Services Provided
The service provider was not hired.
Experience and Good Comments
Tools I used:
- Table Saw
- Miter Saw
- Random Orbit Sander
- Nail gun
- Cloth Iron (for putting on edge banding)
- Drill and impact driver
- Pocket hole jig
- Ladder
- Knife, hammer, screw driver, ruler, tape measure, etc.
- Level
- Stud finder
Materials:
- 13 sheets of birch plywood. 4'x8' $50 each
- 9 sheets of 5mm plywood underlayment. 4'x8' about $12 each
- birch edge banding. $4 each
- Sold bamboo flooring. $350
- 2 x Sherwin Williams Primer. about $50 each with coupon
- 4 x Sherwin Williams Pro classic paint. about $50 each with coupon
- Select Pine boards (for drawers). ~$35 each
- base board and crown molding. price varies depends on the style
- nails, screws, Spackle, caulk, etc. ~$100
- 5 x brushed nickle heavy duty closet rod. $30 each
- closet rod sockets. $6 each
- soft close drawer slide. ~about $14 each
- Chandelier. cost varies
Major steps:
1) Buy materials. Homedepot has truck rental @ $19 for the first 75 minutes
2) It helps to draw your design so you know the dimensions, but do not trust these numbers religiously because the walls in the closet are not 100% straight.
3) Tear down the existing walk in closet. Because the closets are going to be built-in, removal of the carpet is recommended even if you eventually want carpet instead of floor. The idea is to cut-to-fit carpet/floor after everything's built, so that in the future if carpet/floor needs to be changed, you don't face the trouble of having heavy closets sitting on top of your carpet.
4) lay the support beams. at first I drew the dimensions on the wall but eventually felt it was a waste of time.
5) Cut wood and install! I used iron-on birch edge banding to cover up the sides of plywood. Note the baseboard are left out intentionally. need to provide room so that you can tuck in a little extra carpet/flooring under the base board.
6) Install crown molding.
7) Fill holes, sand rough surfaces. Mask walls and ceiling. Prime and paint. Prime & paint before carpet/floor installation so you don't need to mask out the bottom.
8) Install carpet/floor.
9) Install baseboard, fill holes, paint baseboard.
10) Make and install drawers
11) Make, paint, install drawer face plate (refer to my drawer face plate DIY post)
12) Install chandelier. celebrate.
Link to progressive steps & more pictures:
https://dingsworkshop.com/walk-in-closet-remodel/
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