SWMBO has decided that a little alcove in our cloakroom is soon to be an ex-alcove
Depth 140mm height 2100mm width 1030 mm
any other suggestions ( ive tried suggesting its a really nice alcove as it is ......)
If I were doing it, I'd use 3" x 2" (75 x 50) unplaned timber with the 3" dimension going into the alcove. I would fix one piece to the floor and another to the ceiling, and use 3 uprights - one either side and one in the middle. I would use 2 horizontal noggins in each section. Screw the outer frame members to the brickwork, floor and ceiling (screwing into joists if possible) and nail the other members in place - no fancy joints needed. I would cover the whole thing with a single piece of plasterboard, cut from an
8' x 4' sheet.Having said all that, I would probably give at least *some* thought to the question of whether I could use the space for anything useful, rather than just blanking it off. For instance, you could put a door in it and make a cuboard - albeit a shallow one. Depends whether you have a need for this sort of storage space for items such as ironing boards, etc.
Or consider putting in a concealed opening, say behind a picture, for storage of valuables
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Surely, unless you live in a very large house, there's ALWAYS a need for storage space, of any size. Send it up here!
Mary
At 140mm deep I know its hardly useful. So fill in the alcove as you are planning, but I would create a nook type space. Perhaps, an arch shape space that starts at dado rail height and rises 2/2.5 feet into the apex of an arch shape. The base would be
25mm thick timber with a 25mm lip, or even better a lip that is 40mm deep and is curved to reduce to 12mm at the sides (bow shape). The nook would be about 700/800mm wide at the base.Sorry to mix english with metric measurements.
Arthur
That's just crying out for shelves! You won't even have to trim the timber - off the peg 6x1" will fit perfectly.
That's what I thought, after wondering why the hell he was bothered about it in the first place in a bloody cloak room for goodness sake!
Yark! Didn't notice the mention of the cloakroom.
Look when a SWMBO says she wants something, even if it is silly beyond belief, its not something that gets argued about, its something that has to be done.
Thats what my SWMBO says anyway. :-)
I'm wondering about this after being at a son's new-to-him house this afternoon (in the capacity of chief sweeper-upper-of-mess-the-Real-Workers leave).
There's an 'alcove' in the outside wall of the could-be-cloakroom of about these dimensions.
It's obvious to me - being of my vintage - that it's a blocked up hole which once was for loading coal into what used to be a coal 'hole' from the drive.
Is that what the OP's alcove is perhaps?
Mary
: > > That's just crying out for shelves! You won't even have to trim the : > > timber - off the peg 6x1" will fit perfectly. : >
: > That's what I thought, after wondering why the hell he was bothered : > about it in the first place in a bloody cloak room for goodness sake! : >
: Look when a SWMBO says she wants something, even if it is silly beyond : belief, its not something that gets argued about, its something that has to : be done. : : Thats what my SWMBO says anyway. :-) : -- : Big Al : :
Mine's the same, I might wear the trousers but 'she' tells me which pair ;-)
And nobody wears cloaks these days anyway.
Arthur
That's probably because you can't decide for yourself ...
Mary
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