Thread: Looking for design advice

I'm not qualified to answer this but those who are might want to know:

are you planning on storing suitcases full of rocks ( or books or anything heavy ) on the top of wardrobe ?

will the wardrobe just be hanging space or will it have an internal shelves.

Will the wardrobe sit in the corner of the room ( i.e. it would have two walls to sag against ) or only have its back to the wall.

What width are you spanning?

What type and thickness of materials are you planning to use for sides, base, back, doors.

when the doors are shut will they be flush with the frame or will they be hung so that they hide the frame ( not best description of this sorry ....)

If for no other reason the doors will need something to close against to stop them stressing the hinges, and so you have somewhere to put the don't fall open again thingy. If it is not the frame (top or bottom) then it will have to be a munion (sp). If the catch (thats the word ) is at the top or bottom of the door you will have to consider the twisting action as they are pulled open from the middle and resisted at the top/bottom.

I would put in a divider. I have no sound engineering reasons but it would make sense. The divider does not have to be visible when the doors are closed.

If you put a divider in the front, just double check how you are going to put the shelves and the base in the wardrobe. I have had some very close shaves but fortunately it has worked out OK.

- Wood Borer

You dont need a centre vertical member for strength. As the top and the bottom are framed you only need to ensure they are adequately sized.