Advice please on cutting a slot in a built-in wardrobe

jpaul · 22 Mar 2019 at 09:18

Quartz said:
The door is a mirror, so no notch is possible.

ok - partial vertical batton on left wall of opening ... if the slide stopped an inch short would it matter

Quartz · 22 Mar 2019 at 11:15

Time for plan B: it's solid wood all the way through and after I drilled the starter hole I found out that there's a nail in the way.

jpaul said:
if the slide stopped an inch short would it matter

Yes, it would.

Time to rethink. Time for a mug of tea.

Quartz · 22 Mar 2019 at 13:08

Success!

I gave up on cutting a slot and amalgamated two of the separated cable protectors and just drilled two big holes.

There's a big fat nail between the two. Thankfully I drilled from the back and that side is best left unphotographed.

Deleted member 77746 · 22 Mar 2019 at 13:49

I would have driled a circle hole and both cables would have fit through. Other than that jobs a goodun.

Quartz · 22 Mar 2019 at 14:32

mrbell1984 said:
I would have driled a circle hole and both cables would have fit through.

I tried; they didn't.

There are three 13A power cables, three fibre video cables, one Cat6 ethernet cable, one USB 2 cable, one USB 3 cable, and one TOSLink cable. The first 6 are in the black trunking and the last four are in the white.

Deleted member 77746 · 22 Mar 2019 at 15:19

Quartz said:
I tried; they didn't.

There are three 13A power cables, three fibre video cables, one Cat6 ethernet cable, one USB 2 cable, one USB 3 cable, and one TOSLink cable. The first 6 are in the black trunking and the last four are in the white.

aw shame

at least it's done now though and can be filled in if you ever move.

jpaul · 22 Mar 2019 at 15:48

.. not a single mains cable with a multi-adapter in the wardrobe, or do they need 13A each ? ups ?
Will the install get SO signoff ? - Henry Ford

Quartz · 22 Mar 2019 at 15:58

jpaul said:
.. not a single mains cable with a multi-adapter in the wardrobe, or do they need 13A each ? ups ?

Yup, there's a UPS there. There's one power cable going to the UPS and two coming from it. One goes to a 6-gang and the other is a spare, just in case.

Will the install get SO signoff ? - Henry Ford

No SO

Tony Edwards · 22 Mar 2019 at 17:33

Quartz said:
Time for plan B: it's solid wood all the way through and after I drilled the starter hole I found out that there's a nail in the way.

I thought about the fixings last night just before I went to sleep but forgot about it this morning.

Quartz said:
Success!

I gave up on cutting a slot and amalgamated two of the separated cable protectors and just drilled two big holes.

There's a big fat nail between the two. Thankfully I drilled from the back and that side is best left unphotographed.

Good job. Id probably put the one with the most cables (black?) at the bottom as it doesnt seem to bend as much as the white one or/and maybe get some trunking if you want it a bit tidier.

Quartz · 22 Mar 2019 at 18:00

Tony Edwards said:
I thought about the fixings last night just before I went to sleep but forgot about it this morning.

That's always the way, isn't it? The nail is quite obvious under the paint once you know it's there. I have a suspicion that there's at least one other nail or screw that has been counter-sunk and filled over.

Good job.

Thank you.

Id probably put the one with the most cables (black?) at the bottom as it doesnt seem to bend as much as the white one or/and maybe get some trunking if you want it a bit tidier.

Unfortunately, behind the brushing, the bottom hole is smaller and enlargement efforts failed.

Tony Edwards · 22 Mar 2019 at 18:02

Quartz said:
Unfortunately, behind the brushing, the bottom hole is smaller and enlargement efforts failed.

Say no more.