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Thank you everyone for your suggestions - looks like I’ve got a few phone calls to make!

Evening everyone, I’m getting ready to purchase a fairly large quantity of MR MDF (by my standards anyway). I’ve previously used unbranded MR MDF for building a set of wardrobes and found the “machineability” wanting, especially when drilling for hinge holes etc. As a result, I’ve heard good...

Thank you everyone for the advice, I’ll get a level on it tomorrow. Architraves are already off, I’ll have to see about how to get some wedges in there to pack it out

Hi everyone, I’d like to replace these old doors with new, but the existing door casings are way out of square and level. The header appears to be about 7mm out of level across 60cm, and the top middle and bottom width measurements are 764, 760 & 770mm respectively. I don’t see how a 762mm...

Thanks everyone for your feedback, I’ll post some photos from my sketch up model later to help visualise things. It does feel like the doors would be quite wide at 715mm, Blum don’t seem to rate their hinges for anything past 650mm wide! For reference, this is the Blum article I’m referring to...

I'm planning some alcove cabinets, and due to the opening width and height restrictions I'm facing making doors that are slightly wider than they are tall. The finished dimensions would be 715mm wide by 672mm tall. I've heard the advice never to make doors wider than tall, but would doors this...