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How Do You Make a Wardrobe Door?
August 14, 2026

How Do You Make a Wardrobe Door?

Making a wardrobe door is more approachable than most people assume, provided you choose the right method for the finish you want. A flat MDF panel, edged and painted, gives a clean modern door with nothing more than hand tools, while applied mouldings turn that same panel into a convincing shaker or fluted front without a router. This guide covers calculating sizes for inset and overlay doors, why checking both diagonals matters more than any other measurement, and choosing between MDF, plywood and solid timber. We explain priming cut edges, laying doors flat while painting, drilling concealed hinge cups accurately and adjusting them in the right order. There is also honest advice on when a factory built door is the better answer, and small details such as handle templates and bumper pads....

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How Much Are Sliding Wardrobe Doors?
August 14, 2026

How Much Are Sliding Wardrobe Doors?

Sliding wardrobe doors cost more than equivalent hinged doors because the price covers a top track, bottom guide, roller carriages and larger panels, and a complete sliding unit costs more than a comparable hinged wardrobe of the same width. What you actually pay depends on panel material, door count, track type, size and whether the system is freestanding or fitted into an alcove. This guide works through each variable, compares buying a complete unit against replacing doors in an existing opening, and weighs the floor space gained against the loss of full interior access. It also covers panel choices from melamine to mirrored and lacquered glass, top hung versus bottom rolling tracks, and the installation checks that keep budgets predictable. There is also guidance on measuring an opening accurately, on mirrored panels in a small bedroom, and on the ongoing maintenance a track needs to keep running smoothly for years....

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Can You Paint Melamine Wardrobe Doors?
August 14, 2026

Can You Paint Melamine Wardrobe Doors?

Melamine wardrobe doors can be painted successfully, but the process is unforgiving of shortcuts because the surface is a sealed plastic coating with nothing for paint to grip. Preparation carries the result: a thorough degrease, a light key with fine abrasive paper and a proper adhesion primer are all essential, and the melamine layer is thin enough that heavy sanding does more harm than good. This guide sets out the materials worth buying, walks through taking the doors off, cleaning, keying, filling chips, priming and applying a hard wearing topcoat, and explains why curing time matters more than drying time. We also cover choosing a sheen and colour that suit a bedroom wall, and the point where damaged doors or a tired carcase make a replacement wardrobe the better decision....

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Can I Paint Wardrobe Doors?
August 13, 2026

Can I Paint Wardrobe Doors?

Wardrobe doors can be painted successfully, and the outcome comes down to identifying the surface and preparing it correctly. This guide explains how to tell timber, MDF, melamine, laminate and high gloss apart, why porous and non porous surfaces need different primers, and how to clean, key and fill before any paint goes on. It covers choosing between satin, eggshell and chalk finishes, applying thin coats with a foam roller for a flat result, and allowing proper curing time before refitting. It also sets out when painting is worthwhile and when a swollen or lifting door is beyond saving....

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How Do You Hang Wardrobe Doors?
August 13, 2026

How Do You Hang Wardrobe Doors?

Wardrobe doors are hung by drilling a 35mm cup recess in the back of the door, screwing matching mounting plates to the carcass at the same heights, then clipping the hinge arms on and using the three adjustment screws to even out the gaps. That adjustment stage is what separates a hung door from a well hung one. This guide explains concealed cup hinges, overlay types and opening angles, how many hinges a door of a given height and weight actually needs, and how to mark a pair of doors together so the hinge heights match. It covers drilling the recess to the right depth without breaking through the face, transferring plate positions accurately, and the correct order for height, side and depth adjustment. There is also practical advice on rehanging a door that has dropped through worn chipboard, working with traditional butt hinges, and knowing when the material itself has failed. A short FAQ follows....

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How Do You Build Sliding Wardrobe Doors?
August 13, 2026

How Do You Build Sliding Wardrobe Doors?

Sliding wardrobe doors work well when the tracks are right and cause endless problems when they are not. This guide explains how top hung and bottom rolling systems differ, then works through the build in order: measuring an opening at three points, calculating door overlap, checking floor and ceiling levels, fitting and levelling the top track, plumbing the bottom track directly beneath it, assembling framed panels around glass or gloss without overtightening, and hanging the rear door before the front. It finishes with roller adjustment for a clean leading edge, plus fixes for doors that drift open, bind, rattle or jump the track, and advice on keeping the channel clean without oil....

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How Do You Adjust Soft Close Wardrobe Doors?
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....

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Can You Spray Paint Wardrobe Doors?
August 13, 2026

Can You Spray Paint Wardrobe Doors?

Spray painting wardrobe doors can give a smoother finish than any brush or roller, but the result depends almost entirely on preparation rather than paint. Doors need to come off, be degreased, keyed with abrasive paper and primed with a product matched to the surface, and skipping any of that is why so many home spray jobs peel at the edges within months. In this guide we set out which doors take spray well and which are better left alone, including why melamine needs a bonding primer and why mirrored and high gloss fronts are poor candidates. We compare aerosol cans with an HVLP gun, walk through preparation and spraying technique step by step, and diagnose the five faults that most often appear, from gritty texture to runs and patchy colour. We also look honestly at when repainting is worth it and when replacing the unit makes more sense....

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How Do You Adjust Wardrobe Doors That Are Uneven?
August 13, 2026

How Do You Adjust Wardrobe Doors That Are Uneven?

Uneven wardrobe doors look like a serious fault and are usually a ten minute fix with a single screwdriver. This guide starts with diagnosis, showing how to read the four common gap patterns and what each one tells you, then explains why levelling the carcass and checking the back panel must come before any hinge is touched. It describes the three adjustments available on a concealed European hinge, the correct order in which to make them, and how to rotate a tilted door by working the top and bottom hinges in opposition. There is guidance on the 2mm to 3mm reveal to aim for and how to gauge it with card rather than by eye, along with the faults that hinges cannot cure: a sagging rail bowing the sides, a stripped screw hole in chipboard, and doors swollen by damp. Sliding door roller adjustment is covered separately, with the annual checks that keep hinged doors hanging true....

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Can You Change Sliding Wardrobe Doors to Hinged?
August 13, 2026

Can You Change Sliding Wardrobe Doors to Hinged?

Swapping sliding wardrobe doors for hinged ones is possible, but it depends on conditions worth checking before you buy a single hinge. This guide explains the practical reasons people want the change, from wanting to see the whole interior at once to reclaiming the internal depth that a track and overlapping panels consume. It then works through the structural assessment: whether the carcass has solid vertical stiles that can carry hinge plates, whether the board is thick enough to hold fixings, and what happens to the opening once the tracks are removed. Measuring and planning door sizes comes next, including swing clearance against a bed or radiator and how many leaves the opening needs, followed by removing the sliding system without damaging the surrounding panels, building or lining a frame to hang from, and adjusting the finished doors. It finishes with the cases where replacing the wardrobe is genuinely more economical....

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