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Häcker kitchens v PwS

HU-315505980
3 years ago

We are in the middle of a extension with a new kitchen going in.


I’ve had a quote from a local kitchen shop and they use Häcker kitchens.


Our builder has recommended PwS and wants to take us to their big showroom to have a look.


The Hacker ones I saw in the showroom ‘looked’ good quality and I’m a bit worried this won’t compare to the PWS ones although I know nothing about either company really!


I’m presuming they’re all MDF. I’m a bit nervous about this but looks like this is standard unless you go for a solid wood type kitchen which I don’t think will be affordable.


Are there some MDF doors that are better than other MDF doors? What sort of things do I need to be looking out for? We just want a slab door so that’s easy. And matt.


I’m totally clueless with regards to kitchen doors and I have tried to research online but I can’t find too much to help me, mostly MDF v solid wood discussions.


Many thanks



Comments (5)

  • Daisy England
    3 years ago

    A slab design door is just a cut and edge board. It’s the cheapest door and the easiest to manufacture. All you need to do is find a local joinery company that have the machinery that will edge the board and then choose what colour board (1000s overall) to choose from), give them the sizes and they will cut and edge it for you and then drill in the hinge holes. Simple job without getting ripped off by major retailers.

    There is also a matt board that has anti finger technology so won’t show up marks.

  • Daisy England
    3 years ago
    last modified: 3 years ago

    Here’s sage green which I’ve just had put in my bathroom which is a slab design from a cut and edged board


  • PRO
    Lifestyle Kitchens
    3 years ago

    There is a big difference between slab doors from different manufacturers, you have at the lower end just cut and edged melamine faced chipboard doors which can come in a wide range of colours and woodgrains and usually have a 1mm edging, some may have a 2mm edging. These would be lighter in weight than a mdf door. If they have a really thin 0.4mm edging and you can feel/see the chipboard underneath, avoid.

    Then you have mdf doors which have a coloured vinyl wrap and these can also be machined so they can have softened corners, inset handles and many other details, with a vinyl foil wrap this goes across the front and stretched around the sides and is glued to the mdf, but have had a reputation of delamination over time, the back of the door is usually a colour matched melamine.

    Next you can have an acrylic faced door like Zurfiz, this has a 1mm acrylic face and is a cut and edged mdf door and they usually come with a choice of edging as in a matching edge, glass effect edging is popular with gloss doors and recently a ply effect edging is getting popular.

    At the more expensive end you can have painted mdf doors either gloss or matt and depending on the supplier you can have any colour and any sheen level. Painted doors are far more labour intesive with the prep work and painting involved so are at the premium end of the market, but they are a far superior finished product.

    Recently, thin doors seem to be popular, but most doors are 18mm thick with a few suppliers offering 22mm thick flat slab doors (I offer both). One of the great advantages of flat slab doors is they can easily be made to measure.

    There are also more versions and materials available like Fenix, solid acrylic, birch ply and other specialist materials available depending on budget and the look you're after.

  • Carolina
    3 years ago
    last modified: 3 years ago

    My kitchen is made by two different brands: peninsula and another row of cabinets with slab doors are by NEXT125, which is also a German brand, and the tall cabinets that had to have made to measure doors (to fit a certain height) is by Hacker. Our installer said that he loves working with Hacker kitchens because of their good quality.

    I've had the kitchen for two years now, and am happy with the quality of both brands.

    The NEXT125 doors are painted MDF, handleless, matt. They feel really good. No sharp edges. But I've learned through experience that you have to clean them right away if water drips down the front. It'll leave a trace that you can only see in a certain light. The Hacker doors are MDF (I think) with a black, oak veneer. They too feel very solid.



  • Carolina
    3 years ago

    Oh, I've been reliably informed that we've had the kitchen for three years 😁 How time flies.

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