I'm planning to build a small workshop in my garden at some point over the next few years. I'm thinking about it now because I might need planning permission and so on so I wanted to come up with a design. I've put something together and I chose to use 600mm centres for all my studwalls. The...
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Just something I noticed and thought I'd share:
- Current price £4.60: Round edge Whitewood C16 CLS timber (L)2.4m (W)63mm (T)38mm | DIY at B&Q
- Price last week £4.98: Round edge Whitewood C16 CLS timber (L)2.4m (W)63mm (T)38mm | DIY at B&Q
The only other thing I checked there was...
Thanks for the feedback @Designer1, interesting comment on the plinths vs feet. I'll give it some thought.
This is a good idea, would it basically go from the top of the bookcase to the bottom of the drawers? Or have I misunderstood?
Here's an update of what I'm thinking of now, thank you all for your input (especially @TheTiddles and @southendwoodworker ).
All the units are slightly off the wall to accommodate a strip of wood to allow fixings. I went for 25x100 for no real reason, is there a better size? I've also left...
Thanks for your thoughts @southendwoodworker,
Despite what I've said above, another vote for this probably means I'm overcomplicating it. Thanks for the feedback, I'll do some more thinking :)
That's a really good suggestion, I could see something like that working for me.
Thanks @TheTiddles, let me dig into those:
I've no doubt you're right! As I mentioned I don't fully understand what a plinth is meant to do except for giving you a decent level to work off. How would you recommend making it more appropriate?
Again, you're probably right - but my wife wants...
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I've designed a set of cabinets to go into a built in wardrobe, I've never done something like this before (but I have watched lots of youtube) so I'd really appreciate your feedback and criticism of it to see if I can't make it better/viable. Mostly, I'd be interested to know if it's...
Thanks for all the comments all! Some really good advice here, I think you've saved me some money and trouble as I was planning to buy prefinished and it's a great point that if I'm trimming i'm going to have to finish those sections anyway.
I take the point on removing the architraves but I...
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I'm renovating my house (I'm mostly done now actually!) and the next thing I need to think about is replacing all the old crappy hollow-core doors with something a bit nicer. It seems there are tons of places online to buy them, and obviously places like Wickes and B&Q are also options. I...
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I'm renovating my house at the moment and I'm really tired of kneeling on the floor, using a piece of MDF propped up by bricks as a "workbench". I've designed a workbench in sketchup but it's going to take me a while to build, and there are a few urgent jobs I need to go to before I can...
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Hoping for some advice on a project I'm planning. We want to cover up our gas + electric meters with a cupboard, but as the cables run up the wall behind it, we'd like to basically have the cupboard go floor to ceiling. I'm pretty happy with most of the cabinet construction I think, but...