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Kitchen Sink Repair in Dumbiedykes

Kitchen sink repair for Dumbiedykes, without a refit. Get a fixed price from your pictures, then we come to you.

  • Repairs from £95
  • Cracks around the waste
  • Damage from fitting or moving appliances
Surface Doctor technician repairing a wooden kitchen worktop

Need kitchen sink repair in Dumbiedykes?

Repairing versus replacing in Dumbiedykes

Replacing a sink or door may mean disturbing the worktop and plumbing, or hunting for a door that’s no longer made. A repair leaves everything in place. Repairs from £95, with every job priced individually. Set against the cost of replacement, a repair is generally a fraction of the price, because nothing has to be taken out, refitted or made good. The quote lists exactly what you’re paying for.

What you get with us

  • One-year guarantee on every repair
  • Most jobs done in one visit
  • Nothing taken out or refitted
  • Same prices wherever you are

See our pricing.

How we handle kitchen sink repair in Dumbiedykes

We repair the damage and match the original finish, so the kitchen stays as it is. If the vinyl wrap has lifted across a door, it usually needs re-wrapping; we repair chips and dents. Typical jobs include cracks around the waste and chips in ceramic sinks, in gloss and matt cupboard doors, vinyl-wrapped doors and cabinet ends & plinths.

Every job is backed for twelve months in Dumbiedykes and everywhere else. We return to put right any problem with the work. A sink mat protects against dropped pans, and wipe door edges dry.

Before and after: a chipped white edge filled and refinished
Location
Dumbiedykes (EH8, EH1, EH7)
County
Edinburgh
Cover
A year, on every repair
Quotes
From £95. Fixed and free, based on pictures
Phone
0345 017 0787
Page updated
23 October 2026

What affects the price in Dumbiedykes

Prices start from £95. Each job gets its own fixed quote. These are the things that affect it:

  • How much damage there is
  • The material
  • Where the damage is and how we get to it
  • How many items we do on one visit

Instead of hourly rates, we price the whole job up front. It depends on the damage, the material and access, and doing several items at once reduces it.

Quotes from your pictures

Phone photos are fine, there’s no need for anything special. Just make sure we can see:

  • Something in shot to show the size
  • Any details about the material
  • Your postcode, so we can check dates
  • A picture taken from further back

Getting a price is easy: snap the damage close up and then the whole item, send them over with your postcode, and we will reply with a fixed price. Quotes are free and no obligation.

Dumbiedykes and nearby

Dumbiedykes is about 1 mile east of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh. Our repair technicians come to customers in Dumbiedykes, so there’s no workshop to go to. Dumbiedykes is one of 175 places in Edinburgh where we work.

Our visits in EH8, EH1 and EH7 are booked in the same way as anywhere else. From High Street, Calton Road and Hutton Road or anywhere nearby, a technician can come to you. Nearby, we also work in Holyrood (1 mile north-west), Canongate (1 mile north), Buccleuch (1 mile south-west), Old Town (1 mile west) and Greenside (1 mile north-west). Further out, we also cover Queensferry (9 miles west), Southhouse (3 miles south), Gilmerton (4 miles south-east), Muirhouse (3 miles north-west), Slateford (3 miles south-west) and Gracemount (3 miles south).

Local landmarks in Dumbiedykes

Around Dumbiedykes, we work in homes near St Trinnean's School, Holyrood Park and Edinburgh, among other places. Also close by are St Cuthbert's Church (1.1 miles west), The World's End pub (under half a mile north-west), Scottish Poetry Library (under half a mile north) and London Street Primary School (0.8 miles north-west). For rail, the closest station is Edinburgh Waverley station, about 0.5 miles west. Well-known places in the area include Deaconess Hospital (within half a mile south-west) and Edinburgh Castle (0.9 miles west). Not far away are Dunsapie Loch and Salisbury Crags.

  • Local schools include Old Royal High School (less than half a mile north)
Map of Dumbiedykes © OpenStreetMap contributors

Dumbiedykes: your questions answered

Can I get a quote without a visit?

Yes, almost always. Clear pictures let us give you a fixed quote without visiting.

Do the materials smell?

There may be a mild smell during the work.

What information do you need?

Photos of the damage, a picture of the entire sink or cupboard door and your postcode. Then we will agree a date.

It’s been repaired before. Can you still fix it?

Yes, we frequently do. Removing the old work can add time, and that’s in the quote.

Do you charge for travel?

No. Our quotes include travel, with the same prices everywhere we work.

Do you work for landlords and businesses?

We do, regularly. We can quote for several properties together and work between tenancies.

How do I get a price for kitchen sink repair in Dumbiedykes?

Prices start from £95. Every job gets a fixed quote based on photos of the damage. Send a close-up and a picture of the whole item and your postcode.

Can you repair cupboard doors?

Yes. We repair chips, dents and scuffs on most door finishes.

How it works

From the moment we arrive, we keep the work contained to the one room. We mask off everything nearby, the job takes a few hours, and we finish with a tidy-up and a look at the finished work together.

  1. We start by preparing the damage.
  2. Next we fill the chips and rebuild any edges.
  3. The repair is sanded to the original profile.
  4. We colour-match to the sink glaze or door finish.
  5. Finally we polish or seal it.

Before we arrive

  • Let the surface dry out before the visit
  • Have somewhere for us to park nearby if possible
  • Let us know which floor the room is on

Getting a price

For most jobs, photos are all we need to give you a price. Add a line about what happened and your postcode, and we’ll reply with a fixed quote and the earliest dates we have.

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For landlords and businesses

We regularly price jobs from inventory or check-out photos. That means we can quote before you even visit the property, and we can arrange access with the tenant directly if that helps.

Housing associations and facilities teams use us for planned and reactive repairs. A repair avoids taking out and refitting, which matters when someone is living in the home.

Honest limits

A few problems are outside what a surface repair can do:

  • Doors where the vinyl wrap has lifted across a large area
  • Doors swollen by water
  • Sinks cracked through the base

Not sure? Send photos and we will give you a straight answer before you book.

Surfaces we repair

  • Vinyl-wrapped doors
  • Composite sinks
  • Ceramic Belfast & butler sinks
  • Gloss and matt cupboard doors
  • Cabinet ends & plinths

Common problems we fix in Dumbiedykes

Ceramic sinks chip when pans and crockery are dropped, and cupboard doors get knocked by chairs, bins and vacuum cleaners.

The most common problems we’re called about are:

  • Chips in ceramic sinks
  • Chipped door and drawer edges
  • Damage from fitting or moving appliances
  • Cracks around the waste

What to look for in a quote

  • How to look after the finish
  • Whether the price covers travel
  • How the colour is matched
  • How your room will be protected

Our hiring checklist

DIY kit or professional repair?

It’s natural to want to try a repair yourself. The risk is that a kit repair hides the damage for a while, then fails, and then the old filler has to be removed first.

If you do try a kit, read the instructions carefully, and give it the full curing time. If it fails, we can still put it right.

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