How To Guide For Your Home Blog

August 13, 2026

How Do You Make a Fold up Bar Stool?

Folding seating earns its place in kitchens, utility rooms and garden bars where a stool is needed now and then rather than every day. Building one is a satisfying weekend project, but it depends on getting the scissor frame geometry right and, more importantly, on limiting how far the legs can open. This guide explains how to calculate leg lengths for a bar height seat, where to place the pivot, and how to assemble the frame with bolts, washers and locking nuts that will not work loose. It also covers fitting a stop block and safety limiter, testing the stool properly before use, design details that improve comfort, and honest limits on what home built folding seating can take....

August 13, 2026

How Do You Build Wardrobe Interior?

A wardrobe interior succeeds or fails at the planning stage, not the building stage. Most disappointing interiors are perfectly well made and simply badly divided, with one long rail across the whole opening and a large volume of wasted air below the hems. In this guide we start where you should start, which is measuring your own clothes: the longest coat, a shirt on a hanger, the linear rail you actually use and the number of folded items and shoes. From there we set the working dimensions that hold true in nearly every build, compare board materials and rail supports, and walk through the build sequence from base and vertical divider to shelves, rails and drawers. We finish with layouts proven in UK bedrooms, including sloping ceilings and shared rooms, plus the small details such as interior lighting and valet rods that make the result feel considered....

August 13, 2026

Can You Replace Mirror Sliding Wardrobe Doors?

Mirror sliding wardrobe doors can usually be replaced without dismantling the wardrobe at all, because sliding panels hang from rollers in a track rather than being fixed to the carcass. This guide explains how to identify whether your doors are top hung or bottom rolling, since that single distinction determines what replacement panels will fit, and lists the four measurements to take before ordering: panel height and width, panel thickness, track profile and roller centres. It covers removing a heavy mirrored panel safely with two people and why a large mirror must always be carried vertically rather than flat, then how to clean and check the tracks before fitting the new door and adjust the height screws so the gaps run parallel. There is also guidance on recognising when worn rollers or a distorted track are the real fault, options for switching to non mirrored panels, and how to dispose of old mirror glass correctly....

August 13, 2026

How Do You Adjust Wardrobe Sliding Doors?

Sliding wardrobe doors are adjusted at the roller mechanism, generally through a small access hole in the bottom edge of the door, and most alignment faults take about ten minutes to correct with one tool and a spirit level. This guide explains how to tell whether you have a bottom rolling or top hung system, how to read the symptoms before touching a screw, and how to make the adjustment in small quarter turn increments so the door ends up plumb with even gaps. It also covers cleaning tracks properly, why oil based lubricants make things worse, levelling the carcass when doors drift open on their own, and recognising when a worn roller or bowed panel needs replacing instead....

August 13, 2026

How Do You Fit Sliding Wardrobe Doors?

Sliding wardrobe doors are fitted by screwing the top track to a level header, positioning the bottom track directly beneath it, then engaging each door in the top track before locating the bottom guides. Adjuster screws at the base of each door then bring it plumb so the gaps read evenly. Almost every problem with sliding doors traces back to one cause: tracks that are not in the same vertical plane. This guide covers checking the opening at six points, fixing the top track into joists rather than plasterboard, dropping a plumb line for the bottom track, packing an uneven floor, and the correct lifting sequence for top hung and bottom roller systems. It also explains how to adjust for even gaps, finish the side scribes, keep the channels clean, and diagnose doors that judder, rattle or jump out of the track. A short FAQ covers track height, mirrored panels and adjusting rollers after fitting....

August 13, 2026

How Do You Build a Sliding Wardrobe Frame?

Building a sliding wardrobe frame comes down to one principle: the top and bottom tracks must sit in the same vertical plane, parallel and level, or the doors will never run cleanly. This guide walks through the whole process for UK homes, starting with the choice between a freestanding carcass and a wall to wall build in an alcove. It covers measuring an opening that is not square, the depth needed for hangers to clear the doors, fixing the top track into joists rather than plasterboard, dropping a plumb line for the bottom track, closing the ends with scribed uprights, planning the interior layout before the doors go on, and adjusting the rollers so both doors hang flush. There is also practical guidance on the tools worth having to hand, the order in which to work so nothing has to be undone, and the situations where buying a matched track kit is a more sensible route than fabricating parts yourself....

August 13, 2026

How Do You Remove Bar Stool Base?

Removing a bar stool base is mostly about understanding that the gas lift column is held in place by a friction taper rather than any hidden fixing. This guide explains how the parts fit together, how to unbolt the seat for clear access, and how to release the base using controlled rubber mallet blows to the hub or a twisting pull with a pipe wrench when the taper has seized. It also covers the safety rules around pressurised cylinders, dismantling bolted and glued four legged stools, refitting a base so the taper seats properly under your own weight, and recognising when a cracked or bent base is no longer safe to reuse....

August 13, 2026

How Do You Adjust Wardrobe Door Hinges?

Concealed wardrobe hinges adjust in three directions: the screw nearest the door face moves it sideways, the rear screw sets how close it sits to the carcass, and loosening the mounting plate lets the door slide up or down. Work in quarter turns, closing the door between each one, and always start with the top hinge because it carries the visible upper line. This guide matches each fault to its cure, covering doors that sag at the outer edge, uneven vertical gaps between a pair, and doors that spring back rather than closing flush. It also identifies the problems hinges cannot fix, including an unlevel floor or a racked carcass, and shows the proper five minute repair for a stripped chipboard screw hole. It also explains why a door should be hung and adjusted before handles are fitted, and how to keep a pair of doors reading as a matched set across the front of the wardrobe....

August 13, 2026

How Do You Adjust Soft Close Wardrobe Doors?

Soft close wardrobe doors are adjusted in two stages, and most problems come from the first one rather than the mechanism itself. Before touching a damper you need the door hanging correctly, which means using the three adjustment points on each concealed hinge to set side to side alignment, depth against the carcass and height above the plinth. This guide explains how to read the symptoms first, so you know which screw to turn, which control governs which movement, and why small increments matter if you want to keep your reference point. It then covers setting damper strength for light panels and heavy mirrored doors, positioning clip on dampers along the hinge arm, and testing the action from three door positions. Genuine faults are covered too: failed dampers, stripped fixing holes in engineered board, squeaking pivots and tall doors that have dropped because they carry too few hinges for their weight....

August 13, 2026

How Do I Get Rid of Moths in Wardrobe?

Clothes moths cause damage quietly, and by the time holes appear in a favourite jumper the larvae have usually been at work for weeks. The insects flying out when the door opens are adults, and they eat nothing: it is the larvae, feeding on wool, cashmere, silk and feathers, that need dealing with. This guide explains how to read the signs, how to clear a wardrobe properly by washing or freezing natural fibres and vacuuming every corner of the carcase, and why the gap between the base and the side panels matters so much. We also cover breathable storage, cedar and lavender, monitoring traps and a short seasonal routine that catches new activity early, plus the point at which an old wardrobe with fabric linings is simply too difficult to keep clean....