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Removing wardrobes

  • 09-03-2025 06:01PM
    #1
    Hereford202
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23 ✭


    I just bought a bungalow and the wardrobes are a bit small. I want to remove them and just replace with good freestanding ones. Not very experienced at DIY but would give it a go. Is there a lot of work removing these? More concerned about what's underneath. Seems to be made of just plywood. Any advice is much appreciated!

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  • #2
    10-10-20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,073 ✭✭✭10-10-20


    Hi, those are built into the cubby, they don't come out without removing the surrounding (stud?) wall. Is that a shared hot-press?

    Upload photos of the inside of the units and we can tell you more, but it's not looking like a straight-forward job!



  • #3
    phelixoflaherty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,515 ✭✭✭phelixoflaherty


    Change the shelving to suit you. Change the doors, lick of paint.



  • #4
    Hereford202
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23 ✭Hereford202


    They're not even built into a cubby, just built into a corner of the room. Not near the hot press. One of them seems to have been painted on the inside or done a bit differently..I can see any nails etc.

    The smaller one I could possible just do up with shelves etc, they just have that annoying part that's hidden from view at both sides.

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  • #5
    Hereford202
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23 ✭Hereford202


    *can't see any nails in the painted one I meant



  • #6
    10-10-20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,073 ✭✭✭10-10-20


    The plywood seems to be just a skin on the interior of the units, the wall to the left is probably a stud wall, so that's unlikely to be easy to remove (if that's what the intention was). Is that wall hollow sounding when tapped?

    Size-wise, I can't see you being able to expand the space within the units beyond what's already there - that is unless the stud wall is taken down, but that would require that the section of the ceiling be replastered!



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  • #7
    Doop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,491 ✭✭✭Doop


    You could remove these fairly easily… you could take down that stud with a normal hammer … the problem is what you will be left with where the stud meets the room wall and ceiling you will have a bit of a mess that would need to be repaired (alot of filling and sanding) you will probably always see the line where the stud joined the wall.

    Your best bet is as stated above change the doors install shelves or whatever internal set up you like

    Those hanging rails will come off easily if you use the claw end of a hammer and prise them off.



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