In everyday life, consumers use powders, detergents and other household chemicals on a regular basis. And often there are difficulties with the choice of storage location. After all, the bathrooms are quite humid, and the kitchen is preparing food, and it would be unreasonable to keep the chemistry in it.
The only storage area is the toilet. But to place household chemicals, you will need to purchase a wall box, or in order to save it, make it yourself. This is what we will talk about in today's article.
Preparation of tools and materials for creating a closet in the toilet
Having decided to make a closet for a toilet, a person asks himself a question: “What material should be preferred?”. And, revealing this question, we can say that such materials as:
- Laminated by a chipboard;
- Laminated MDF;
- Plain wood.
The first option will be the most accessible. The second option is MDF, the cost of which will be several times higher than chipboard. Well, the most expensive material will be wood.
How to make a closet in the toilet? There is an alternative solution. If you plan to paste on a cabinet made by yourself with wallpaper, tile it or finish it with plastic, you can give preference to simpler materials, namely:
- Plywood;
- OSB;
- MDF sheet;
- Gypsum fiber sheet.
These materials are perfect for making a closet in the toilet.
As for the tools, to complete the work you will need to prepare:
- Drill;
- Grinder;
- Screwdriver;
- Jigsaw;
- Plane;
- Hacksaw;
- Scissors and hacksaw for metal;
- Hammer;
- Chisel;
- Pliers;
- Paint brush.
In addition, the process can not do without measurements, for which you will need to take a tape measure, level, plumb line, metal ruler and square.
Scheme selection
Before proceeding with your own manufacture of the cabinet, you will need to provide an option for its location in the planned place. For this purpose, it is necessary to measure the space behind the toilet, and then draw up a layout of the plumbing units, to which you will need to set aside access. This is done by cutting special holes.
Based on the layout, you will need to develop a detailed drawing with reference to the placement.
Attention! The frame can be installed both on the entire wall behind the toilet, and to occupy the upper part of the wall.
The standard width of the toilet in an ordinary apartment ranges from 82 to 85 cm. If you have the same bathroom, you need to install the outer panels and shelves to the full width, and cut out them to accommodate pipes. The depth of the cabinet should be 30-40 cm. And the doors can have a variety of forms: simple, swing, sliding, shutters, etc.
Manufacturing rules
In small toilets, the built-in closet in the toilet with your own hands behind the toilet looks the ideal option, and the rules for its manufacture will be discussed below.
At the first stage, you will need to mark up at the installation site. In cases where the height of the cabinet will reach the ceiling, you will need to start from its surface. It is necessary to outline the extreme points indicating the depth. They will need to lower the plumb line and check the placement when starting from the drain tank. The mark should not creep out of its borders. Then a line is drawn - the border of the front part. This is perpendicular to the walls of the toilet room.
At the second stage we mark the walls. In cases where the height of the cabinet will not reach the ceiling, we start marking from the lower boundaries according to the above method. After we measure out the desired height and proceed to the assembly of the frame.
The role of the racks can be assigned to a wooden beam or an aluminum profile. Before starting the assembly, you will need to cut out the areas for joining the pipes. The frame must be mounted according to the marking. Racks are attached to the stack using dowels. The pitch ranges from 25 to 30 cm.
Important! If you have uneven walls, a void forms between the cabinet and the wall. To provide a more reliable fixation of the frame, you will need to place a gasket-seal in this gap.
Shelves can be made of chipboard, and their optimal thickness will be 1.5 cm. Before placing, you will need to make slots for pipes according to the scheme indicated above. It is necessary to fasten the shelves to the crossbars pre-installed in the cabinet.
Swing doors are recommended to be made of laminated particleboard. You will need to cut the appropriate size, and then cut two recesses for mounting on hinges.
Hinged structures are made of lining or wooden battens. And the aluminum corner will act as a strengthening element in them. Often they are installed on the frame racks using standard hinges.
Attention! Doors should open without too much effort, but the option with an independent option should be excluded.
Toilet cabinet decoration
After making the cabinet yourself, you will need to proceed to the final step - decoration. If the cabinet is made of wood, then it will need to be varnished, after going through the stain. To keep the doors closed, you can install magnets.
Also, they will need to attach pens, and which one to choose will depend on personal preferences. The market offers a wide range of models in a variety of color variations, and choosing the right option is not difficult. In addition, you can realize your own ideas, and create author's decor for the closet in the toilet!
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