Hello and can you please help?

buntonn · 11 Jul 2016

Hello, I have just joined this forum after finding it when trying to read up about a plunge saw today. I have not done woodwork since school tbh, but recently been doing major DIY to a house I am moving too very shortly. I have been putting in a new floor and building a new garage door frame, doors and roof supports as it was all rotten. Had a bit of an outlay on tools to start with and really enjoyed doing it and proud of what I have done. I'm sure I'll be asking a few questions on here and helping where I can contribute too.

Anyway I am about to move out of a new build I have been renting for the last year, I was looking at the wardrobes in the bedroom as I wanted to make some wardrobes for the new home. From what I can see its just been created from conti-board / furniture board. What I would like to know is how to do the doors. On this wardrobe are three doors, the outer edges are rounded slightly, also the middle door has a full length mirror inset and I really like this rather then sticking over the door. I have attached two photos showing the centre wardrobe door with the mirror, any idea where I might be able to buy something like this?

Thanks,
Nick

MattRoberts · 11 Jul 2016

Hi, and welcome!

When you say 'buy something like this', do you mean the thin mirror, the whole mirror door or the entire wardrobe?

YorkshireMartin · 11 Jul 2016

buntonn":3sagv50z said:
Hello, I have just joined this forum after finding it when trying to read up about a plunge saw today. I have not done woodwork since school tbh, but recently been doing major DIY to a house I am moving too very shortly. I have been putting in a new floor and building a new garage door frame, doors and roof supports as it was all rotten. Had a bit of an outlay on tools to start with and really enjoyed doing it and proud of what I have done. I'm sure I'll be asking a few questions on here and helping where I can contribute too.

Anyway I am about to move out of a new build I have been renting for the last year, I was looking at the wardrobes in the bedroom as I wanted to make some wardrobes for the new home. From what I can see its just been created from conti-board / furniture board. What I would like to know is how to do the doors. On this wardrobe are three doors, the outer edges are rounded slightly, also the middle door has a full length mirror inset and I really like this rather then sticking over the door. I have attached two photos showing the centre wardrobe door with the mirror, any idea where I might be able to buy something like this?

Thanks,
Nick

At risk of stating the obvious, surely you'd just use a thinner section of conti and stick a mirror to it?

Or am I missing something?

Welcome to the forum.

buntonn · 12 Jul 2016

@MattRoberts I would like to buy that style of door with a mirror inset flush to the door front.

@YourkshireMartin. The mirror is narrower than the door width, so it has a centre recess and the mirror sits in there and finishes flush with the door front.

I have been looking on google, pinterest and lots of sites but not seen anything like like so far.

nev · 12 Jul 2016

If you have a painted finish, you could make your own from mdf with a Router and the appropriate bits.
mirrors can be bought to size, for example here.. http://www.mirrorfit.co.uk/?gclid=CM3mt ... 0wodMsQPRQ
Like below, but two thinner sheets of mdf glued together rather than routing out the mirror section.

Or you could try someone like http://www.doors2size.co.uk/wardrobe-doors for custom made doors to your requirements.

woodbrains · 12 Jul 2016

Hello,

That wardrobe door is not made from Conti/furniture board, that is for sure, so you'll need a rethink on what can be achieved. That is MDF spray finished.

You might try using a combo of Conti, let's call that melamine faced chipboard MFC and MDF, as MDF comes in more varied thicknesses than MFC. You'll be able to find some MDF thinner than the MFC by the thickness of your mirror.

TBH I think it is a dead loss. You'll need to get mirrors made, for safety sake plane mirror will not do, and I don't think MFC with its vulnerable edges will last 10 minutes for doors. You'll be better off having them made, the doors at least, from a suitable manufacturer.

Mike.