I have a walk-in closet that feels a bit like a "storage room". Gypsum walls, linoleum floor, wooden shelves. I was thinking of installing wardrobes, Ikea's Pax, to get a more fun interior than the wooden shelves. Furthermore, I thought of tearing down the wallboard to insulate the hollow walls, both of which are against the bedroom and it's quite soundproof. I'm not touching the outer wall.
The wardrobe frames I've chosen (not having doors) are 1cm too deep to perfectly fit before the door trim is hit, so to speak. (think: door on the short end of the closet and wardrobes along the right and left wall)
Can I skip putting up new gypsum walls and let the back panels of the wardrobes be the new "interior walls"? That is, the back of the wardrobe against the insulation and then battens to attach the anti-tip devices to. The wardrobes will go up to the ceiling with just 1cm to spare.
Or will I then create something that becomes a "hidden defect" in the future?
(the alternative is to alter the door trim, but it feels like if I can make the "room" two centimeters wider, it also improves the feeling a bit.)
The wardrobe frames I've chosen (not having doors) are 1cm too deep to perfectly fit before the door trim is hit, so to speak. (think: door on the short end of the closet and wardrobes along the right and left wall)
Can I skip putting up new gypsum walls and let the back panels of the wardrobes be the new "interior walls"? That is, the back of the wardrobe against the insulation and then battens to attach the anti-tip devices to. The wardrobes will go up to the ceiling with just 1cm to spare.
Or will I then create something that becomes a "hidden defect" in the future?
(the alternative is to alter the door trim, but it feels like if I can make the "room" two centimeters wider, it also improves the feeling a bit.)
It can only become a hidden error if you don't mention it.
Hehe, it's actually completely true what you write. But if we sell in fifteen years, I will have definitely forgotten about it. 
Is there anything that can become a problem? There is also electrical wiring in the walls because there are wall sockets on the other side of the walls - could it in any way become "not approved" if I replace drywall with 2mm masonite? (Or whatever it might be for back panels in IKEA wardrobes...)
Is there anything that can become a problem? There is also electrical wiring in the walls because there are wall sockets on the other side of the walls - could it in any way become "not approved" if I replace drywall with 2mm masonite? (Or whatever it might be for back panels in IKEA wardrobes...)
Hidden defect? Hardly. For what defect? It even happens that entire walls are built with just wardrobes and a chipboard as the back panel. I have such a setup between two bedrooms myself. So if you want to replace the wallboard with permanently mounted wardrobes, just go for it. However, I would probably opt to switch to narrower door trims. But I don't know if the ones currently there are "extra" nice in some way? An extra 2 cm of floor space is probably not much to fuss about.
I'm not putting anything on the wall; the masonite is the back of the wardrobes.mats_o said:
IT guy: No boards or anything behind the wardrobes, just studs and insulation.
No, the door trim isn't pretty! I can sacrifice that, pre-painted MDF, even spliced right above the door
However, I think 2 cm can make a bit of difference, the space in the room between the wardrobe walls will only be as wide as the door opening. That is, narrow! Every centimeter is important.
But it's really just laziness. It feels "bothersome" to buy gypsum boards, cut, screw them up... when they are going to be hidden by the wardrobes in the next second.