Quarter round MDF?

Pipe boxing, mdf or plywood.

Pre primed MDF window board from Wickes. About 200mm wide, so one quick rip down the middle gives you both pieces. Cheap as chips.

Owain wibbled on Saturday 10 July 2010 14:10

Wow. The 2nd link in particular looks nice. I could see some of the 5mm ply being a strong possibility - nice smooth curve and dimensions that I think I'm after...

Although I was going to leave some pipe drops to rads on show, I'm tempted by this stuff - it looks pretty nice. Thanks!

Tim

The Medway Handyman wibbled on Saturday 10 July 2010 16:08

Hi,

I don't think that'll work. I'm after something with an upturned lip rather than just a rounded end.

Cheers anyway,

Tim

So, you want 'pouting' wood then?

:-)

I used upside down skirting (nice proper wood) glued to a spacer for my window lights, but I had them shining down not up.

Spamlet wibbled on Saturday 10 July 2010 22:34

Having looked at the prices of the pipe boxing, and the corner radius, it might well be better to try to fashion something out of bull nose skirting with another bit glued on.

I was very pleased the way mine turned out across a window bay with a couple of 15w strips behind looks v good. Only shame is I haven't been well enough to finish the decorating to go with it and it's bound to be spoiled if SWMBO gets someone in to finish it...

Why not make the boxing out of MDF and use a router to make the edge round?

Matty F wibbled on Sunday 11 July 2010 10:41

No router...

But having looked at Wickes, a bit of bullnose MDF architrave and a bit of bullnose MDF skirting should give me the required dimensions with no cutting (except length).

I reckon I will make up a number of troughs (the hardest bit getting good alighnment of the 2 pieces to make the join invisible).

Then I'll treat it like coving and run it all round with mitred joints after I've calculated the best height to give a good ceiling wash without the tubes being visible.

I've come to the conclusion that

a) I can't afford dimmers (that get's expensive fast)

b) I'll standardise on 2' T8 tubes. There are 3 short sections that would benefit from 2' tubes. 3 x 2' tubes for the 8' wall and 4 tubes for the 10' wall.

There are Philips HF gear units that drive 3-4 2' T8s at no more expense than the same type of unit for 2 x 4' tubes. Then I'll only need one type of tube in the spares box and it will be nice and short for easy storage.

I'll just have to take a chance on the brightness, but as its sole function is to add "daylight mode" to the room, with a GU10x4 spot for the main lighting, I think it will be fine.

Cheers

Tim

But you neeeeeeed a router Tim!

But does MDF route nicely? The surfaces is hard and smooth but the core tends to be a bit soft and fibrous.

I will have to hide my shed:-

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Dave Liquorice wibbled on Sunday 11 July 2010 13:32

Yes, I do need a router, but ideally I'd like to do with with minimum effort, just gluing, cut the ends (mitre) to go round the room[1] and hang on upside down shelf brackets (between lamps) and a batten along the back edge.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Tim Watts saying something like:

Sorry, fresh out of choirboys.

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Grimly Curmudgeon wibbled on Sunday 11 July 2010 21:14

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