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Put doors or wardrobe on recess
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looking for advice. 1940s house. Not my house, this is from memory, yesterday.
Laminate flooring on floor in bedroom. There is a recessed area. Next to window on external wall there is an, original to the house, cupboard with a normal sized internal door on it. Cupboard contains the boiler. cupboard room-side wall is made of breeze block which is weird because downstairs underneath it there is no supporting wall. The cupboard is about 70-80cm deep.
Someone else has put a stud wall about 2.3m from the cupboard. Stud wall is about 60 - 70 cm deep. i.e. the cupboard is about 10 - 15 cm deeper than the stud wall. between the stud wall and the cupboard wall there is one or two hanging rails, I think there is 2 rails at the same height from the floor, which doesn't make sense to me right now, unless they were thinking to share the weight distribution of all the clothes between the 2 rails.
Above the rails there is a full width shelf which is quite chunky about 3 inches thick so probably made from framing wood just like the stud wall. I believe the shelf is about 40 - 50 cm deep, i.e. it does not come all the way out to be flush with the stud wall.... so that makes it easier I think.
Ceiling is unknown but artexed, and attic joists above. 3" x 2" attic joists.
So there is this alcove or recess area 2.3m x 60cm and the height is quite high at about 8 feet.
Friend wants me to put a door on the front of it. The bed is about 30 - 40 cm away from where the door would be so I was thinking sliding doors or find a whole flat pack wardrobe which would tightly fit into the alcove.
If you were going to fit doors on the alcove what would you recommend? I mean are we talking floor plate, two upright wall plates and a ceiling plate all made from 2 x 4 or 3 x 2 or something else? to form a frame? Or just a floor and top plate and fix to the walls either side ?
And what actual doors and rails could I be looking at buying?
One problem is I can easily find the attic joists but finding the floor joists?
Local shops include B&Q, Wickes, Home Base. further away 20 miles, Ikea
Thanks
Found this, pretty good for ideas. I am still wanting your advice though. Can't be bothered embedding videos, especially as you lose the embed when you edit the post.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFNc14XfI2E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW5hmfWGufM
Laminate flooring on floor in bedroom. There is a recessed area. Next to window on external wall there is an, original to the house, cupboard with a normal sized internal door on it. Cupboard contains the boiler. cupboard room-side wall is made of breeze block which is weird because downstairs underneath it there is no supporting wall. The cupboard is about 70-80cm deep.
Someone else has put a stud wall about 2.3m from the cupboard. Stud wall is about 60 - 70 cm deep. i.e. the cupboard is about 10 - 15 cm deeper than the stud wall. between the stud wall and the cupboard wall there is one or two hanging rails, I think there is 2 rails at the same height from the floor, which doesn't make sense to me right now, unless they were thinking to share the weight distribution of all the clothes between the 2 rails.
Above the rails there is a full width shelf which is quite chunky about 3 inches thick so probably made from framing wood just like the stud wall. I believe the shelf is about 40 - 50 cm deep, i.e. it does not come all the way out to be flush with the stud wall.... so that makes it easier I think.
Ceiling is unknown but artexed, and attic joists above. 3" x 2" attic joists.
So there is this alcove or recess area 2.3m x 60cm and the height is quite high at about 8 feet.
Friend wants me to put a door on the front of it. The bed is about 30 - 40 cm away from where the door would be so I was thinking sliding doors or find a whole flat pack wardrobe which would tightly fit into the alcove.
If you were going to fit doors on the alcove what would you recommend? I mean are we talking floor plate, two upright wall plates and a ceiling plate all made from 2 x 4 or 3 x 2 or something else? to form a frame? Or just a floor and top plate and fix to the walls either side ?
And what actual doors and rails could I be looking at buying?
One problem is I can easily find the attic joists but finding the floor joists?
Local shops include B&Q, Wickes, Home Base. further away 20 miles, Ikea
Thanks
Found this, pretty good for ideas. I am still wanting your advice though. Can't be bothered embedding videos, especially as you lose the embed when you edit the post.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFNc14XfI2E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WW5hmfWGufM
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