Closet do-it-yourself

10-01-2018

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Updating your wardrobe every season, you suddenly notice that there is simply nowhere to put new things. Throwing good quality clothes, but bought last season, does not raise a hand. You can solve the problem by assembling a wardrobe with your own hands.

Comfortable and roomy designs will gather in themselves the belongings of all family members, while occupying a very small space in the room. Basically this is a place that is underutilized and not very convenient for placing other furniture elements.

Designs

If you want to install a wardrobe in the apartment or house, you need to make accurate measurements of the intended installation location of the furniture and make an order in the company that manufactures cabinets. The second option would be to measure the installation site, self-design structures, order cutting parts and installation of a wardrobe.

You have a choice - built-in structures, corner cabinets and models of individual pass-through structures. When you decide on a choice, you can proceed to self-assembly.

Types of wardrobes differ in design. If you have never been engaged in assembling furniture, it is better to start with a walk-through model. This universal model can be installed in almost any room.

In many apartment projects, the hallway was made small in the shape of a rectangle. If you put a regular cabinet with a hinged door, there is absolutely no place left. The sliding wardrobe with a sliding door was a real salvation. Its height basically goes to the ceiling, which gives maximum use of the area. Mirror canvas doors visually increase the space.

Materials

Even the most fastidious buyer will be able to find on the market the color and shade of laminated chipboard, which is most often used for self-assembly of the closet. For the back wall using hardboard. The choice of accessories in the stores has almost no boundaries - from the simplest to the exquisite fancy shapes. Door leaf can be made to order from any material.

For cabinets use 16 mm thick sheets of chipboard. Sheets are sold on the market with a height of 2450 or 2750 mm and a width of 1830 mm. If you want to save money by reducing material waste, consider these dimensions when designing a wardrobe.

Let's take a closer look at the option of assembling the wardrobe with a height of 2450 mm, a width of 2400 and a depth of 650 mm.

Detailing

In addition to sheets of laminated chipboard, we need a melamine self-adhesive edge. To assemble the cabinet shown in the picture we need the details:

Two sidewalls measuring 2433x650 mm.
The bottom size is 2367 × 650 mm.
Cover of cabinet size 2400x650 mm.
Large shelf - 2367х550 mm.
Seven small shelves - 778х550 mm.
Two partitions - 1917х550 mm.
Rear and front base - 2367x100 mm.
The side parts of the box base in the amount of 3 pcs. and the size of 550x100 mm.
Two edges of the base box size 1159x100 mm.

Details of the back wall of hardboard:

Wide detail on two compartments - 1940x1595 mm.
Narrow detail on one compartment - 1940x800 mm.
Detail for the upper part of the cabinet - 2395x410 mm.

Sawing up the details of the future wardrobe is better to order in the cutting service, which is sure to be at any building supermarket. Show the experts your design of the cabinet and accurate measurements. In our case, there is already detailing and it is better for the saw cutters to show it.

Facade system

It is possible to make independently a wardrobe door system, but is it necessary? If you plan to assemble not one but several cabinets, this can be beneficial. Doors for one cabinet will cost you much more than the ordered sliding doors in a company that manufactures, supplies and assembles sliding facades.

You need to visit the company's office and place an order, specifying the exact dimensions of the clean opening and the number of canvases. For our closet, the clean size of the facade is 2317 mm high and 2367 mm wide. We need to make two shutters of the same color as the laminated chipboard and one shutter mirror. Must be a seal, stoppers, guides. In general, the whole set necessary for the quality work of the sliding facade system.

Fittings

Everything about the facade has already been ordered, but for the interior design of the cabinet you need to purchase furniture accessories. For our project you need to buy:

For fixing hardboard screws or nails.
In the middle compartment of the cabinet for adjusting the shelves in height, henchmen are needed.
Confirmats of sizes 70x5 mm.
Rod holders.
Screws size 16x4 mm.
Two barbells for hanger size 775 mm.

Preparation for assembly

When the finished parts are delivered, you can proceed to their preparation for assembly. For work, you need an iron. Acquired edge gently attach to the end of the details so that the beautiful side was on top. Carefully walk on it with a heated iron. Look for the steam mode not to be on on the iron.

The heated edge is well pressed and carefully wiped. Cut the edges gently handle with sandpaper. When preparing the parts do not need to rush. Try to achieve the highest quality of work so that your closet looks neat and beautiful.

From the details of the base, assemble the podium base for the bottom of the cabinet. The base must be required.

Assembly

To assemble the cabinet will need:

Pencil and rectangle.
Drill and drills 5 and 8 mm.
Roulette.

Instruction:

For assembling parts into one whole structure, acquired confirmatories are used. First, we look at our project and make markup of attachment points.
When all the details will be put markup, proceed to the drilling process. For holes in the plane we use a drill with a diameter of 8 mm. The hole should be through. The depth of the hole at the ends is not more than 60 mm, and the diameter is 5 mm. In the places of installation of poglotchik we make holes on several levels. When the cupboard is ready, you can safely move your shelves to the desired level.
To build the structure will need the help of one person. Work will go faster and build quality will be better. We connect all the details of the cabinet and install it in place. We expose the cabinet smoothly using the level.
Now you can proceed to the installation of the facade. Along the edge of the cabinet lid fasten the upper rails. We retreat from the edge of the bottom of the cabinet with a maximum of 10 mm and fasten the lower guides. Before you tighten the screws, insert the stoppers in the roller track.
Now you can put the facade in place together. One person drives the top of the facade into a guide, and the other sets the wheels into the desired track. Hex key is used to adjust the facade. Adjusting screws are located at the bottom of the front face. Raising or lowering the lower roller, we set the facade to the desired position.

When the wardrobe is loaded with things, the adjustment will need to be repeated. That completed the installation of the wardrobe. Now you can proudly consider yourself a master and try to assemble a more complex structure. The experience is already there, it means that the assembly will be much faster and better.

Do you want to share your wardrobe assembly experience with us? Leave comments on the article. Our readers will be interested to learn the secrets of your successful cabinet assembly.

Video: build a wardrobe

We offer to watch the video on the assembly of the wardrobe compartment.