the carpet has been stripped back we use masking tape on the carpet to mark out
where we're going to be cut on our lines and we have left some of the underlay
on just keep the warmth in the house underneath the wardrobe so we've left
channels where the bearers will go you don't necessarily have to, but I think it's
good practice to keep as much insulation as you can and where you can see the
bare floor that is where the bearers are going to run through so this set of bearers will
run all the way to the wall and this set of bearers runs all the way up to the
first set of bearers just there, so that is a job just to level these bearers up with
Packers we've got a few bags of Packers here and we've got our bearers and our
drills so that's what we're gonna be doing now so the way I put these Packers
down is I just put one at a time down, we start with an 18 mm packer, no bigger
than a 30 more screw for the first Packer and I'm gonna do that in every
point where the load has been taken and then from that point im going to build up with
more Packers I'll put a couple more on there build up my level was all
different sizes until I get all these Packers level then I just place the
Bearers on top, screw them to the Packers. Every Packer I do from now on I'm gonna
be using 50s rather than 30s I've got the wrong box here but it's a box of four
50s. Ok so we are at the point where we have cut the strips back and we've put down the
Packers. You can see all the blocks, they have all been levelled up, see the red level resting
on them so that far corner like I said it's the high point I've leveled across
all my Packers and then leveled from back to front using this technique as
well and every spot that you see is maybe a division of a wardrobe so let's
look here, this is the plan view of the wardrobe so this division here would be this set of
Packers here, so we put a packer everywhere where there is division
For example, there is one there there's one there there's one there and one at the
end, and now we have got all of those level, we're just going to screw the
bearers down to the Packers
So this is what it should look like once it's
complete, all leveled up ready to put the carcasses on now, so completely level
and the floor wasn't too far out, sort of like Eight mm out, a bit more down this
end and then end, but overall it's nice and level now and you can see where the
masking tape was, and that is where all my packers have gone, and that is where
all the load has been taken and so for example on the left that's a side that's
a division, that's a division, division, side, and any of the carpet is gonna get
covered when we put our plinth detail down, and that is gonna get covered with our side cheek.
So now so now to build our carcasses.
Okay so now we need to put the units together
and that's what Sean is starting on now. Quite a small room and we've got
to get four units in here so we start with the biggest unit first, then put it on
the bearers, next one up and put on the bearers and carry on until we've got to
the smallest unit and hopefully we will have enough space on the floor to do
those last two units, this one's a relatively straight forward one.
Top, bottom, two sides and a backing.
One in, two this side, one on this side, and we will start screwing together. We are on the second carcass we need to give a little
polish just before we put it in so once it's fitted there is no cleaning up, and once
he's done that we're gonna put the backing on and get that into place, which
one, which unit is this Sean? This is a unit 'A' So its going in this
corner we're going by sizes so we're going for the next biggest one and then
there'll be one there, and then there'll be one here, so this unit needs a socket
cut out, that socket in the corner this one's getting blanked off.
carcass number two in, got a side cheek going down the side there's the socket cuts
out we made it bigger at the bottom because at the bottom of those plug sockets you have
got that hard bit so we always drop that hole down about 30mm. It's
all been sanded up ready so this one left to go and now this one will do the
biggest one first and then the next one up okay so in here all units are together now
and Sean is just fixing the units to the bearers, we've had to put a cleat at
the top to join these top units together at the bottom is fine as we just screw
those into the bearers, like I said there's nothing else to fix into a top
so we use cleats.
so once all these are screwed together we'll start measuring out for the
the trims, cheek on that side, cheek on this side, and then doors
So there's drawer runners being screwed to the cheek but that cheek will go on this side
here where the door is going to be. On this side there's no need for cheek because
there's no door been hung so those runners being screwed directly
to the actual division once he's finished that side is gonna screw this
cheek on to the side of the Wardrobe just there and then while he's doing
that I'm gonna be cutting the sides/cheeks.
There's one large cheek here and then there's another one down the side. I have cut
it to width and then scribe around the skirting board it's been scribed it's
relatively parallel. The only change was at the bottom where it went in a little
bit and at the top by two mm, but at the bottom I just need to do a little
skirting detail right at the bottom here, cut out the skirting and then it's ready
so having the arriss's taking off so the siliconing is nice and crisp,
and then we'll get it in place.
Right so all the trims are right now so look
you can see a side cheek on this side, top trim in, top trim up the top
there, side cheek
bottom trim, the bottom trim, got the pull out shelves in so the drawer runners on the
left-hand side and then on the right-hand side there was a drawer cheek to
pack out the shelves, so they miss the door, and then we've got our corner piece
here as well, for the corner door to work so we put an 18 mm strip on the side,
and then a 25 mm piece on the front, and that is what our door is ultimately
going so now to hang on.
Alright, so now to hang all the doors now.
they've all been hinged then we're just gonna hang them the same process as we
always do, on a packer at the bottom, to the underside of the carcass, and then
the three mm packer up against the carcass face, (Bloody light) and
we're gonna do that for the remaining two and then all we need to do is put
some push catches on, polish up, silicone, job done.
All the doors are on now
push catches have just been fitted, just going around and putting some silicone
in the joints at the top.
And that is what you call a wrap!!