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    does your friend work in sydney? if so, wanna pm me his details?

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    Quote Originally Posted by joe greiner View Post
    The doors in your pic look like frame construction, and sheet size wouldn't be an issue for that design. The only peculiarity would be longer timbers for the sides of the door. Sides of the wardrobe itself are another matter, though; could likely be butted short panels without esthetic detriment if done well.

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    so ... if what your saying is 'yep no probs but its something a bit non standard ... (did i interpret that correctly?)' .... does that mean i should speak to a cabinet maker about it as opposed to a wardrobe company?

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    You're gonna need a big step ladder to get to anything higher than 2.4mtrs.
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    eh, it will be the same step ladder i will need to change the light bulbs i guess I think that space would be useful for bulky seasonal things like blankets and races hats and ski jackets etc etc

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aangelique1611 View Post
    so ... if what your saying is 'yep no probs but its something a bit non standard ... (did i interpret that correctly?)' .... does that mean i should speak to a cabinet maker about it as opposed to a wardrobe company?
    Sort of. I'm not familiar with the wardrobes market. A cabinet maker might be more expensive than pre-built products, though. Or might not. It'd be worth a chat, at least.

    As you're considering the upper part for auxiliary storage, a secondary (pre-built) cabinet might be better anyway. Subject to your esthetic objectives, of course.

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    what you use is a 9mm peice of MDF for the backs then glue strips of 12mm MDF to that to form the style of door you want. This gives a total thickness of 21mm which is OK for doors.
    Have made many like that in the past, tyhe talest was about 3000mm in height, and you can get MDF and melamine boards upto 1800 *3600mm in size.
    To get the height of the wardrobe you want you can make a base cabinet 2400mm high then add a secondary cabinet on top of that to get your desired height. Just use a solid continuous peice for the visable end.

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    Quote Originally Posted by joe greiner View Post
    The doors in your pic look like frame construction, and sheet size wouldn't be an issue for that design. The only peculiarity would be longer timbers for the sides of the door. Sides of the wardrobe itself are another matter, though; could likely be butted short panels without esthetic detriment if done well.

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    tall robe doors are no problem ,depending on the style they can be made any height ,they can also be machined from a single sheet of 18 mm MDF to look like 5 peice doors ,for extra height you only have to increase the number of hinges used to hold the added weight ,we have done many of this style over the years both here and in brisbane and have had no problems with them
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    no offence intended to anyone but I am concerned about the aesthetics of those high doors ..... I just don't think they look good in the OP's photograph. I CAN imagine for example, mirror finish red doors with fine aluminium frames looking great that height (for an upmarket, ultra-modern look of course) but again, (for me only I spose) NOT going all the way to the ceiling - even a 150mm bulkhead helps keep such things feeling 'light' in my opinion

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    Quote Originally Posted by seriph1 View Post
    no offence intended to anyone but I am concerned about the aesthetics of those high doors ..... I just don't think they look good in the OP's photograph. I CAN imagine for example, mirror finish red doors with fine aluminium frames looking great that height (for an upmarket, ultra-modern look of course) but again, (for me only I spose) NOT going all the way to the ceiling - even a 150mm bulkhead helps keep such things feeling 'light' in my opinion

    have fun
    Here is photo of ours these are 2.3m, I agree that you need some amount of bulkhead. Our front rooms have 2.7 metre ceilings with the same style door to 2.6m, these wardrobes are four doors long though. I think if you go to high without having the length it can look wierd. These doors are great and I would never go back to hinged wardrobe doors. They are very easy to fit. Surprisingly the white is more expensive that the mirror (by about $50 per door in our case). They are made out of vinal backed glass.
    Last edited by Burnsy; 6th May 2007 at 10:54 PM. Reason: spelling

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