How easy is it to make a wardrobe?

WestonDave

Trouble with that plan is you only have 2 walls to work with - if you had 3 you could probably get away with it, but you still need some means of joining the sides etc together.

http://www.plasplugs.com/fixings-chipboard.html the rigid joints shown here were what I was meaning - you get your conti board (which is white coated chipboard) and use a couple of these at each corner to make a rectangular "box" - stick a back on it, screw it to the wall (with or without battens depending on whether you have skirting board to clear (if no skirting then just drill through and put rawlplugs in the wall). If you add a shelf part way up say to seperate a shoe area at the bottom that will help hold the structure rigid.

wallbash

would this work??

If the final result gives you a working wardrobe , that you are happy with
then the answer is yes.


Trouble with DIY , is that its a wonderful excuse for another 'boys' toy

( or is it only me ??)

Really worried that as I have not been asked to fix/change or construct
anything around the house , this Xmas might well be 'toy' less :mad:

wallbash

If you go with WesternDave idea , you must have back board to keep the whole thing rigid. Square and true.

Because its a space for coats , I was more thinking of a more solid post , screwed to the back of one of the risers, droped to the floor and held with an angle bracket.

WestonDave

wallbash wrote: »

If the final result gives you a working wardrobe , that you are happy with
then the answer is yes.


Trouble with DIY , is that its a wonderful excuse for another 'boys' toy

( or is it only me ??)

Really worried that as I have not been asked to fix/change or construct
anything around the house , this Xmas might well be 'toy' less :mad:

Just you - really, no seriously I don't want anymore toys, honest....

wallbash

I would like a Bench Morticer, have absolutely no use for one , cannot justify the purchase of it. But that does not stop me dreaming .

puddy

WestonDave wrote: »

Trouble with that plan is you only have 2 walls to work with - if you had 3 you could probably get away with it, but you still need some means of joining the sides etc together.

http://www.plasplugs.com/fixings-chipboard.html the rigid joints shown here were what I was meaning - you get your conti board (which is white coated chipboard) and use a couple of these at each corner to make a rectangular "box" - stick a back on it, screw it to the wall (with or without battens depending on whether you have skirting board to clear (if no skirting then just drill through and put rawlplugs in the wall). If you add a shelf part way up say to seperate a shoe area at the bottom that will help hold the structure rigid.

ah, thats what i had in mind but was thinking of using bits of square wood for it, i didnt know about these plastic things, thanks

puddy

wallbash wrote: »

If you go with WesternDave idea , you must have back board to keep the whole thing rigid. Square and true.

Because its a space for coats , I was more thinking of a more solid post , screwed to the back of one of the risers, droped to the floor and held with an angle bracket.

i am going to fix it to the wall behind it, but cant fix it to the slopy bit of the stairs because it wont be touching the stairs, there will be a gap between the left hand top corner of the wardrobe and the slope of the stairs, but am feeling much more confident about how this is to be done now.

OH will naturally carry out the work but he needs to be carefullly instructed by me. the other day he fitted a handle to the kitchen door, and whilst trying to chisel out the hole where the thing goes, he ripped straight through the door. we are not natural diyers.
however, you're right about the toy thing, if i merely suggest to him he needs a workmate, he'll be all pleased and go out and get one, which as far as Im concerned means more junk to store as it will rarely be used, so no workmate for him.

andrew-b

Have got some ideas...everyone seems to be making this far more complicated than it needs to be! For starters you don't need a roof (the bottom of the stairs is the roof), you don't need a back to the cupboard - the wall is the back and a shelf can be placed above meter. My idea is basically you make a basic frame covered in plasterboard..white painted door either made from MDF or cut down standard internal door (my old bathroom door may even be suitable- once we no longer have a need for it - but may take a bit of renovating). Will see what i can come up with in google sketchup - you'll have to wait a while though as my internet connection is screwed at the moment and i need to download the program to the laptop as not on this machine.

andrew-b

To confirm..which way do the stairs slope relative to where you want the doors to open from and where is the window relative to them and where you intend to have the cupboard? Any photos?

puddy

ok, as you are facing the new wardrobe, on your left are the stairs, going upwards left to right (bottom step is to your left, top stair is above you).

the window will be on the left of the new wardrobe under the stairs.

the wall at the end of the hall is on your right.

i cant use the understairs for the roof of the wardrobe because im not having it as high as the understairs, i want a gap between the top of the wardrobe and the underside of the stairs