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| Lots of extra room now |
Sunday, June 5, 2016
Closet Renovation XI - Finishing Work
Just about everything is complete. Now it is time for some details.
Have to prep and mount the door.
Have to paint, cut, and install the floor trim.
Have to paint, cut, and install the trim around the door.
Have to prep and mount the door.
Have to paint, cut, and install the floor trim.
Have to paint, cut, and install the trim around the door.
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| Installed trim |
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| Trim for the door and a painted door with pocket door handle. |
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| Put finishing trim on the front edges of the shelving. |
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| Finished trim on the front of the shelving installed |
Closet Renovation X - Shelving
What is a custom closet without custom built shelving? I've hung horizontal shelving on walls before using brackets or cleats, but I've never hung vertical boards to a wall before. I took some tips from a shelving book we had and figured out how to hang the vertical pieces using the cleats.
Now that I had a plan, we bought more of that expensive plywood to make the shelving and cut it to size based on the type of shelving we wanted. I also had to pre-drill holes in the vertical shelving in case we wanted to adjust the shelves.
Now that I had a plan, we bought more of that expensive plywood to make the shelving and cut it to size based on the type of shelving we wanted. I also had to pre-drill holes in the vertical shelving in case we wanted to adjust the shelves.
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| The bottom of the board was angled so we could fit shoes, etc. at the bottom and still see them. Notice the foot on the bottom of the board for stability. |
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| Bought a new Jegs jig and went overboard with the holes. We didn't need that many holes. |
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| First measure and install cleats at the top and bottom; notice that the nice new flooring is protected with cardboard |
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| Install the vertical shelving to the cleats, mount a new cleat up against it, and so on. |
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| The board against the wall can be mounted to the wall |
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| Painting the shelving and the cleats first is recommended |
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| Lots of measuring, custom cuts, and re-cutting. Can you find the level in the photo? |
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| I installed metal mounting brackets where no one could see them but that was overkill (just in case) |
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| Leveling the top shelving was a little tricky |
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| Also added top and middle cross bars for hangers |
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| The final touch was a mounted bookcase |
Closet Renovation IX - Custom Flooring
Now it is time for the flooring. We decided to go with hardwood flooring. I also did not take a lot of pictures of this.
The closet floor is about 8' x 7' so its just shy of two sheets of plywood. I put foam underlayment on the bare concrete because I had some left over from when I tiled the shed - I put plastic flooring tiles over the plywood floor that came with the manufactured shed and had some left over foam underlayment. OK, so next I put down two sheets of the cheapest plywood I could buy as underlayment. I screwed the plywood underlayment into the concrete. The first six screws went in easy. Then the last few took twice as long, of course. I kept breaking drill bits and ripping the heads off concrete screws. I don't know why the first went in easy and the last took so long (Hint: Murphy's Law).
Most of the tips for making this closet came from various places on the internet. Here was the first time we just got screwed from following the wrong advice. That advice: Who cares about the quality of the wood, just sand it enough and it will come out fine.
How does this look? Cheap plywood, custom cut, machine sanded, hand sanded, stained, and clear coated.
The closet floor is about 8' x 7' so its just shy of two sheets of plywood. I put foam underlayment on the bare concrete because I had some left over from when I tiled the shed - I put plastic flooring tiles over the plywood floor that came with the manufactured shed and had some left over foam underlayment. OK, so next I put down two sheets of the cheapest plywood I could buy as underlayment. I screwed the plywood underlayment into the concrete. The first six screws went in easy. Then the last few took twice as long, of course. I kept breaking drill bits and ripping the heads off concrete screws. I don't know why the first went in easy and the last took so long (Hint: Murphy's Law).
Most of the tips for making this closet came from various places on the internet. Here was the first time we just got screwed from following the wrong advice. That advice: Who cares about the quality of the wood, just sand it enough and it will come out fine.
How does this look? Cheap plywood, custom cut, machine sanded, hand sanded, stained, and clear coated.
Well the color was wrong, the cheap boards warped, and there were gashes in the boards where huge knots were...Days of labor and money in the trash.
Time to start over making the custom flooring except this time we used a quality hardwood plywood at about $45 a sheet and used a nice color wood stain, clear coat, and wax seal.
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| Drying between coats of stain |
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| It's hot in Florida, even at night, even in November |
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| Can you tell that I added beveled edges with the sander? |
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| Nice, they are all flat. No knots, or warping |
So this was the staining. I spent another day on the clear coat and seal. Oh yeah, I also painted the plywood underlayment brown in an attempt to hide gaps in the wood.
The boards were cut and test fit individually to their exact location. They were installed using brad nails from a nail gun hooked up to an air compressor. Gaps between the boards were filled in using a tinted wood filler (that was a painstaking process).
Sorry but no photos of the finished product. Jump ahead to the last renovation post for a peek at the new floor.
Closet Renovation VIII - Drywall and Painting
So now that the tile is gone, the next step is to lay the floor, right? No.
It's time to hang drywall and then paint so that the floor does not get ruined during construction.
Here are the pictures of the drywall. No secrets to hanging drywall, just use lots of mud for a job like this.
It's time to hang drywall and then paint so that the floor does not get ruined during construction.
Here are the pictures of the drywall. No secrets to hanging drywall, just use lots of mud for a job like this.
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| Hang the big sheets |
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| Cut holes for the light switch and outlet |
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| Don't forget this side |
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| Add more mud and tape to fill the gaps |
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| Had to cut some more of the tile to fit the drywall. That made a mess of course - dust everywhere just to remove another 1/4 inch of tile. |
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| See exposed framing |
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| Cut custom strips to cover all of the framing |
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| Mix the mud on the kitchen counter? Why not? |
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| Liked the tray more than the trough |
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| Tape and mud |
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| Don't forget to sand |
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| Cover all of the screws |
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| Time to paint |
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| That was fast |
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| Looks good!! |
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