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Guide categories
How to get kitchen and bathroom jobs right, what to check before you start and when it's worth calling in a professional, taken from the makers' own instructions and consumer research rather than from sales copy.
Each guide links to what the job costs, and ends with a way to get quotes from local tradespeople.
The guides.
The rules, problems and choices behind kitchens & bathrooms jobs.

Painting kitchen cupboards
Which doors can be painted, the right primer, each step and how long it all takes.
What the jobs cost.
Prices, what moves them and who to hire, in our cost guides.
New kitchen£10,000 to £20,000Typical 12-unit kitchen, fitted
Bathroom renovation£6,500 to £10,000Typical mid-range bathroom, fitted
Kitchen worktops£1,000 to £1,9005 metres of quartz, fitted
Shower installation£200 to £450Fitting a mixer shower in place of the old one
Wet room£7,500 to £12,000Typical bathroom converted to a wet room
Downstairs toilet£2,200 to £4,500Toilet and basin in an existing space