Fitting shelves in cupboard

tink2

Hi I'm wondering how difficult would it be to fit shelves in a cupboard? I was quoted €260 which seems expensive... I also store an ironing board & have nowhere else to put this so not sure what's best to do? I have a place I can order the wood from but not sure if this is worth doing myself? Pic is attached. Thanks

dodzy

tink2 wrote: »

Hi I'm wondering how difficult would it be to fit shelves in a cupboard? I was quoted €260 which seems expensive... I also store an ironing board & have nowhere else to put this so not sure what's best to do? I have a place I can order the wood from but not sure if this is worth doing myself? Pic is attached. Thanks

not difficult.

€260 is a CT quote.

Full height board on the left side approx 8" from left wall to house the ironing board and avoid the cluster of cables and pipes on the left of pic. If you want, you could do the same on the opposite side to conceal the 1/2 copper pipe. Then it's just horizontal boards for your shelves. A couple of hours should sort it. Guess about 50-60 max for materials.

prospect

What depth is the closet?

I would put two vertical laths on the wall on each side, front and back, extending the full height. Do your calculations so that the laths are only as deep as the pipework, and also so that the front laths will be flush with the front of the unit.

I would then make up a box the required width, height and depth and fit it out with shelves, including a tall narrow space for the ironing board.

Then place the completed shelving unit into the closet and put about a half dozen fixings through the walls of the unit into the previously fitted timber laths.

This way the pipes are concealed and protected. Also, should you ever need to gain access to them, you would be able to remove the half dozen fixings and remove the shelving unit as one piece.


Buy your timber and fixings in your local hardware/builders providers (not a franchise like Woodies, Homebase or B&Q). Measure and draw it out so you know exactly what you want. (If you know your tolerances you may be able to get standard sizes off the shelf to save you cutting.

JuliusCaesar

dodzy wrote: »

€260 is a CT quote.

What does CT mean?

looksee

I think its builders' code for 'taking the Mikey' or 'we have a sucker' :-)

Alun

JuliusCaesar wrote: »

What does CT mean?

Celtic Tiger

dodzy

Alun wrote: »

Celtic Tiger

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