Hello
We have recently moved into a new apartment and immediately saw an opportunity to demolish an old wall closet. This is to tailor a new closet with sliding doors to better utilize the ceiling height. We've contacted a company to arrange this, but before they start, the walls and ceiling need to be in order.
After a weekend of enjoyable demolition work, we are now without a wall but have quite a bit of renovation work on the wall and ceiling, which sustained some damage. Since my experience with renovation work is extremely limited, I am grateful for any advice that can be offered
1) Is regular coarse filler sufficient to fill in the gaps in the walls and ceiling? (the chicken wire will be cut away)
2) How should the left part of the opening be arranged (see image)
3) Floor. Fill the gaps with boards to attach the tracks for the sliding doors. Should I lay any additional flooring? Difficulties?
Thankful for answers
Best regards, Calle
We have recently moved into a new apartment and immediately saw an opportunity to demolish an old wall closet. This is to tailor a new closet with sliding doors to better utilize the ceiling height. We've contacted a company to arrange this, but before they start, the walls and ceiling need to be in order.
After a weekend of enjoyable demolition work, we are now without a wall but have quite a bit of renovation work on the wall and ceiling, which sustained some damage. Since my experience with renovation work is extremely limited, I am grateful for any advice that can be offered
1) Is regular coarse filler sufficient to fill in the gaps in the walls and ceiling? (the chicken wire will be cut away)
2) How should the left part of the opening be arranged (see image)
3) Floor. Fill the gaps with boards to attach the tracks for the sliding doors. Should I lay any additional flooring? Difficulties?
Thankful for answers
Best regards, Calle
I don't know much about what type of filler or possibly mortar is suitable. But regardless of which, I think you should keep the chicken wire as reinforcement for the new material. Don't cut it away.
1. I would probably use husfix and then finspackel. It becomes harder than regular spackel.
2. Saw a board to size and fit it in, then spackle, or alternatively press in husfix. It's hard to see from the picture what the material is and how deep it is. But if it's wood, it's always good to press in wood.
3. Doesn't that depend on what type of floor you want in the closet? Aren't sliding-door closets usually made up of doors and loose interior fittings? If so, I would use husfix and click flooring in some nice color.
I'm not a professional, and there's probably someone who might object to my suggestions and have better tips... in that case, you should listen to them
Generally, I use husfix to spackle things that I want to last and want to screw into, and lätthandspackel to make it look nice. It has worked for me, but I haven't lived anywhere for more than 5 years and haven't seen the long-term result.
Good luck!
2. Saw a board to size and fit it in, then spackle, or alternatively press in husfix. It's hard to see from the picture what the material is and how deep it is. But if it's wood, it's always good to press in wood.
3. Doesn't that depend on what type of floor you want in the closet? Aren't sliding-door closets usually made up of doors and loose interior fittings? If so, I would use husfix and click flooring in some nice color.
I'm not a professional, and there's probably someone who might object to my suggestions and have better tips... in that case, you should listen to them
Generally, I use husfix to spackle things that I want to last and want to screw into, and lätthandspackel to make it look nice. It has worked for me, but I haven't lived anywhere for more than 5 years and haven't seen the long-term result.
Good luck!
Regarding the left side, there are different ways to solve it, but contact your supplier there. For example, there are aluminum profiles that can be used as strike strips. It can also be a nice framing if you have it on both sides, and it might also solve your problem with making it look good on the right side.
Regarding the floor, it will likely be a bit tricky to make it look nice, but if the level matches, there are often various aluminum strips that can be used to hide the joints between the floors.
/Kent
Regarding the floor, it will likely be a bit tricky to make it look nice, but if the level matches, there are often various aluminum strips that can be used to hide the joints between the floors.
/Kent
I appreciate your suggestions. I bought husfix to fix the walls and ceiling, but realized after 5kg that it requires quite a lot. I'll have to make another trip to my hardware store to fill everything.
Snickarboden > Smart suggestion regarding the wall. Where can I turn for this?
Snickarboden > Smart suggestion regarding the wall. Where can I turn for this?
calloha>To your supplier of the sliding doors. They surely have solutions for that if it is the supplier I suspect it is.
/Kent
/Kent
