Alcove Units – Best Solution?

paperclap

Hmm, I think we may be forced to have the entire unit proud of the chimney breast, as the chimney breast isn’t perfectly plumb either!

Ben1989

ThisIsWeird said:

I've seen everything now!

Ben, that's really neat. Lovely colour too - may I ask what it is?

Haha thanks. To be honest it we have a really young one in the house so had to hide the litter!

The colour is Farrow & Ball Pigeon No.25

warwick2001 said:

Ben1989 said:

Yes it certainly is and you're correct I need to make some stairs 

I'm defo tempted to do something like this, is such a quality idea. And well executed too, great work, good sir

Thank you! There's even a little motion sensored light in there for the furry ones

ThisIsWeird

paperclap said:

Hmm, I think we may be forced to have the entire unit proud of the chimney breast, as the chimney breast isn’t perfectly plumb either!

Good! It'll look a lot better too :-)

paperclap

But, another challenge presents itself. How to best step over the tiles? They're stepped out few millimetres on the right side, and stepped in about a centimetre on the left side! And, sit higher than the laminate. Agh

ThisIsWeird

paperclap said:

But, another challenge presents itself. How to best step over the tiles? They're stepped out few millimetres on the right side, and stepped in about a centimetre on the left side! And, sit higher than the laminate. Agh

Too much detail, man! Easy to trim the MDF panel to clear the tile on the 'out' side. And the tiny gap between the tile and panel on t'other won't be noticeable. 

In reality, it'll be fine.

Ben1989

You just need to get a base up and work around it. 

Tbh, this is more of an argument as to why you shouldn't try and get it flush.

The more 'problems' that present themselves the more I think you should get a professional to do it as you're asking for perfection and you're not going to get it. A professional will know what 'perfection' to sacrifice.

paperclap

Okay, I'll agree, there are more problems that present themselves when you try to make it flush with the face of the chimney breast... but, that doesn't have anything to do with the tiles on the floor?

I'll figure it out.

travis-powers

The trouble with corners in any house is that they are never true, so your options are to give it a shadow gap ie set unit back 5mm and scribe to the wall or protrude the unit, even if the corner was perfect it’s always best not to finish flush as with two different materials will always crack no matter what you use also it never looks right.
 All you can do with the tile is scribe unit over it.

paperclap

Thanks travis-powers!

I don't think scribing over the tiles will ever look right, really.

So, thinking, I set the unit back 5mm, and make the top surface flush with the face of the chimney breast.

ThisIsWeird

paperclap said:

Thanks travis-powers!

I don't think scribing over the tiles will ever look right, really.

So, thinking, I set the unit back 5mm, and make the top surface flush with the face of the chimney breast.

I doubt very much you will notice it.

So I'd personally still go for the size of unit I'd prefer, and not compromise over such a tiny detail. And, to my eye, having the units slightly forward of the breast looks best, even if just 25mm. It's also the design of the 'pro' example (tho' more than 25mm).

Surf for more pics if needed, but I'd take your cue from what you know will look best, because you'll have the evidence from having 'seen' it.

Do you know what setting the unit back 5mm from the breast will look like? No, nor me! :-)