Installer Profile
AN INSTALLER BUSINESS THAT HAS GROWN WITH ITS SUPPLIER Tim Burton of KIS Hull Ltd, has seen his business grow over the years in tandem with his biggest supplier of work, Wren Kitchens. Tim explains how he has reaped the benefits of working with Wren and how life is good generally. No worries about Brexit and the like, Tim is planning his next road trip and even planning his exit strategy for when he eventually reaches retirement age.
I would say there have been two big challenges. The first was taking the step to go self-employed. The second was moving on from being a selfemployed fitter to running a team of installers and subcontractors 76
▶ How long have you been installing and what areas do you cover? I’m 55 now and have been installing kitchens since I was 21 although I have been involved in joinery since I was 18. I cover areas in a 30 mile range of Hull which includes Bridlington, Driffield, Goole and of course Hull and the South Bank. ▶ What do you install and what’s your speciality? I specialise in installing quality kitchens, particularly for Wren Kitchens. The core of our business - about three quarters of the
kitchens that my company fits - are Wren kitchens. ▶ Do you install yourself or do you have a team/teams of installers working for you? My company is KIS Hull Ltd and over the past 15 years I’ve employed a number of installation teams. We have grown as Wren Kitchens has grown and now our team includes two other installers, an electrician, a plumber and gas engineer, a plasterer, a tiler and a builder so we can offer supplementary work as well as the actual fitting of the kitchen. I don’t install kitchens myself anymore - but I oversee the whole process
