Chopping up a wardrobe

[Steven Campbell]

I'm looking to bastardize a wardrobe so it can fit in the loft under the sloping roof. Depending on where I'm putting it, I'll either have to chop the corner off or chop the back. Anyone done anything similar and offer any advice?

Steven.

[The Medway Handyman]

I once had to cut down 6 brand new IKEA double wardrobes for a lady - her husband had measured the ceiling height incorrectly :-(

Took about 4" off the height.

Is it flatpack or pre assembled?

Picky of proposed location?

[RW]

Chainsaw

[The Medway Handyman]

Angle Grinder :-)

[Mogga]

Lay it on it's side?

[meow2222]

circular saw, electric plane. Not jigsaw.

NT

[Frank Erskine]

Fein MultiMaster

[Steven Campbell]

I've not bought it yet but will probably be from IKEA as my daughter has furnished the room with everything else from there!!

is the loft. It would either be to the right of the banister facing the camera so would need the corner chopped. Or just before the door on the right so would have to chop the back.

There isn't that much room to play with. The vertical walls start sloping at

1.2m

Steven.

[Pete Verdon]

I chopped the top off a wardrobe-like thing (part of a huge horrible built-in furniture item left behind by the previous owners) in order to use it in my shed. Circular saw straight through it in-situ worked fine, but then again I wasn't looking for anything especially neat - is this for an inhabited loft?

Pete

[Stuart Noble]

Usually no problem if you ditch the KD fittings and replace them with screws

[Steven Campbell]

Yes is it will be a bedroom for a teenager so needs to be presentable.

Steven.

[Martin Bonner]

Bedroom? Teenager? Presentable? That's an odd combination of words! (I know, Dad's slightly rough DIY is on a par with placing him/her in Guantanamo. His/her dirty ?socks?, and last weeks' supper plate are irrelevancies).

On a more serious note, the problem you will have, is that the whole thing is structural. You will need to fit some bracing otherwise the whole thing will shake like a jelly (or just fall apart). You will also need something to cover the bare chipboard where you make the cut.

[The Medway Handyman]

How about 'to the right of the banister facing the camera' & trim the bottom off to lower the height, leaving the corner as is. That would be easier & leave it structurally sound. If you cut the corner off, the doors gonna ba a problem I reckon.