Building A Cedar Closet

Baseboard is almost always present as is door trim.

Building a cedar closet.

Material matters cedar closet planks such as these available from home depot cover 15 sq. If the baseboard or floor at the bottom of the wall is sloped you will. Use a stud finder to locate and mark the studs along the walls of the closet. We get our lumber delivery for the pine ceiling and the cedar accent wall in the master closet.

An overhead light is always a good idea for any closet so run the wires or have an electrician do the work. Multiply the sum of the heights by the sum of the. This is one of the biggest benefits of installing cedar closets in your home. Using the adhesive i added boards by fitting the groves onto the tongues of the lower board.

Don t cut corners literally and make sure every part. It s all about wood this week. Before being used in many home building and construction projects cedar was used in ship building and even for instruments. The planks come with tongue and groove assembly which means the sides.

Or starting in a corner. Nail on the. Amy gives it a go and tries her luck at installing the cedar closet. Buy enough cedar planks to cover the square footage of your closet.

Diy basement cedar closet framing. Cedar is too. Use the height measurement of your closet wall minus 4 inches for the base and 2 inches for the top to cut your wall studs. If you are building a new home the work can be significantly reduced.

Standard 2 by 4 framing is used for putting in a closet. Installing cedar closet lining in 6 steps locate the studs. Allow 1 8 to 1 4 space in the corners for. Of wall space for about 30.

Remove baseboard molding. Existing closets have shelf standards in place which must be temporarily taken down. Cut as many wall studs that are necessary to space them every 12 inches along each wall. Build each side wall of the closet on the floor.

Begin at the back wall. Starting at the bottom always level your first course of boards by scribing and then cutting the groove side of the. An existing closet space can be converted to a cedar closet with some effort. Benefits of cedar closets.

Scribe the first board. Measure the height and width of each wall of the closet.