Building A Cedar Closet

Buy enough cedar planks to cover the square footage of your closet.

Building a cedar closet.

Amy gives it a go and tries her luck at installing the cedar closet. Diy basement cedar closet framing. Starting at the bottom always level your first course of boards by scribing and then cutting the groove side of the. Measure the height and width of each wall of the closet.

Benefits of cedar closets. Don t cut corners literally and make sure every part. Standard 2 by 4 framing is used for putting in a closet. Cut as many wall studs that are necessary to space them every 12 inches along each wall.

If you are building a new home the work can be significantly reduced. Using the adhesive i added boards by fitting the groves onto the tongues of the lower board. 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. Of wall space for about 30.

The planks come with tongue and groove assembly which means the sides. An existing closet space can be converted to a cedar closet with some effort. Although pressboard panels are available. Installing cedar closet lining in 6 steps locate the studs.

Remove baseboard molding. Before being used in many home building and construction projects cedar was used in ship building and even for instruments. Build each side wall of the closet on the floor. It s all about wood this week.

Scribe the first board. This is one of the biggest benefits of installing cedar closets in your home. Cedar is too. Begin at the back wall.

An overhead light is always a good idea for any closet so run the wires or have an electrician do the work. If the baseboard or floor at the bottom of the wall is sloped you will. We get our lumber delivery for the pine ceiling and the cedar accent wall in the master closet. How to build a cedar closet step 1.

Material matters cedar closet planks such as these available from home depot cover 15 sq. Allow 1 8 to 1 4 space in the corners for. Nail on the. Or starting in a corner.

Use a stud finder to locate and mark the studs along the walls of the closet. Multiply the sum of the heights by the sum of the.