The Home Improvements Thread (2)

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SAguy said:
I'm going to be installing my carcasses tomorrow for my cupboards in the braai room and pantry.
The cupboard guys suggested using 6 x 30mm chipboard screws, but 6mm seems a bit thick to me.

Also, should I drill pilot holes for chipboard screws? Or can't I rather use cut-screws instead?
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Are these screws to join the carcasses together?

If that is the case, I would say stick with the chipboard screws, and a pilot hole can't hurt but don't go above 2mm for the pilot hole, you need the screw to compress the chipboard enough to have something to bite onto.
 
ToxicBunny said:
Are these screws to join the carcasses together?

If that is the case, I would say stick with the chipboard screws, and a pilot hole can't hurt but don't go above 2mm for the pilot hole, you need the screw to compress the chipboard enough to have something to bite onto.
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It's for joining carcasses together and fixing drawer fronts and side panels.

Drawer fronts and side panels are mdf, but I don't think I'll drill pilot holes in the back of these - one mistake and I go all the way through and ruin the board.
 
SAguy said:
It's for joining carcasses together and fixing drawer fronts and side panels.

Drawer fronts and side panels are mdf, but I don't think I'll drill pilot holes in the back of these - one mistake and I go all the way through and ruin the board.
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I'd be more for drilling a pilot hole in the mdf than in the chipboard tbh.. but thats just me. Patience and all that you know, and surely your drill has a depth stop on it?
 
ToxicBunny said:
I'd be more for drilling a pilot hole in the mdf than in the chipboard tbh.. but thats just me. Patience and all that you know, and surely your drill has a depth stop on it?
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My drill has a silly plastic depth stop thing on it, but I'll maybe grab a depth step collar at the hardware this weekend.
 
RandomGeek said:
Gate 1: Smokey: 0
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Correction Tree 1: Smokey 0

So I parked next to a tree outside the property (lovely constantia filled with greenery). Went to get something on the passenger side and did not see the low branch... stepped back too quickly and bumped the branch so hard that I fell down to the ground Haha Haha. Got up and back to the gate when the client got the fright of his life.
 
Just about finished installing cupboards in the new braai room.

Still need to fit kickplates and then get quartz top fitted. Space is for a bar fridge. Cost for cupboards was R11 500, just excluding countertop.

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Varktjop said:
If that's what cupboards cost, I'm never doing my kitchen cupboards :crying:
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It doesn't have to cost that much.. my kitchen came in at around 10k, which included a massive 2400*900 corner pantry and two corner cupboards which were bought as ready to assemble flat pack carcasses.. all other cupboards i did myself, which was around 5 or 6 carcasses, bottom and top.. that said, I did get a quote from DIY cupboards for the same, as well, and would have cost 30k..

Those cupboards do have gloss MDF fronts and side, which does add extra cost, I still think it's too much money for just those four cupboards..

At a big stretch, you'd need two sheets to build the carcasses, though I think it's one.. carcass white sheets run around the 600 - 700 Rand mark per sheet..
 
WAslayer said:
11500 for those four cupboards..???!!!!
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This is what I was originally quoted by another place to supply and install - excludes handles and countertop:

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And this is what I paid to have it put together and just myself:
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Sorry, total was R10k, not R11 500.
 
SAguy said:
This is what I was originally quoted by another place to supply and install - excludes handles and countertop:

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And this is what I paid to have it put together and just myself:
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Sorry, total was R10k, not R11 500.
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Jissus.. no dude.. I would have done this at half the cost for you.. you paid the cost of an entire sheet of carcass board for a single drawer carcass..

@Steamy Tom said it best...
 
WAslayer said:
Jissus.. no dude.. I would have done this at half the cost for you.. you paid the cost of an entire sheet of carcass board for a single drawer carcass..

@Steamy Tom said it best...
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They probably add a massive markup though, since the carcasses arrive pre-assembled. If I was more confident in my ability to put together the carcasses then I definitely could have saved even more.
 
SAguy said:
They probably add a massive markup though, since the carcasses arrive pre-assembled. If I was more confident in my ability to put together the carcasses then I definitely could have saved even more.
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Haha obviously if you DIY the whole thing yourself then it will be cheap to do, but at least this way you got drawers fitting properly and it looks good.
 
ElixirCoder said:
Haha obviously if you DIY the whole thing yourself then it will be cheap to do, but at least this way you got drawers fitting properly and it looks good.
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Yeah, I still had to attach all the gloss panels, handles, etc - but it initially took some time to find my groove.
Now that I've done it though I think I'd actually take on building it from scratch.
 
WAslayer said:
It doesn't have to cost that much.. my kitchen came in at around 10k, which included a massive 2400*900 corner pantry and two corner cupboards which were bought as ready to assemble flat pack carcasses.. all other cupboards i did myself, which was around 5 or 6 carcasses, bottom and top.. that said, I did get a quote from DIY cupboards for the same, as well, and would have cost 30k..

Those cupboards do have gloss MDF fronts and side, which does add extra cost, I still think it's too much money for just those four cupboards..

At a big stretch, you'd need two sheets to build the carcasses, though I think it's one.. carcass white sheets run around the 600 - 700 Rand mark per sheet..
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I'm already a fool though as you can see on the pic. I realised that I installed the mdf side panel the wrong way around. It's only gloss on one long side and one short side. I have the short side facing up, where it should be facing down.

That error means I thought they gave me the wrong panels. Glad I asked them to confirm instead of showing my misplaced irritation with them. /facepalm
 
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