Can You Move a Kitchen to a Different Room?

What Moving a Kitchen Involves

Relocating a kitchen means extending or moving the existing plumbing supplies and waste runs to the new location, routing new electrical circuits, potentially modifying the structure (if walls are removed or new openings created), and fully stripping out the old kitchen location before installing in the new space.

Planning Considerations

• Building regulations may apply if walls are being removed or structural changes made
• Gas supply relocation requires a Gas Safe registered engineer
• New drainage runs must be planned to achieve a suitable fall to the existing drain
• The old kitchen location will need making good — plastering, electrics, flooring

The Right Team

A kitchen relocation requires a builder (for structural work), a plumber, a Gas Safe engineer (if gas is involved), an electrician and a kitchen installer. Coordinating all trades in the correct sequence is essential.

Trade Sequence for a Kitchen Relocation

1. Structural work (builder) — openings, new floor structure if needed
2. New plumbing supply and waste runs to the new location
3. New electrical circuits run to the new location
4. Gas Safe engineer relocates or extends the gas supply if needed
5. Kitchen installation in the new room
6. Making good the old kitchen location — plastering, flooring, decoration

The Drainage Challenge Most People Underestimate

Waste water needs a consistent fall to reach the existing drain run, and the further the new kitchen location is from the original waste stack, the harder this becomes — in some cases a macerator pump, similar to those used for downstairs toilets, is needed to move waste water uphill or over a long horizontal run.

What Happens to the Old Kitchen Space?

Once the kitchen moves out, the old space needs a new purpose and a full making-good — this typically includes capping off old services safely, replastering where units and pipework have been removed, and matching the flooring to whatever the new room's function will be.