Carpentry & Joinery Questions

How to join ascending dado on the internal corners?
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I want to put a dado rail up my staircase. The staircase turns as it goes up. There are three walls as you ascend. One on the left, one in front of you and one after you turn right to get to the top. How do I join ascending dado …

Sliding door wardrobes
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I have a large 3 sliding door wardrobe that is now too big for new house. Is it possible to reduce its size by a third so as to make a 2 door wardrobe. ? If so how much should I be looking at paying ?

rough cost of a custom wardrobe
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want to be able to fit everything in and have a full length mirror on the outside but have a small budget. would need designing as well. dimensions(roughly): 2m high and 4m length

Internal door issue
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Have just hung a new internal door in our living room. House is probably around 1950/60 ish housing association house. Door frames are not straight and it has been a total ball ache to get it to fit in the frame and get doors that are as close in size …

Can I use wider, shorter joists for flat roof to gain height
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I am constructing a garden office at present with monopitch flat roof. As I had to build close to boundary I have to keep overall height at 2.5m max. I am using C24 timber and the span between walls is 2.45 meters. In order to gain a few cm here …

Noisy floorboards
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Noisy floorboards upstairs. I have noticed the floorboards have become noisy when walking on them and some are lifting, even make cracking noises when not walking on them. What trade do i need to check if anything is going on underneath? Do i need a joiner or a builder?

How to keep leaning cupboard upright?
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I have a tall white woodchip cupboard that has started to lean to one side, will batons across the back from side to side keep it upright?

Which Trade to employ
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I need to replace the fibre board ceiling in my 4ft x 6ft boiler room with fire resistant plaster board and then skim the ceiling. I thought this was a job for a plasterer but am have difficulty finding one prepared to do this job. What other trade would consider …

Wardrobe with 47mm face frame and 9mm mdf panels. For the door I require full overlay cabinet hinges
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So the total door overlap is 56mm. I'm wondering if the full overlay hinges come in different sizes depending on the overlap size? Or do I just buy any full overlay cabinet hinges?

Hipped roof
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Hi, could I get some advice please? I’m building a garage and it will have a hipped roof. The garage size is 5850 square inside to inside block work, the rise is 1.635. Would anyone know the calculation for the size / thickness the hip board needs to be ? …