Painted Office and Cherry Wardrobes

[BradNaylor]

In between sampling the delights of the local hostelries out in rural Cheshire, my mate Phil and I have been fitting the office and bedroom furniture we've been working on back at the workshop for the last couple of weeks.

We've been at it for three days and will get finished off in the morning.

We started off with a couple of blank alcoves

At the end of day one;

Meanwhile upstairs;

By the end of today, with time lost going in search of a new compressor following the death of my old faithful B&Q one after 6 years ;

It seems to have taken as long to fit these buggers as it did to make them, but ain't that always the way!

Nearly there, though...

Cheers
Dan

 

[RobertMP]

Nice looking job.

What wood and finish are the wardrobes?

 

[PowerTool]

Very nice work,as always - particularly like the large alcove unit;the dark top helps break up what would otherwise be a vast expanse of white.

Andrew

 

[BradNaylor]

Nice looking job.

What wood and finish are the wardrobes?

Cherry sprayed with AC lacquer

 

[frugal]

You want to be a bit more careful, you didn't hide the body very well in photo 4

The wardrobes looks georgeous though.

 

[woodbloke]

Dan - like it, very, very nice \/ - Rob

 

[Chris Knight]

Dan,
It looks great. The cherry stuff has worked very well.

 

[CNC Paul]

Hey Dan,

Very nice job.

You could have got it done quicker if you had kept out of that pub with the cheap beer 8) .



Paul

 

[neilyweely]

The wardrobe is lovely, my Mrs likes it which may prove expensive - thanks a lot.

But I really think Frugal deserves a round of applause for the gag.

Cheers

Neil

 

[cerdeira]

Is it me or the ceiling is not parallel to the wardrobe cornice moulding?
If so, do you intend to fill the gap? how?
I've had a similar problem with a kitchen cabinet fitted too near to an uneven ceiling but ended up not trying to cover up the bad plastering job.

 

[gidon]

Lovely work Dan - very impressive.
Cheers
Gidon

 

[Mattty]

Is it me or the ceiling is not parallel to the wardrobe cornice moulding?
If so, do you intend to fill the gap? how?
I've had a similar problem with a kitchen cabinet fitted too near to an uneven ceiling but ended up not trying to cover up the bad plastering job.

I'm not sure that curtain pole is level either... :roll:

Very nice job chaps.

 

[Waka]

Dan

Nice looking project, really like the cherry. I've nearly finished mine but after seeing yours I don't think I'll post the finished article.

 

[DeanN]

Very nice job. Was it the customers idea not to have the left-hand unit full-height to the ceiling - if so, how are they planning on finishing it (the gap/ceiling)?

 

[joiner_sim]

Forgive me for being stupid....

But how did you fix these to the wall? I Imagine you maybe "packed" up the gap between the unit and wall and screwed. But how did you fix the fascia onto unit and wall?

BTW..... The job looks great! :wink:

 

[BradNaylor]

Well, here are the shots after finishing off and having a vac round and removing the body!

The client was absolutely delighted and his wife exstatic. She said it was 'the poshest stuff we've ever had!'

Always good for the morale, that kind of thing - particularly when the fitting has been a bit of a pig like here.

I'll try and answer you questions

Yes, there is a gap above the wardrobe cornice where the ceiling dips towards the middle of the room. I talked it though with the client and he was happy with it as it was. I agree.

Anything up to a 10mm or so gap I would consider 'caulkable' (a technical term!) but this was 25mm at the wall. I have in past scribed the cornice to the ceiling but if anything this can accentuate the problem rather than solve it by compromising the lines of the cornice.

The client has a plasterer and a decorator coming in so said he would get them to deal with it if he decides that it needs doing. I don't think he'll bother. It looked fine.


The left hand alcove unit doesn't reach the ceiling because of a beam running along the wall. I suggested that we build the right hand unit to the same height to match but the client was adamant that he wanted it like this. Hey ho.


We packed out the gaps between the units and the walls with fillets scribed to the walls. We then drilled a few discreet holes through the carcase and fillet into the wall, pushed though red rawlpugs, and screwed the units in place. This is our standard MO and it works a treat.

On the painted units the screw heads were filled and touched up; on the wardrobes they were concealed by a cherry strip that was added to pack out the difference between the carcass side and the inside of the face frame on to which were attached the hinge plates for the doors. These strips also conceal the pocket screws used to attach the face frame to the carcass.

Hope that's clear!

Cheers
Dan

 

[filsgreen]

Fantastic job Dan, I especially like the wardrobes.

Phil