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Key Takeaways From This Article
- A recess is measured at three heights and both depths, and the smallest figure governs the carcass.
- The box is built narrower than the opening so the face frame scribes back to the plaster rather than being packed at the front.
- Floor fall is recorded, because a carcass fitted to a floor that drops will show it at the door reveal.
- Panels over a meter, stopcock or consumer unit are made removable at drawing stage.
- Runners are rated by load and hinges by leaf weight rather than by size.
George Herkes & Son Joinery has worked across East Lothian since 1989, holds East Lothian Trading Standards Trusted Trader accreditation and is rated 5.0 from 62 reviews, and the same team that fits built wardrobes in Prestonpans builds the cupboards.
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Bespoke Fitted Wardrobes
George Herkes & Son Joinery is rated 5.0 from 62 reviews under East Lothian Trading Standards Trusted Trader, a council backed scheme that vets traders against rogue trading. What that record is built on is fit rather than finish.
A recess in a Prestonpans house is measured at three heights and at both depths, and the smallest figure governs the carcass. The box is built ten to fifteen millimetres narrower than the opening so the face frame can be scribed back to the plaster on site. Eighteen millimetre board, dowelled, glue blocked at the corners, solid back where the run carries load. Nothing is packed at the front where it would show.
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Made-to-Measure Storage Solutions for Prestonpans Homes
The stock here is mostly two storey semi detached houses, with single storey cottages and Victorian tenement flats on New Street, plus the 1950s High Street flats and the 1962 Cuthill housing. Usable wall is the constraint rather than floor area.
What the survey records
Recess depths, ceiling height, floor fall and the position of any meter, stopcock or consumer unit. Floor fall matters: a carcass fitted to a floor that drops eight millimetres over two metres will show it at the door reveal.
Drawing to the contents
Shelf spacing, rail heights and drawer depths come from what the cupboard has to hold. The drawing goes back to you before any board is cut.
Fitting
Floor protection first, carcasses scribed and packed level, doors hung and adjusted last so the reveals match along the run. The same order runs a job with carpentry in Prestonpans.
Room Types and Custom Joinery
Cupboards get asked for where nothing standard fits, which in this town means stair voids, landings, box rooms and the recesses either side of a flue.
A stair void takes graduated pull outs rather than one deep cupboard nobody can empty, with shoes at the shallow end where the headroom runs out. A landing cupboard is shallower than a wardrobe and takes a full height door to keep the line of the wall. In the tenement flats a hall press is often the only storage in the property, so it earns a proper interior rather than a rail and a shelf. The same approach covers built in cupboards in Tranent. Where a meter or consumer unit sits inside the run, the panel over it is made removable and that is settled on the drawing.
Materials, Finishes and Hardware
Hardware is what gets used and what fails first, so it is specified by load rather than by appearance.
Runners are rated by drawer width and load, which is why a linen drawer and a boot drawer of the same width take different gear. Hinges are chosen for leaf weight and overlay, and anything solid core or glazed takes three rather than two. Handles are set out from a rod so they line through along the run instead of being measured door by door. Finishes are sprayed off site, flatted between coats and stacked to cure, because a door finished in an occupied room never matches one that was not.
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Wardrobe Styles and Door Options
Door choice is a function of the room’s width and the leaf’s weight rather than of the brochure.
A hinged leaf needs its swing clear of the bed and gives you the whole interior when it is open. A sliding door needs no swing at all, which is what makes it right in a narrow room, at the cost of losing half the opening at any one time. Shaker doors are hand painted MDF because the profile stays crisp and the panel stays flat. Slab doors take veneer or a sprayed colour. In the older properties the door profile can be matched to the room’s existing architrave, which is what ties a new run to an old house.
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Fitted Cupboards in Prestonpans FAQs
How much do fitted cupboards cost in Prestonpans?
It depends on the run, the interior and the finish, so the figure comes from the survey rather than a price list. You get it written down and itemised before anything is booked, and nothing is added later without you agreeing it.
What is the standard depth of fitted wardrobes?
There is a conventional depth for hanging, but the point of a fitted run is that it is built to the recess you have rather than to a standard. In the Prestonpans tenements the recesses are usually deeper than convention and in the Cuthill housing they are usually shallower. For the longer answer, see How deep are standard fitted wardrobes?.
Can you fit a cupboard under the stairs?
That is one of the two places they earn the most space. A stair void takes graduated pull outs rather than one deep cupboard nobody can empty, with shoes at the shallow end where the headroom runs out.
What about the hall press in a New Street flat?
Often the only storage in the property, so it is worth a proper interior rather than a rail and a shelf. Shelf spacing is drawn from what actually goes in it.
What happens to the meter inside the cupboard?
It stays reachable. The panel over anything that needs a hand on it is made removable, and that is settled on the drawing rather than improvised on fitting day.
Do you spray the doors in the house?
No. Everything is sprayed off site, flatted between coats and left to cure, because a door finished in an occupied room never matches one that was not.
