of course), detached garage, storage building, and coops.
Tradesman that take this much pride can be hard to come by these days 👌 good to watch a skillful man at work
Nobody realises all the work that goes into installing a kitchen, great work Dan, really enjoy any videos you make
Somehow even the most simple ones always put up a fight😆
That's right and cost of the tools ,just spend 500£ for sliding mitre saw ,on 250£ job .needed to do 300mm devil cuts just 2.
Right. Of course, you’re the only one who knows.
Until you install your kitchen.
That Fitters mate thing is a brilliant idea. Tall cupboards always end up miles away from where you want them cos you have to put the legs on/scribe them…and then it’s dead easy to break the legs if if wiggle them on the floor
3 mins into video and have ordered 1 through screwfix. Wish this video was out last week 😂
I’ve just ordered mine £60 well worth it I’m starting a kitchen Nxt week
And I thought I have all the tools :D Now I need one too
Nice to see someone who cares about the finish.
Mitre fast to hold the kd blocks before screwing! Dan you are a genius
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Carpenter of 40yrs, great video, very methodical and a clean site, I always tell anyone that,ll listen always wear a mask when cutting indoors.
Fitting a modern kitchen for first time and this guy is great to watch. So much useful stuff but shown and explained without rush rush
Top job Dan, i like your method of working. I've been fitting for 20+ years , still love to learn tips and tricks from others.
I do enjoy watching Dan work. He's a great craftsman.
Thanks Jeff.
I do like watching someone who knows what they are doing! Great job!!
Excellent tradesman Dan, lovely workmanship 🙌🏻
Thanks Steve.
Once on a trip to Aviemore in Scotland I was talking to a joiner who thought it funny that I said I'm a car painter. I said no I'm a carpenter not a car painter. I'd make the same distinction as Dan being from the south east of England. 😂
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North Wales, I'm a carpenter & joiner as per my old city and guilds craft certificates, and yes, generally joiners "make," carpenters "fit" but they cross over here and there. So, now let's talk "shuttering" /"formwork!"
Same in Manchester, but here I'll call my self a joiner even though I'm a site fitter. No idea why everyone here calls the carpenters joiners but it's so common that whenever we say joiner they ask "site or bench"😅
@@user-eh5ij1ue8g Likewise, mate! Chippie is the easiest way to go...
Very true. Untill you meet the one guy who thinks you sell battered fish😅
You know if you see Dan on your site, it's going to be a spot on finish 😁
Great advert for DIY kitchens - easily one of the best quality kitchens for reasonable price ive seen
Have to agree about diy kitchens. I used them for our kitchen and utility and really impressed with them
Fitted DIY kitchens units in my own house 10 years ago, everything was spot on, no modifications needed and still looks brand new.
Brilliant content. Thank you!
Dan's the Man! Genius!!
Great video guys I’ve used DIY kitchens for a number of years now. I can’t fault the product and the customer service is great.
You sound very happy with this plan kzhead.infoUgkxbnOKZBE4evMO5V2vroHeCjq6d_MV6wJO It sounds like you were skeptical at first, but you gave it a chance and downloaded it. And then you were surprised by how simple and clear the plan was. It must have been very helpful for you to follow the instructions and make your project. You must have learned a lot from this plan. Even a beginner can become a master with these plans.
Love the passion Dan shows for his work. First time I've seen him and ive got to admit his work is top drawer 👌👏👏
Absolutely and he has his own playlist on skill builder. Lots of videos packed with good tips.
Ive been looking at DIY kitchens for a while, saving up for a kitchen. Love DIY and this video helps show how easy the install can be! cant wait to crack on
This video showed me how difficult the install is.
Brilliance as always Dan cox 👌🏻👍🏻😉
Top work Dan as usual 👍🏻
Always great to watch you Dan Top lad cheers 👍👍
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One word: Pro's. Great job, lads.
Absolutely the best thing I’ve seen in ages. Love it when I learn new stuff even after 25 years installing. Dan, trrat yourself to the festool domino, even the small one will make make your work life better.
Hi Mark, thanks. I’ll bear it in mind about a domino. Have been looking at them. 😬
The domino is a game changer. It seems a lot stronger than biscuits too
@@Ultimate-roofing-square.Genius where you out the cut line on the big pannel 👏👏 I've got something similar to do this week with 2 big pannels and I'm 100% using where you out the cut line
@@robertbutter1759 thanks. Hope your panel works out well. 🙌
Great work Dan. 👍👍
Pleasure to watch a tradesman at his best.
We got our kitchen from DIY, excellent quality, good price & service.
6:55 A company begining with “h”! 😂 i know that pain very well
That's a lovely detail on that tall end panel
Superb job Lads!
Lovely finish on them
TOP CONTENT ,Thank you !
Can't believe I never thought of that guide trick with the circular saw!
Lovely installation! Someone who takes pride in his work! Well Done! Not like the Bellway Kitchen i've got....
Dans the Man , great skill and workmanship.... 👍
👍👍👍Thanks
Excellent Video Dan with plenty of tips 👏👏
Thanks Mark.
Lovely job as usual.
17:25 where you were talking about spraying units. I used to fit for B&Q and they had a bright red kitchen. A filler above an oven unit had a raw end. I glued and shaped some edging tape to it, and painted it up with some Ford touch up paint that was a perfect match.
Just had my DIY kitchen delivered,competitively priced great delivery service and quality units ,😊 happy customer.
I’m thinking I’ll give them a look, thought about howdens but they are not always very good.
Flat Pack Master right there. Top job guys 💪
Good work Dan
Excellent, well done💪
lovely job dan
some great tips dan by the way
That happened to me once when I was younger. A lady I was courting told her dad I work in a chip shop. He wanted better for his daughter. I reassured him I didn't work in a chip shop and I'm actually a carpenter... He still wanted better for his daughter.
he was short sighted, He could have had free chips for life
@@SkillBuilder lol
doesnt stick mdf but sticks your fingers great 😂🤣😂 so true
Beautiful kitchen ❤❤❤
Fantastic video Guys !!!!! Great viewing......very Enjoyable, thank you 😊😊😊😊😊😇😇😇😇😇😇
Our pleasure!
I fit loads of kitchens. I tend to fit Wren; they are pretty good overall, prebuilt. Sometimes they’re put together a bit wonky, but nothing a bit of jiggery won’t sort. The most useful tools I found when building a kitchen is the palm router and quick clamps. Bish, bash, wallop. Tea up.
Great video. Dan's work is always outstanding to my mind. On the joiner/carpenter question, I think Dan answered the question pretty concisely for construction. However, ask a stage/film carpenter what the difference is!
For the tall cupboard support I use a slaters lath with a home made “U” clamp with a small locking cam to move the support up and down the lath. Simply made out of scrap wood so I can lock the cam with one finger / thumb.
Great job guys
Nice kitchen Dan. Skillfully fitted with some great tips. Not a roof truss in sight on this job 😁
Thanks Doug.
Great video Dan is such a professional, excellent joiner. Why do people insist on getting a kitchen fitted before painting though! Crazy! Always paint the kitchen first
I fitted kitchens for about 8 years after I took voluntary redundancy from a national company. I recognise the tips and tricks to get around problems. Always used a compass for scribing. You have some great tools there, really like the gadget for moving tall units, I snapped a few legs off trying to move them. Had to give it up in the end due to knackered back, elbow and wrists.
Is there anything better than watching Dan fit a kitchen? Oh wait getting sent some Yorkshire Tea!
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Looks fantastic! I'm looking for a kitchen this year. I will deffo try these 1st 👍🏻. And every time I see Dan, I think of Lee Evans....Sorry Dan 😊
I thought I was the only one 😂😂
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Top job, done well
Great video guys🤩packed full of awesome tips👍
Thanks Del. We should do kitchens together, I’ll do plynths and you can do cornice. 🤩
@Daniel Cox Are you saying I'm tall Dan😬That's heightism mate🤔you need to check your 'short privilege' 🤣🤣
@@thetallcarpenter 🙈💪🏻. Ism… like Tony Angelino.. 😆
great video as usual it cant be easy with the camera pointing at you . I used this company for my kitchen 4 years ago still looks like new so very happy.
Yes Keith, it certainly is different when a camera is pointing at you and knowing someone will comment on every move.
Nice to see someone who takes care in his work, quality job Dan!👌 Am I the only tradesman who wishes all the kitchen companies would make an easy fit corner post that fixes to the carcasses directly while maintaining correct position dimensionally, instead of sitting on the corner edge with brackets or kd blocks??.. such a ball ache job..🤦♂️ Would make life so much easier and be a bit sturdier in the long run.. and a blanking panel that screwed from inside the cupboard afterwards would probably be too much to ask for!.. 🤷🏼♂️
Thanks Mark. Corner units can be ‘ball ache’.. 🙌
Nope its bonkers that they dont
Just finished a DIY fit this week. Quality wise OK, few issues with damage and draws put in correctly but overall when compared to the other leading brands better value...
Mega 👍
Mini Bosch screwdriver for wall cabs close to low ceilings £40 quid plenty of torque, used it for my entire career of kitchen fitting
Here in the States framers stay in their lane , some might cut roofs like Dan? However ; I hv not seen seen a framer cut roofs & do finish work? I am a finish contractor and finish carpenter so I know the routine! Dan is one in a million and Robin!
Hi Zephyr, Here in the uk we tend to do more aspects of carpentry. I do have a few roofing videos on this channel. Thanks for watching.
Zephyr Do you ever get bored and think you might like to get out in the sunshine and cut a roof. Plato's cave and all that
Fitted one myself last week very impressed. I did notice tho Dan a few screws in cupboards that I think will be seen? The draw runners have spare screw holes and the hinges have a hole right through the middle. Maybe you put the screws behind shelves..... Proper job tho looks amazing 👍
I do usually try and hide screws behind hinges etc. if it’s in a draw unit then you can’t see it when the draw is in place. Thanks for watching.
Hi Dan, for the back panel did you cut just cut the one panel along the V joint, and butt the manufactured end of the other panel into it. Great idea you had to do work with Del I'd be your 1st sub and tell Roger we call you a master craftsman. Have a good Easter.👍👍👍
Hi Kevin, I cut both sides and butted them, with glue. Nearly hides the joint.
If you are a good carpenter and well trained the only difference between carpentry joinery and cabinet making is tolerance . Great work Dan.
Thanks.
Dan, or any carpenters/joiners, can you answer a question for me? I have a very in-depth, long term house renovation in hand and want to find a good all round nail gun for mostly interior work - tons of stud-walling and including building a kitchen (this video inspired me), and maybe some other units. I like the Makita's but the choice is almost limitless. TIA
Great fit out dan ( I wouldn’t have expected anything less ) but a heads up for u for future reference what we tend to do with the sink units is take the back right out and then fit the carcass reduce the back panel down to the internal size of the and re-fit it after the plumber has done his bit it gives u a bit more flexibility in case u need to shuffle the units either way a bit plus it gives full access to the pipework for future reference in case there’s a leak or stuckfast stopcock or any adaptions we just fit it to two battens down either side and one across the bottom with four cups and screws
Thank Ken. I guess taking the back out does help the plumber if any problems later.
@@Ultimate-roofing-square. it works for us dan it can buy u a bit of wiggle room aswell I’ve found over the years u wanna build problems out of a job at every opportunity to give more options further down the line as u know it’s all in the prep
@@kendodd8734 exactly. Less grief if going back. 🤝
Daniel Cox Don't worry about helping the plumber, we can smash the back out of any unit in seconds. Putting it back is a bit more of a challenge
@@SkillBuilder 😂👍🏻
Totally agree about Howden's we used to say if you can get a Howden's kitchen from the delivery van into the house without something snapping or falling apart you were lucky. Worse still were ikea units which didn't used to have a service void. Not sure if they're still the same now.
Ikea still has no service void. Some might say that gives you more space in the cupboards but it makes them a pain to fit
@@SkillBuilder must be nice to live in an ikea world where all rooms are perfectly square and kitchen units don't need to be scribed to walls. How they expect fitters to start from one of their corner units and work their way out along walls fitting base units to an unsquare room is beyond me. If you're room is unsquare after six or so units along you either have a 6 inch gap or units that need to live inside the wall. 🤔
So odd I hear some people have trouble with howdens all the time i cant fault them
@@stephenfrost201just use an upstand and/or splash back on the worktop to hide the gap.
@@clarkthurman5580Me too. I’ve fitted loads of Howdens kitchens and compared to some of the other big outfits their stuff is way better plus the fact if you need anything replacing or extra stuff it’s either in stock or a next day job. Try fitting a Magnet kitchen in comparison, it’s like going back to the seventies. The quality is absolutely crap as is the customer service.
Glueing them connector blocks on has blown my mind I’ve dropped 10000 of them bloody things
It just helps hold it there before the screws go in. Thanks for watching Mark. 👊🏻
Nice video . What are you using for you bench supports ?
Dans the man , no messin... straight to it 👍
Thanks Adrian. Hope your good. 👊🏻
I live in Scotland and they are all called joiners but I agree that joiners make the stuff
When I was at college it was bench joiner or site joiner so bit of both for me so marlow joinery it became
Gosforth Handyman put one in his house and loves it.
What’s with the wooden block added to your skill saw sir? ❤
Hi David, it’s just a piece of timber to make the original fence longer to help get a better parallel cut.
I did carpentry and site joinery. Then you have a bench joiner who makes doors, windows, staircase etc. typically IMO
Wren supplied some great back to wall adjustable bolts that you can expand or contract to meet the service space then screw back to the wall right through the middle of them. Much better than L brackets.
same with DIY kitchens
9:30 have no sympathy gents, they should lay the floor before you install the kitchen. Good video, and good mix of tools!
When you drilled into the walls for the brackets, how do you get it accurate? Whenever I try, at some point the drill bit hits something in the block and the hole goes wonky. 🤨
Concentrate and don't push too hard. I sometimes turn off the hammer function on my sds and let the drill bit cut into the wall/brick/block about a quarter of an inch before I let rip and push into it with hammer mode. Gives you half a chance to keep things super level
Not bad for a roofing carpenter 😅 nice one my mate Dan 😊
Thanks Karl. 🙌. Roofs and kitchens. 😉
Are you any good at doors. 😂😂😂
@@karlkjj well, I have my moments..
Rodger, Super Glue Was First Used In The Vietnam War , But Actually Invented During The 2nd World War 😎 Excellent Video Again Guys 👏👏😉👍
The Korean war predated the Vietnam war, Can you show me the source of your information?
@@SkillBuilder Hi Rodger, I Just Asked Google & It Said It Was Accidentally Invented In 1942 By Dr Harry Coover👍😉
What is the platform you clamped up on, is that something you made yourself
Hi Sean, Yes just 18 mm ply with a few random clamp up holes.
Hi dan....What would be the best Dewalt table saw for my lad, as he's just finished his apprenticeship in Kitchen fitting. Out of these 3 choices, which would be the best for him. the 10 inch DWE7492 on the heavy duty roller trolley, the 8inch DWE7485 or the DCS7485T2 54v XR cordless. If the 8inch, would you choose ally trolley or the simple scissor stand. If someone was buying it for you....which would you choose.
Wow didn't realise Lee Evans was a qualified joiner!! Multi-talented.
6:01 why are the side panels wider than the rest of the units so they require cutting 20mm off?
The big company that begins with H 😂😂 yes.
New extension. Laminate floor going down. Would you put island on screeded floor first, then laminate and caulk to it? Or put laminate down, then island on top. I'm thinking it could sink a little with weight of island and quartz top. What ya think? Thx.
Think with a floating laminate floor I’d put the island in and floor up to the unit legs. Plynths on top of the floor.
@@Ultimate-roofing-square. Yes, what we were thinking. So full weight goes on the solid floor. Cheers and thank you.
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Thanks Sam.
Not that you need any tips but when im fitting a kitchen i go to dulux and get a tester pot of paint mixed up, i take an off cut of decor panel and they scan the colour costs about £5 just incase you get a little chip on the laminate.Super glue was first used during the Vietnam war
Hi Tony, DIY kitchens did supply a small pot of touch up paint and also some hardened to add to it.
DIY kitchens I'll have a look at them 🙂👍
@@tonymoloney3223 that’s a good idea though, to get a tester pot. 😉
how would the floor be laid now (tiles or otherwise)? I didn't quite understand what was said around 9:30... isn't it better to lay the floor first and then assemble/install everything?
you would have to butt the tiles up to the show back and base end panels on the Island ..on a kitchen with out the Island you could unscrew the end panels if you wanted to and tile up to the legs of the units and then alter the hight of the base end panels and refit them.. 99% of kitchens are fitted with a bare floor ..you dont have to worry about damaging the floor this way either
5:17 is that enough to keep water out of that cut piece if say dishwasher or ice maker malfunctions and water gets all.over the floor then the partical board sweels up?
London lad, so it’s chippie, but I live up north now & a carpenter is making windows/ stairs etc… in a joiners shop?