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  1. tankard

    NOOBIE - first time wardrobes

    Hey Paul, you seem to be on a roll, keep the ideas coming, you're doing well. Thanks :)
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    NOOBIE - first time wardrobes

    We want a bottom unit 2m high, with a 500+ box on top. Just shirts on one rail, and trews on another. One on top of the other. Two doors wide (17x2=34 inches = 870ish) No ball gowns in 'ere, they're accommodated elsewhere :) I'm planning on two sections 37" / 950 high. I measured me shirts n'...
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    NOOBIE - first time wardrobes

    Wow, how kind you lot are..!! :P Such a lot of really useful info. I like the pictures, thanks ByronBlack :) And yeah, the finish is gonna be a coat or two of Jewsons primer/undercoat stuff, applied with foam roller. Then at least two coats of...well actually, I've been using HomeBase own...
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    NOOBIE - first time wardrobes

    OK Mr Mainwaring, Sir (doffs cap that's not there, and nods a bow)... LOL :wink: I hope you understand I'm quoting Clive Dunn in Dad's Army :P I am sure I'll be spouting these new phrases meself to someone else before long. I must say I like the glue n' screw option, although what did you...
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    NOOBIE - first time wardrobes

    Hello Steve, thanks for the suggestion, but what is GW..?? :oops: Perhaps I can be given a link to see this article :lol: sounds like techie stuff to me. :roll: Yep, spot on Steve, I had planned to do the work upstairs in the room. Blow the mess. She'll understand, I'm sure :P
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    NOOBIE - first time wardrobes

    Hello DomValente, ok wrong choice of words. Although I did say at 90 degrees, meaning the way the upright meets the cross piece/shelf, if you know what I mean. Umm, I never said nuffin 'bout framework. Have I missed something? :oops:
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    NOOBIE - first time wardrobes

    Hey Keith, I could understand some of this. Wow loads of ideas. Thanks matey. Although, I'll have to google those names you've quoted, coz *I know nuffin'*. How hard are Confirmat screws to use? How tricky is it for a noobie to use these biscuit thingies? I think Powerdrive or MDF screws are...
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    NOOBIE - first time wardrobes

    Hello Gary S, this sounds like precision work to me. That's not my first skill. I'm a basic boy. Thanks for your imput though :)
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    NOOBIE - first time wardrobes

    Hello j, thanks for your ideas. But I did say *Nothing fancy now*. I'm gonna have to google to find out what you just said. Whoosh! Makes sign of hand flying back over head..!! LOL :D
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    NOOBIE - first time wardrobes

    Hello Folks, my first time here, bit nervous of asking naff questions, but I gotta start sometime :D Here goes: I'm gonna build me own built-in wardrobes. Floor to ceiling. Four doors (430/17") wide and 2m high. Plus a top box on top will be 50cm +a bit. The ceiling is 100 inches high...
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