I measured for built-in shelves and discovered the wall is about 18 mm out from one end to the other. The corner is not square either.
New plan: build the cabinets square and slightly undersized, then use scribe strips/fillers against the walls. Old houses apparently do not believe in geometry.
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Old houses and geometry have a complicated relationship. Square cabinet, adjustable feet if the floor is also doing its own thing, then scri...
Old houses and geometry have a complicated relationship.
Square cabinet, adjustable feet if the floor is also doing its own thing, then scribe the visible edges. That is one of those jobs where the last 10 mm takes more time than the first 500.
I’d add: check the wall in a few spots, not just the ends. Sometimes the big number at the corner is less important than a belly in the middle that steals your gap.
If the fillers are wide enough, you can hide a surprising amount without the whole thing looking patched.
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Undersized is the way. I’d rather trim a scribe strip twice than build a cabinet that only fits one exact spot in the room. I did a run of b...
Undersized is the way. I’d rather trim a scribe strip twice than build a cabinet that only fits one exact spot in the room.
I did a run of built-ins in my shop room and the wall bowed just enough to matter at the top, not the bottom. Annoying, but fixable.
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That sounds like the right move. Build the carcass square and let the wall be weird; old plaster is rarely an honest rectangle anyway. I’ve...
That sounds like the right move. Build the carcass square and let the wall be weird; old plaster is rarely an honest rectangle anyway.
I’ve had better luck scribing the fillers after the box is in place than trying to make the whole unit follow a crooked corner.
Yep. If you try to chase the wall with the cabinet, every shelf and door gets to inherit the same problem.
I usually leave a little extra on the filler so I can sneak up on the fit with a plane instead of committing early.