Lovely build Keith. The 2 pipes are the hot and cold field for the basin that was presumably in the original cabinet at some point. Both look to be 15mm, so get yourself a cheap pipe slice, isolate the cold feed coming in, cut them off down lower and cap them back off. The stop ends are push fit so should just pull off and can be Re-used. You might need to make the holes in the floor bigger to allow the pipe with stop end to drop through. Failing that just leave them short and take a little notch out the bottom panel. Saves the price of a plumber!
Great job Keith love the look of the walnut and teak. Those pipes can just be cut shorter and the same cap ends re used. You will do it easy. Much easier than the stop tap you tackled.
Nice project! I’d agree with other comments, buy a pipe slice and some new push fit stops (hep20 et al). Turn off water, drain hot and cold taps, cut pipes, (you’ll have a bit of water dribble), bit of wire wool for ends, clean them back to shiny copper, pop new stops on... job done. I’m also no plumber and any advice should be taken with a pinch of salt, however I bet those pipes are hot and cold and fed a sink.
Hi Keith, greetings from Greece! It is always nice to use up old stock material. Judging from the end result, I could never had guessed. Also I want to say that it is a much cleaner look to your videos, not changing the aspect ratio of your footage, when showing the names of your Patreon backers. Very nice!
Nice one Kieth, regarding the pipes as other have said they will simply be redundant hot and cold for the old sink. They should really be taken back to there sourse and capped off there. Not good to have pipes with non moving water sitting in them as bacteria can build up. If I lived near by would pop round and do it for you. All the best.
Those pipes are easy enough to trim back and fit new stop ends. It’s worth getting a plumber in to sort them out though as they may be heating pipes. Also stopcocks invariably leak with age as the gland seal hardens. Lots of TH-cam videos showing how to fix, but always best to replace if you can. I’d puta moisture alarm in or under that box too. As always a great video and congratulations to you both too.
Cheers, yeah I could always cut it with a grinder, but I'm not sure how to fit the end caps. I'd rather an expert do it, I don't want to push my luck! 😂
Rag 'n' Bone Brown they look like JG speedfit caps (24331) on 15 mm pipe and the best way to cut is with a pipe cutter (29457) as will give a good finished cut, numbers are screwfix numbers. If you are not confident then as you say get a plumber in but worth knowing cost of parts etc when it comes the bill. Oh and great video the box looks great 👍
I really like how honest you are with your projects once you reflect on them. I love this build, it looks brilliant. Just as I was trying to get away from this colour in my bedroom!!
This is one of your best builds. Nevermind the plumbing. The project is amazingly well done. I love the design, simple, but does a great job for the purpose. Plumbing can be sorted out later. Also, the back being in 2 pieces is not a problem because it is hidden. Good use of left over material.
Like the project If you have replace valves I have used 1/4 turn ball valves in stead of gate and tap. Get a Peglar gas safe will not leak (can use fluid as well)
Keith - great video mate. I bet the pipes near the stop cock used to feed the taps in the old sink unit - therefore (and given they are simply capped off) they look redundant. If you can isolate the hot and cold feeds, it should be a simply job to cut them lower down and recap with push fits. Keep it up!
I agree - if you manged to replace the stop cock then, isolating the hot water, draining down and recaping with the push fits should be within your capabilities - either that or find a plumber that will charge a fair price - about 1/2 day.
Hi Keith, nice project despite the compromises. What would we do without hot melt glue? Come to think of it, gaffer tape, cable ties, blue tack and post-it's as well. Sorry, nearly forgot, toilet rolls, hand gel and long life milk.
Old tap leaking likely from the gland, and just nipping it down with a appropriate shifting spanner on the nut where the shaft comes out , with the tap half closed, would likely have stopped it. PTFE tape on the threads of the compression fittings is not a good idea, it prevents the metal to metal contact needed to get a good seal. Better is to use a liquid pipe sealer instead on the actual thread and the compression olive, and make sure the nuts and the tap threads are burr free, and not going to bind up at some point, as then your tightening torque is not going to go into the brass ferrules that do the actual sealing. The ends simply cut off closer to the floor, and put in new stop ends, to get the height down.
I'm not an expert on pipes but you can shorten that sucker a bit. Lovely chest and I'm glad you kept the trim original color. PS I found out that Teak is quite softer and lighter than Iroko
Haha so true! When I was about 5 my parents bought a house that had loads of built in wardrobes in all the bedrooms. The first time I ever heard my dad swear was when he started removing them and realised there was no carpet underneath them!
Hi Keith, interested in your shellac, do you buy it ready mixed or dissolve your own? Also do you multi layer it as a French Polish finish or just 1 or 2 coats?
I use ready mixed, I usually have dark and the blonde stuff on hand depending on the colour I want to go for. I tend to apply one or two coats of shellac and then a more hardwearing finish on top like I did on this one
Great build Keith. Good use of offcuts. I do have one question though, can you buy veneered Walnut MDF (or any other species) that doesn't have such a repeating pattern? to me it looks like wallpaper, and not very natural looking. Maybe it's just me though, as I also think book matching looks very odd and unnatural too. :p
I'm not sure. I like the repeating pattern personally, it's quite often the way with veneered furniture. I'm not sure why people see veneer as a bad thing, I think it's a good way of not wasting wood and looks beautiful to me... I do wish veneers were a mm thicker though
I have tried Osmo, it is no better than any other hard wax oil in my opinion - I think they just rely on marketing hype much like Gorilla Glue. Fiddes is just as good and cheaper
@@nathanlucas6465 So people use to install water basins in their bedroom, huh?? I find it a bit strange to be honest. What if the tap starts dripping in the middle of the night... drip, drip, drip,drip...:))
@@alex43111 before indoor plumbing became a thing, people had a washstand in their bedroom. The idea of a special room for washing etc is relatively modern. I guess it's natural progression to upgrade the washstand to a plumbed in basin once there was running water in the house. Toilets remained outside for most houses until around 1900 I think, possibly even later than that. It wasn't until the toilet came inside the house that there was sense in moving the wash basin out of the bedroom. I've lived in a few houses with basins in the bedrooms, and I quite liked it. Particularly useful in larger houses that only have 1 bathroom
Great build mate. I remember in one of your videos in the past you mentioned the glue pot you use (good idea by the way), but which brand of wood glue do you use?
Here in the UK it's usually under the sink in the kitchen, although there is often another one at the edge of the property under a small metal cover in the pavement. I'm guessing here that the bedroom was the closest room to where the pipe enters the building
no offence i would suggest that you watch a couple of video on how to apply shellac based polishes preferably a British made video, the american videos most often don't do show to polish properly and they only show how to do it with a polishing rubber , British made videos show how to apply polish with a polishing mop and don't use a paint brush the bristles are to hard polishing mop bristles are made from squirrel hair or bear hair . no offence to north Americans i'm still to see a video where they do polishing correctly,
Easy to install and to use
Nicely done pal.
Looks good!
Nice man
Great build, none of your work ever looks like it used salvaged material, top quality. Thanks Keith.
Great work 👍🏼
Nice trunk!
I would put some "stops" for the lid though, maybe a leatherstrap on each side internally?
Nice build!!! Enjoy your vacay!
Cheers Henry, cancelled unfortunately :-(
"Welcome to my bedroom, where the magic happens." OH BROTHER!!!
I can see her eye's rolling now! :)
Nice build and good job adapting to the situation.
Very nice. The solution for the lid and hinge is absolute genius.
Davvero un bel lavoro!
Lovely build Keith. The 2 pipes are the hot and cold field for the basin that was presumably in the original cabinet at some point. Both look to be 15mm, so get yourself a cheap pipe slice, isolate the cold feed coming in, cut them off down lower and cap them back off. The stop ends are push fit so should just pull off and can be Re-used. You might need to make the holes in the floor bigger to allow the pipe with stop end to drop through. Failing that just leave them short and take a little notch out the bottom panel. Saves the price of a plumber!
Great job Keith love the look of the walnut and teak. Those pipes can just be cut shorter and the same cap ends re used. You will do it easy. Much easier than the stop tap you tackled.
great, thank you!
nice job!
Nice project! I’d agree with other comments, buy a pipe slice and some new push fit stops (hep20 et al). Turn off water, drain hot and cold taps, cut pipes, (you’ll have a bit of water dribble), bit of wire wool for ends, clean them back to shiny copper, pop new stops on... job done.
I’m also no plumber and any advice should be taken with a pinch of salt, however I bet those pipes are hot and cold and fed a sink.
I really like the stripe pattern of the walnut. With some cushions on the lid it will make a comfy bed for Dylan 😻
Hi Keith, greetings from Greece!
It is always nice to use up old stock material. Judging from the end result, I could never had guessed.
Also I want to say that it is a much cleaner look to your videos, not changing the aspect ratio of your footage, when showing the names of your Patreon backers. Very nice!
Careful planning always pays off. Nice build.
The pattern of the wood is gorgeous . The trunk is amazing !!!! Nice job , i love dark wood !!!!!
Nice one Kieth, regarding the pipes as other have said they will simply be redundant hot and cold for the old sink. They should really be taken back to there sourse and capped off there. Not good to have pipes with non moving water sitting in them as bacteria can build up. If I lived near by would pop round and do it for you. All the best.
Cheers Alan, I will get it looked at for sure
Those pipes are easy enough to trim back and fit new stop ends. It’s worth getting a plumber in to sort them out though as they may be heating pipes.
Also stopcocks invariably leak with age as the gland seal hardens. Lots of TH-cam videos showing how to fix, but always best to replace if you can. I’d puta moisture alarm in or under that box too.
As always a great video and congratulations to you both too.
That's what I was thinking too - though maybe a little close to the wall to get a pipe slice behind it. But it only needs to come down about 100 mm.
Cheers, yeah I could always cut it with a grinder, but I'm not sure how to fit the end caps. I'd rather an expert do it, I don't want to push my luck! 😂
Rag 'n' Bone Brown they look like JG speedfit caps (24331) on 15 mm pipe and the best way to cut is with a pipe cutter (29457) as will give a good finished cut, numbers are screwfix numbers. If you are not confident then as you say get a plumber in but worth knowing cost of parts etc when it comes the bill. Oh and great video the box looks great 👍
Great video as always. Loved the green screen effect you used to disguise your varnish booth. It almost looked realistic!
Looks really nice Keith. Enjoy your break away mate and leave the phone in your room. 😊 Oh and congrats on the engagement. 🎊
Thanks Karl much appreciated
Gorgeous piece, clever use of scrap/left-over materials.
I really like how honest you are with your projects once you reflect on them.
I love this build, it looks brilliant. Just as I was trying to get away from this colour in my bedroom!!
Really enjoyed that build Keith, and yes the box looks great. I must remember the hot glue trick when fitting box lids. Enjoy your break
Cheers Paul
Just look like hot and cold pipes for the old basin to me so you should be able to shorten and cap them off with no issue. Another great project mate
Yep just turn off your new stoptap and cut down with a pipe slice. Re use the push fit stop end caps and job done !
Great looking cabinet box !!!!
Well done Keith nice job looks good
This is one of your best builds. Nevermind the plumbing. The project is amazingly well done. I love the design, simple, but does a great job for the purpose. Plumbing can be sorted out later. Also, the back being in 2 pieces is not a problem because it is hidden. Good use of left over material.
No equivocation necessary, it’s a beautiful trunk and it looks great in the room. Well done!
Very nice job. Looks great and very practical
Very impressed with those mitre joints, Keith, well done. Great offcut project too.
The way you did the lid and hinge is ingenious! Well done.
Looks great! Should be easy to isolate, cut down or posably remove those old water lines. Also your Norfolk looks cold that my Norfolk right now.
Like the project
If you have replace valves I have used 1/4 turn ball valves in stead of gate and tap. Get a Peglar gas safe will not leak (can use fluid as well)
Nice work on the walnut trunk Keith! Thank you for sharing the video with us💖👌👍😎JP
Love the colour in the end Keith. I do love a bit of walnut. Even if it is veneer.
Still a very , very nice build.
New music is very Jazzy! Nice work mate.
As always great video!!
Excellent work. Update us please on the plumbers fees and what he recommends doing. Keep up the good work.
Keith - great video mate. I bet the pipes near the stop cock used to feed the taps in the old sink unit - therefore (and given they are simply capped off) they look redundant. If you can isolate the hot and cold feeds, it should be a simply job to cut them lower down and recap with push fits. Keep it up!
I agree - if you manged to replace the stop cock then, isolating the hot water, draining down and recaping with the push fits should be within your capabilities - either that or find a plumber that will charge a fair price - about 1/2 day.
Really enjoyed watching this video and love the finished colours
Great box. Love your videos🙂🙂🙂👍🏼👍🏼💙
Lovely result - well done!
Thank you!
Hi Keith, nice project despite the compromises. What would we do without hot melt glue? Come to think of it, gaffer tape, cable ties, blue tack and post-it's as well.
Sorry, nearly forgot, toilet rolls, hand gel and long life milk.
haha, too true
Always good to see the work arounds you come up with. 👌🏽
That shellac really makes things pop, some.
Nice work, mate 👍🏽
Excellent build as always Keith
Thank you!
Keith's Magic Bedroom...A new channel? :D
Old tap leaking likely from the gland, and just nipping it down with a appropriate shifting spanner on the nut where the shaft comes out , with the tap half closed, would likely have stopped it. PTFE tape on the threads of the compression fittings is not a good idea, it prevents the metal to metal contact needed to get a good seal. Better is to use a liquid pipe sealer instead on the actual thread and the compression olive, and make sure the nuts and the tap threads are burr free, and not going to bind up at some point, as then your tightening torque is not going to go into the brass ferrules that do the actual sealing. The ends simply cut off closer to the floor, and put in new stop ends, to get the height down.
Thats a lovely looking box keith. Congrats on the engagement wishing you all the luck in the world.
thank you!
I think about you every time I'm at my timber merchant handing over a king's ransom for 8x4 ply sheets 8-[
Note to self: must salvage more wood!
Where the magic happens 😳.
Now I see you also do magic in the shop. 😃
I'm not an expert on pipes but you can shorten that sucker a bit.
Lovely chest and I'm glad you kept the trim original color.
PS I found out that Teak is quite softer and lighter than Iroko
Nice project vid. Oo and Congratulations!!
Thanks!
Really good chest. I like the way is solves an ugly problem and looks great as well, Thanks for the video.
That was awesome anyways!
The lack of carpet under the cabinet is the most British thing ever, even more than tea hahahaha
Haha so true! When I was about 5 my parents bought a house that had loads of built in wardrobes in all the bedrooms. The first time I ever heard my dad swear was when he started removing them and realised there was no carpet underneath them!
Wow. it came out beautifully! You should be less apologetic about such a nicely finished piece.
Where the magic happens 😂😂
Hi Keith, interested in your shellac, do you buy it ready mixed or dissolve your own? Also do you multi layer it as a French Polish finish or just 1 or 2 coats?
I use ready mixed, I usually have dark and the blonde stuff on hand depending on the colour I want to go for. I tend to apply one or two coats of shellac and then a more hardwearing finish on top like I did on this one
... where the magic happens.
What keeps the track attached to the panel ? and is it secure.
It has rubber underneath
Great build Keith. Good use of offcuts. I do have one question though, can you buy veneered Walnut MDF (or any other species) that doesn't have such a repeating pattern? to me it looks like wallpaper, and not very natural looking. Maybe it's just me though, as I also think book matching looks very odd and unnatural too. :p
I'm not sure. I like the repeating pattern personally, it's quite often the way with veneered furniture. I'm not sure why people see veneer as a bad thing, I think it's a good way of not wasting wood and looks beautiful to me... I do wish veneers were a mm thicker though
Just shorten pipes and cap them ones hot ones cold Try OSMO finish best you can get
I have tried Osmo, it is no better than any other hard wax oil in my opinion - I think they just rely on marketing hype much like Gorilla Glue. Fiddes is just as good and cheaper
Those dead legs should be removed. Have a read about legionella and non flowing water 👍🏻
👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
What's the purpose of the tap and water pipes in the bedroom?
Probably had a vanity basin there originally. It was quite popular to have them in a master bedroom years ago.
yeah it was feeding a sink
@@nathanlucas6465 So people use to install water basins in their bedroom, huh?? I find it a bit strange to be honest. What if the tap starts dripping in the middle of the night... drip, drip, drip,drip...:))
@@alex43111 before indoor plumbing became a thing, people had a washstand in their bedroom. The idea of a special room for washing etc is relatively modern. I guess it's natural progression to upgrade the washstand to a plumbed in basin once there was running water in the house. Toilets remained outside for most houses until around 1900 I think, possibly even later than that. It wasn't until the toilet came inside the house that there was sense in moving the wash basin out of the bedroom.
I've lived in a few houses with basins in the bedrooms, and I quite liked it. Particularly useful in larger houses that only have 1 bathroom
Just cap them off under the floor
Great build mate. I remember in one of your videos in the past you mentioned the glue pot you use (good idea by the way), but which brand of wood glue do you use?
any brand, whatever's cheapest - usually Everbuild 502. Any PVA is stronger than the wood itself
Rag 'n' Bone Brown cheers mate.
Are you going to makers central?
no
Why would they put a house shutoff in a bedroom? in the US it's outside
Here in the UK it's usually under the sink in the kitchen, although there is often another one at the edge of the property under a small metal cover in the pavement.
I'm guessing here that the bedroom was the closest room to where the pipe enters the building
we have both one outside and inside normally
no offence i would suggest that you watch a couple of video on how to apply shellac based polishes preferably a British made video, the american videos most often don't do show to polish properly and they only show how to do it with a polishing rubber , British made videos show how to apply polish with a polishing mop and don't use a paint brush the bristles are to hard polishing mop bristles are made from squirrel hair or bear hair . no offence to north Americans i'm still to see a video where they do polishing correctly,