[Arthur2]

Hi all.
What s the best materal for wardrobe doors?
i.e. ply, chpboard, blockboard, mdf etc?
And also what thickness?
The doors will be about 1.8m high and 55cm wde.

Thanks.

Arthur

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Hi all.
What s the best materal for wardrobe doors?
i.e. ply, chpboard, blockboard, mdf etc?
And also what thickness?
The doors will be about 1.8m high and 55cm wde.

Sliding or hinged?
Painted or some other finish?

[Arthur2]

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"Arthur2" wrote in message
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Hi all.
What s the best materal for wardrobe doors?
i.e. ply, chpboard, blockboard, mdf etc?
And also what thickness?
The doors will be about 1.8m high and 55cm wde.

Sliding or hinged?
Painted or some other finish?


Sliding doors. And am undecided about finish.
I only know that I will fix a 1" oak border around them.

Arthur

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On 30 Jul, 23:40, "Arthur2" wrote:

Hi all.
What s the best materal for wardrobe doors?
i.e. ply, chpboard, blockboard, mdf etc?
And also what thickness?
The doors will be about 1.8m high and 55cm wde.

Thanks.

Arthur

depends on your app really. If you want white wipe clean, melamine. If
you want a wood finish, either pineboard, blockboard or ply. If you
want indestructability, ply. If you want curved doors, wigglewood on a
wood frame.


NT

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On 30 Jul, 23:40, "Arthur2" wrote:

Hi all.
What s the best materal for wardrobe doors?
i.e. ply, chpboard, blockboard, mdf etc?
And also what thickness?
The doors will be about 1.8m high and 55cm wde.

Thanks.

Arthur

depends on your app really. If you want white wipe clean, melamine. If
you want a wood finish, either pineboard, blockboard or ply. If you
want indestructability, ply. If you want curved doors, wigglewood on a
wood frame.


NT


Rather than using just sheet material for the whole door you can also create
wooden frames with panels of thin material set in

This would allow the use of say 8mm melamine faced board or say 6mm ply or
even veneered MDF

Also reduces the weight of the door and makes the top fixing for the sliding
door track in solid wood rather than the edge of the sheet

Tony

[dennis@home]

"Arthur2" wrote in message
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"Arthur2" wrote in message
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Hi all.
What s the best materal for wardrobe doors?
i.e. ply, chpboard, blockboard, mdf etc?
And also what thickness?
The doors will be about 1.8m high and 55cm wde.

Sliding or hinged?
Painted or some other finish?


Sliding doors. And am undecided about finish.
I only know that I will fix a 1" oak border around them.

I would think 9 mm mdf would be OK.
Mine are 6 mm but are a bit floppy.

[Arthur2]

"Arthur2" wrote in message
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Hi all.
What s the best materal for wardrobe doors?
i.e. ply, chpboard, blockboard, mdf etc?
And also what thickness?
The doors will be about 1.8m high and 55cm wde.

Thanks.

Arthur



All good stuff. Thanks.

[Arthur 51]

On 31 Jul, 14:24, "TMC" wrote:
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On 30 Jul, 23:40, "Arthur2" wrote:

Hi all.
What s the best materal for wardrobe doors?
i.e. ply, chpboard, blockboard, mdf etc?
And also what thickness?
The doors will be about 1.8m high and 55cm wde.

Thanks.

Arthur

depends on your app really. If you want white wipe clean, melamine. If
you want a wood finish, either pineboard, blockboard or ply. If you
want indestructability, ply. If you want curved doors, wigglewood on a
wood frame.

NT

Rather than using just sheet material for the whole door you can also create
wooden frames with panels of thin material set in

This would allow the use of say 8mm melamine faced board or say 6mm ply or
even veneered MDF

Also reduces the weight of the door and makes the top fixing for the sliding
door track in solid wood rather than the edge of the sheet

Tony

I like the idea of using a melamine laminate and having the laminate
side on the inner surface of the door. That will simplify things a
lot.
Then on the plain side I could use a quality laminate or I was also
thinking of the leatherette fabrics..

Arthur