The wardrobe is characterized by compactness and ease of use. Such a design will be perfectly located anywhere. It makes it possible to effectively save space, which is especially important for the city apartment.
An example of a sketch and measurement of a wardrobe.
To assemble the wardrobe with your own hands, you need to follow these steps:
- Preparatory work, during which the sizes of the future design are calculated according to the location.
- Drawing up a project of a future design.
- Drawing up a special drawing, on the basis of which the construction assembly will be made.
- Selection of accessories required during assembly.
- Calculation of materials, their preparation, cut into elements corresponding to the drawing.
- Installation of the design is made according to the assembly drawing composed.
- Installing sliding doors of the cabinet.
Sketch planning and drafting
Planning is a responsible stage. The place is determined to install the object of furniture, space measurements are performed. The features are taken into account. For example, when installing in a niche, it is necessary to remember that in the width on each side it is necessary to take dimensions less than 5-10 cm.
For example, a wardrobe is needed to the middle of the wall with dimensions:
Circuit wardrobe door assembly.
- Height - 2500 mm;
- width - 1600 mm;
- Useful depth - 500 mm with a total depth of 600 mm.
From the floor to the ceiling, the total height will be 2600 mm, and from the wall to the door opening - 1650 mm. The project of the cabinet and the assembly drawing can be compiled using a special program (if experience with them). You can use already ready-made numerous schemes or order them on furniture factories specializing in the manufacture of furniture to order. This stage is important, since without such a scheme to collect the case will be difficult. The most often used ready schemes, you can resize in them. An exemplary drawing is given.
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The accessories will need as follows:
- trousers that can be deaf or retractable;
- Pantograph for clothes;
- shoes;
- a rod for the shoulders;
- Special retractable hangers;
- handles for drawers;
- guides;
- Special retractable grids, baskets;
- Holders for ties, belts;
- Holders for a vacuum cleaner, iron;
- holders for shelves;
- Furniture legs (adjustable);
- Closers.
Design calculation
To make a coupe with your own hands, it is necessary to carry out preliminary calculations, allowing to cut the materials of the desired size. It is more convenient to use the ready-made scheme that adapts under the terms of manufacture for a particular place..
Example of calculation:
Types of profiles for the cabinet coupe.
- Specifying all design elements with dimensions, stamps about the material and color. This will allow you to build quickly and efficiently.
- Specifying gaps, indents that will be respected when assembling. These are the gaps for the edge, the depth of the shelves, the installation of the facades of the boxes, laying the cabinet backdock, the height of the base unit.
- Accessories for the case, to which guides include, fasteners, holders for shelves and so on.
- Card cutting is one of the most important parts, without which it is difficult to make a wardrobe with their own hands. Parts will be used for this scheme:
- Side wall at 2600x600 mm;
- Side wall at 2100x500 mm, 4 walls at 500x500 mm;
- Details for shelves and drawers (2 pcs. 190x490 mm, 4 pcs. at 446x150 mm, 4 pcs. at 450x150 mm).
All items must be noted by numbers, after cutting the boards, it is also noted that the assembly is carried out quickly.
Build construction
To build a wardrobe, you need to prepare such elements with your own hands:
Elements of typical cabinet coupe.
Fasteners for the cabinet:
- Confirmates for 6.4x50 - 100 pcs.;
- Caps for confirmates - 50 pcs.;
- Plastic corners - 20 pcs.;
- Universal screws: 3.5x30 - 50 pcs., 3x16 - 100 pcs.;
- Toler nails 1.2x25 - 1000 pcs.
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The sliding system is ordered separately according to the drawing data.
Accessories for assembly:
- Glass shelves 500x200 - 4 pcs.;
- oval pipes 2x750, 1.5 bums;
- Flanges for the rod - 4 pcs.;
- Guides telescopic elements by 450 mm - 4 pcs.;
- mortise knobs 128 mm - 4 pcs.;
- Strikers for glass shelves - 12 pcs.;
- Adjustable legs - 6 pcs.
The wardrobe is assembled in the coupe in this way:
- First, the base is collected with special adjustable legs. The bottom turns over with an invalid up, the distillers are attached to it around the perimeter and all 6 legs inside them.
- For the bottom of the base, it is necessary to additionally strengthen with plastic special corners or confirmates, screws are used for the legs.
- Next, the side walls of the structure are attached, the central partition, the cabinet cover is installed on top. The assembly is best done not in a standing position, but lying on the front of the future cabinet. Pre-on the surface of the parts according to the composed scheme, the markup is made under fasteners, holes (through and non-cured) are drilled.
- After that, the rear wall is nailed. It must be checked so that all the angles are straightforward, the design did not flip. The cabinet rises to its original position, you can start installing shelves, rods for clothes.
- For drawers are installed guides, the boxes themselves are collected, installed in place.
At this, the main stage of assembly is complete, it remains only to check the stability of the received housing, the reliability of all fixings. When the installation is over, it is necessary to start hanging the sliding doors.
Installation of sliding doors
The manufacture of the cabinet coupe ends with the installation of the doors. The size of the opening, which is left for the doors, is 2318 mm in height and 1320 mm wide. If small discrepancies are observed for a couple of millimeters with a drawing, then there is nothing terrible.
The closing system is ordered based on the design dimensions. This can be done in any furniture cabin engaged in the manufacture of cabinets to order. It will not only save time, but also funds, as you can get ready-made doors that you just need to install. There is a similar order and in the case when the houses simply lacks the place for such large-scale work, and the doors for the coupe require a sufficient much free space. As a result, open-type sliding doors with a mirror.
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Work begins with the installation of the guides on the upper and lower part, their dimensions for this case are 1318 mm. The first is the guide for the upper part, it is attached with self-draws. After that, you need to make a lower guide tape. During operation, attention should be paid to the fact that an indent is required from the edge. What should he be? You need to try on the door and guides, put the mark in such a way that the door does not protrude out, walked freely.
The doors are installed first in the upper guide, then to the bottom.
For this, it is usually required 2 people, as the weight of one door is decent.
For corridors, bedrooms, living rooms are perfectly suitable for compact and very attractive designs of the wardrobe coupe, they are not so difficult to do them with their own hands. Previously need to carefully calculate, prepare materials for work. After that, a special assembly circuit is drawn up, on which the design is installed. Doors for cabinets are usually ordered separately according to the amount provided. This saves time and means.