kitchen standards

Are you sure they are importing? I know Paradise Kitchens use CNC equipment extensively throughout their manufacturing operation and they also make a lot of kitchens so it comes down to economy of scale.

They can afford to sell kitchens cheaply because it doesn't cost them that much to manufacture when you are producing 100's at a time.

I don't know where they get their cheap granite from, maybe it is imported.

You can also try Thermwood Corporation in Penrith. They sell CNC machinery to the woodworking trade and also produce kitchens for the general public. Assembled or flat packed.

Hope this helps.

I got quotes from more than 10 places to do some cabinet work. It may have been 11 or 12.

I looked at all of the info and the detail they went to in their quotes and soon found a cheap, intermediate and expensive price. Then after comparing what they offered and the way their products were built, and to what tolerances they built to, I went for a quote between intermediate and expensive.

This was a supply of unassembled product, and the specs for measurment went down to 1/2 a millimetre, and the final assembly by a fussy me proved the cutting and drilling to be spot on.

So as long as the unassembled product is spot on and you are very particular it should be good.

After looking further into it they are not an importer , it is made onsite.

thanks for all responses

I know its a bit late in the game but DIY Kitchens (also at Wetherill Park) supply flat pack and will also assemble the cabinets for you if you wish. I went through the exercise of doing a cutting list and getting a price for all the cabinets from another mob and found that DIYKitchens were about $100 dearer over 6 floor cabinets. For the sake or screwing the bloody things together I'd suggest the extra $100 is well spent. They also supply the plastic adjustible feet included in the price. I didnt put any doors on my units as they were to fit out my pantry but I do know they can organise doors for you.

http://www.diykitchen.com.au/

My brother-in-law who is in the kitchen business tells me formaldyde is normally present in the kitchen benchtops and carcuses where the board looks more like weatbix and less like MDF. He keeps well clear of it, even for the recycles stuff he also sells as his sparkies and plumbers now refuse to work this high formaldyde kitchens.

Excuse my ignorance fellas but could someone explain 'formaldyde' to me. Is it something to be concered about? Is there particular cabinetry that you would find it in? Ive never given it any thought over the years with my head stuck in a kitchen cabinet or a vanity hole-sawing away and breathing in the crap. Ive also heard there was a concern with MDF?

Originally Posted by wonderplumb

Excuse my ignorance fellas but could someone explain 'formaldyde' to me. Is it something to be concered about? Is there particular cabinetry that you would find it in? Ive never given it any thought over the years with my head stuck in a kitchen cabinet or a vanity hole-sawing away and breathing in the crap. Ive also heard there was a concern with MDF?

not nice stuff, when I worked in the chem industry (supply to textile industry) we used the stuff.
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