Thread: Putting small cupboards in gyprock wall

Originally Posted by peterdeck

Hi there,
I hope someone can help with this please.
I want to put 3 small (650mm x 450mm) approx cupboards into a gyprock wall.
In a horizontal line.
I know I can buy door jam profile timber, put it in, and then put thick doors on and archetraves around - but I think this would look too heavy.
So I'm wondering how someone else might do it.
The cupboards are to fit between the vertical joists.
The two outer ones will have big speakers in.
The centre one will have equipment on shelves.
I can access the area behind the wall just as easily as the front.
Getting support under the speakers etc is easy - my main concern is that from the front it looks like a neat and tidy job.
What timber can I use to hide the rough edges of the cut gyprock?
And what kind of door do I have/ how do I fix it?
Many thanks for any suggestions.
P

Hi Peter,
You can use any timber you want really, if you can have it machined to the right size. 19mm pine jambs and a 42mm architrve would be an OTS solution. The easiest way to mount the doors would be euro hinges, like you see on kitchen cabinets. You would have to use the flush hinges or half overlay hinges to allow the architrave to cover the joint with the gyprock. You could also make the frame wider than the wall cavity and then you could use flush hinges or full overlay hinges. Then you'd just run a small moulding around the frame to cover the gyprock. Here is a photo of some I did like that, with glass doors and flush hinges. This was before I put the moulding around, that took a while to sort out because I complicated the issue with tiles.


Cheers
Michael

Score the gyprock using a sharp knife along a steel rule/edge, cut a smaller hole in the middle 1st then measure out to the studs.
Mark out your cut neatly then score it, any mistakes can be fixed with filler. Nail on a temporary baton to the studs(rub on a little wax)protruding a few mm and back fill it. Remove the baton later when set... nice straight lines that match the studs.
After installing the cabinet it will need to be sealed with some flexible gap filler.