Hi, I have been approached by a friend to build a fitted wardrobe for his semi disabled friend and her disabled husband, after the person they hired made an absolute mess of things and ripped them off.
The guy charged them a fortune, and did a job that even cowboys would be ashamed of, to give you some idea of the shoddiness, and cluelessness of his work, if i tell you the guy used 6inch nails to attach 1x1 timbers to the wall, and used 15mm chipboard for the shelves, but instead of using 90 degree brackets to attach the shelves, he just screwed them in place, with the obvious result of splitting and weakening the chipboard, making the whole thing unsafe. Also some of it has had to be taken down as it was about to fall on them in their bed..
Basically I have been asked to (for obvious safety reasond) remove everything this guy did, and build them a new one.
However, all my carpentry experience has been in antique furniture restoration - which means I am trained to make precise, tight fitting joints etc, but as restoration of furniture is basically repair work on smaller items, this will be my first ever "construction" project.
So I would appreciate some help from those of you with the experience in building fitted bedroom furniture, as this lady has been ripped off once, and I would like to do a good, solid job for her.
They already know what they want, and I am looking for advice on how to design and put it together whilst keeping costs to an absolute minimum, as this poor lady will be paying for the materials out of her disability money, and I will be doing all of this work for free.
They kind of thing they want is wardrobes either side of their bed, which will be quite narrow (about 2ft in width), with storage running between the two wardrobes above their bed, with doors on both wardrobe and the storage above the bed.
If anyone could help me out with this I would be extremely grateful.
Thankyou
The guy charged them a fortune, and did a job that even cowboys would be ashamed of, to give you some idea of the shoddiness, and cluelessness of his work, if i tell you the guy used 6inch nails to attach 1x1 timbers to the wall, and used 15mm chipboard for the shelves, but instead of using 90 degree brackets to attach the shelves, he just screwed them in place, with the obvious result of splitting and weakening the chipboard, making the whole thing unsafe. Also some of it has had to be taken down as it was about to fall on them in their bed..
Basically I have been asked to (for obvious safety reasond) remove everything this guy did, and build them a new one.
However, all my carpentry experience has been in antique furniture restoration - which means I am trained to make precise, tight fitting joints etc, but as restoration of furniture is basically repair work on smaller items, this will be my first ever "construction" project.
So I would appreciate some help from those of you with the experience in building fitted bedroom furniture, as this lady has been ripped off once, and I would like to do a good, solid job for her.
They already know what they want, and I am looking for advice on how to design and put it together whilst keeping costs to an absolute minimum, as this poor lady will be paying for the materials out of her disability money, and I will be doing all of this work for free.
They kind of thing they want is wardrobes either side of their bed, which will be quite narrow (about 2ft in width), with storage running between the two wardrobes above their bed, with doors on both wardrobe and the storage above the bed.
If anyone could help me out with this I would be extremely grateful.
Thankyou