Pinch
Old Oak
Hello chaps, 
It’s been a while since I’ve posted up any work. I’ve been very busy with various natures of work and I will be posting up a quirky little desk sometime soon, but before that, I was approached by an existing client just before Christmas to design, make and install a large bookcase and adjoining folding doors. This job also came with a strict deadline to meet – gulp! Plus... the client recently moved and now lives 97 miles from my workshop!
Below are two photos my client sent to me before I travelled up to see the room for the first time. The wall behind the chap in the photo is where the bookcase is to go, with the opening from dining room-to-living room to be partitioned with folding doors.
There were also some approximate dimensions included and from this, I prepared the drawing work and estimated a price. All was approved and so I travelled up to survey the actual work and confirm the price. I took my 6’ spirit level with me to check the levels & plumbs, only to find the ceiling over the length of the 3.7M bookcase was roughly 40mm out of level and the floor was 50mm out of level in the opposite direction to the ceiling. The walls were reasonably plumb although slightly concaved. The existing door opening wasn’t too bad, with a new door lining to be made in place of the existing framework. After the survey, I bumped the price up a bit and prepared a firm quote.
I had to fully focus and totally commit myself to this project with the scheduled timescale, so after taking delivery of all the materials/ironmongery etc, I started the work on 16th January. Including the making, applying the finish and site installation, the work was completed in 24 days with only 3 days break and within the deadline.
Here is the drawing work - all pretty much self-explanatory.
IN THE WORKSHOP
Now on with the making... I didn’t take too many ‘WIP shots’, but a straight forward construction. The flush doors for the bookcase were quite involved and I bought in the folding doors as four single standard four panelled Victorian doors.
First up, I made the bulk of the new door lining and set this up in the workshop to hang all four doors. As I had measurements/tolerances to work to and the doors were standard sizes, I removed about 12mm from each door side in order to hang them into the lining. I also made up a surface moulding to cover the door joints on the dining room side, which was to reduce potential noise travel and visuals from room-to-room - and they look very smart.
Here you can see the doors fitted with all ironmongery also fitted.
The idea is to have a single door which can be used daily like any other single door for quick access from the living room to the kitchen or visa-versa.
Then disassembled with all ironmongery removed ready for the finishing schedule.
Here is the architrave profiled to a large ‘scotia’ detail – 70mm down the sides and 95mm over the heads.
On with the large bookcase...
I made the floor cabinets as two separate units each measuring 1.8M in length, plus the scribe cheeks to allow for the tolerances.
The bookcases are four separate pieces each measuring 900mm, plus the scribe cheeks to the outer cases. Here is the far right hand case – all with inlaid adjustable shelf strips. The longer pieces of timber in the photo below are the cabinet’s top surface, pelmet and plinth. I’ve also profiled the pelmet and plinth to match the door’s architrave.
Below was a trial run to see how the bookcase sits on the floor cabinet – all was great.
The next series of photos show everything all finished and ready for site delivery, including tools. As I don’t own a van anymore, I hired a van for the day to deliver everything and I had to hire an XLWB so the long pieces would fit - they only just did!
All the tools for the installation are ready to go...
NOW ON SITE
BEFORE -
AFTER - finished and fully installed.
This junction was the datum point for the whole project and it worked an absolute treat.
This was quite a project to work with the timescale, tolerances, sheer size & travelling. I am very pleased with the final results - client's are elated! They have another project for me.
Thanks for reading and I welcome any questions or comments.
Cheers.
It’s been a while since I’ve posted up any work. I’ve been very busy with various natures of work and I will be posting up a quirky little desk sometime soon, but before that, I was approached by an existing client just before Christmas to design, make and install a large bookcase and adjoining folding doors. This job also came with a strict deadline to meet – gulp! Plus... the client recently moved and now lives 97 miles from my workshop!
Below are two photos my client sent to me before I travelled up to see the room for the first time. The wall behind the chap in the photo is where the bookcase is to go, with the opening from dining room-to-living room to be partitioned with folding doors.
There were also some approximate dimensions included and from this, I prepared the drawing work and estimated a price. All was approved and so I travelled up to survey the actual work and confirm the price. I took my 6’ spirit level with me to check the levels & plumbs, only to find the ceiling over the length of the 3.7M bookcase was roughly 40mm out of level and the floor was 50mm out of level in the opposite direction to the ceiling. The walls were reasonably plumb although slightly concaved. The existing door opening wasn’t too bad, with a new door lining to be made in place of the existing framework. After the survey, I bumped the price up a bit and prepared a firm quote.
I had to fully focus and totally commit myself to this project with the scheduled timescale, so after taking delivery of all the materials/ironmongery etc, I started the work on 16th January. Including the making, applying the finish and site installation, the work was completed in 24 days with only 3 days break and within the deadline.
Here is the drawing work - all pretty much self-explanatory.
IN THE WORKSHOP
Now on with the making... I didn’t take too many ‘WIP shots’, but a straight forward construction. The flush doors for the bookcase were quite involved and I bought in the folding doors as four single standard four panelled Victorian doors.
First up, I made the bulk of the new door lining and set this up in the workshop to hang all four doors. As I had measurements/tolerances to work to and the doors were standard sizes, I removed about 12mm from each door side in order to hang them into the lining. I also made up a surface moulding to cover the door joints on the dining room side, which was to reduce potential noise travel and visuals from room-to-room - and they look very smart.
Here you can see the doors fitted with all ironmongery also fitted.
The idea is to have a single door which can be used daily like any other single door for quick access from the living room to the kitchen or visa-versa.
Then disassembled with all ironmongery removed ready for the finishing schedule.
Here is the architrave profiled to a large ‘scotia’ detail – 70mm down the sides and 95mm over the heads.
On with the large bookcase...
I made the floor cabinets as two separate units each measuring 1.8M in length, plus the scribe cheeks to allow for the tolerances.
The bookcases are four separate pieces each measuring 900mm, plus the scribe cheeks to the outer cases. Here is the far right hand case – all with inlaid adjustable shelf strips. The longer pieces of timber in the photo below are the cabinet’s top surface, pelmet and plinth. I’ve also profiled the pelmet and plinth to match the door’s architrave.
Below was a trial run to see how the bookcase sits on the floor cabinet – all was great.
The next series of photos show everything all finished and ready for site delivery, including tools. As I don’t own a van anymore, I hired a van for the day to deliver everything and I had to hire an XLWB so the long pieces would fit - they only just did!
All the tools for the installation are ready to go...
NOW ON SITE
BEFORE -
AFTER - finished and fully installed.
This junction was the datum point for the whole project and it worked an absolute treat.
This was quite a project to work with the timescale, tolerances, sheer size & travelling. I am very pleased with the final results - client's are elated! They have another project for me.
Thanks for reading and I welcome any questions or comments.
Cheers.
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