Possibly moving in to a new house. It's a barebone unit so I need to do extensive renovation. For kitchen, I previously had a local contractor but the experience has been pretty disappointing. Scratches like mad, laminate peeling, cabinets not shutting flush.

On my second property, I opted for Ikea. The experience was much straight forward and everything was itemized nicely. Spent a day to submit design, spent another day for their contractor to install. Done in 2 days, very painless. Rust marks on their stainless steel panels? A few calls and they sent someone to replace them. No problems at all for the rest, long lasting.

So this new property, I'm wondering if I should again opt for Ikea. I've been told that outside contractors are cheaper but are they really that much cheaper? And is there any renovation companies that provides 25 years warranty?

But are the pricing competitive? I'm curious if they will really show up if I see some tiny rusted stains on the panels...even when I was reporting it to IKEA I thought it will never happen but then they showed up lol


Very good points, it's true like if I got sick of the surface panels, I can just go to ikea and order new ones. Also about knowing exactly what you get is also very true. Everything is itemized nicely and hand picked yourself. Test out as much as you one in their showroom...

I got them to send someone over to take measurement.. it's the safest way since I don't know how to measure everything... Honestly, wear and tear is a bit broad. Like my aluminium panels were supposedly rust proof but due to my normal wear and tear, I think the insides were exposed. Hence it's rusting. So I reported the issue and guess what.. they send someone and replaced the panels with rusts.... Do you know any ID contractor that will layan this kind of request?

Hi guys, I've got some quick questions regarding kitchen sinks. I got myself a nano coated sink and it's installed undermount beneath a quartz countertop. Now that everything is installed nicely, I noticed stains on the surface of the sink.

It looks like some parts of the surface nano coating is already gone. So there's multiple patches of different color tones. Unfortunately, this was only installed about 2 months ago. I suspect some stupid contractors used the sink to wash some stuff. Maybe some solvents that caused this.

So my question, is it possible to somehow restore this? I know I can replace the sink but that involves lifting up newly fitted quartz top and I really don't want to do that.

The color of my sink is dark bronze-ish. So the worn off patches are light bronze.