Some customers have no idea...if it was my place, a window seat/ storage that can be pulled forward is a no brainer. Best regards to all, frankie, heritage carpenter in Sussex
Even the pro's make mistakes, I noticed you cut the top short and said it didn't look right with a bullnose going into the door facings, but had another bit cut when routing the bullnose to finish the job, don't be embarrassed bud it's good to let folk know that we all mess up sometimes, so people starting out don't get put off seeing flawless jobs online so think they are bad when they mess up and give up on wood work etc thinking they must be crap because they keep making mistakes. Let folk know it's okay and it takes practice. Good video, I personally don't use MDF much at all but ply wood has gone down so much in quality lately I'm thinking yo use more mdf for my work.
As A first timer in attempting that skill, I was impressed on how easy you made it look. Took me awhile to get it all done . I suppose next time will be easier. But thank you for sharing your skills. without this video I am pretty sure I would have made a hash of the job. look forward to more help. once again thanks for sharing.
You made this look so much more difficult than it needed to be. Just because you have a laser doesn't mean you need to use it for every tiny task. There were times where you needed 4 hands and a level would have been adequate. It looked nice either way
See you two are showing your true colours here. Everyone just uses a laser nowadays. Only bodge job old guys use bubbles. Use it on everything from doors to trusses.
Nice one Ben. Just about to box in a fuse board in my garden cabin, so extremely useful. As I will need full access to the board, so I'm magnetising the box so it pulls away easily but thanks to you I've invested in a laser to save time and effort on this and the multitude of other jobs on my "To Do" list!
I too am a retired joiner,wow that was an ordeal watching you do that boxing!The reliance on a laser of all things ,can you not use a level? I would have measured up made the whole lot outside slightly oversize then brought it in and scribed it! I too would’ve used an access panel but never dreamed of cutting it “after” you fitted the boxing! one slip and you could’ve sliced the pipe! The garden chimes were irritating big time Lol
Everyone does it differently. I go for accuracy over speed but appreciate that you may go for speed, a lot of carpenters do. There was no way I could of slipped and cut a pipe unless I had no control at all! The pipe was a long way back and the blade wouldn't even reach it. The access hatch was put in after because it was delivered late 👍
If you think a laser level is less accurate than using a spirit level then you skipped physics at school. I've used mine for way more than I ever dreamt I would. But yes, still love my Stabilos.
Surely fixing a structural element to a floating floor isn't ideal. I'd have cut out the flooring so that batten could attach to the subfloor and allow room for an expansion gap between it and the pipework...
I kept thinking of ways I'd do it faster and easier, but I enjoyed learning your approach. Laser is very needed and so it the compass.keep up the good work mate!
Good video. I have been using the button fixes so that you can take the top off easily and don't have to have any screw holes in the top. Really easy to fit and super strong too.
Can't believe you fixed the boxing hard to the floating floor, there should ALWAYS be a gap around every edge of s floating floor. Also must be a new laser cos that thing got the life squeezed out of it.
You demonstrated and explained clearly. You shared know how. For me its not really about showing off cleverness. More about teaching. And you scored well in that. Thanks.
nice work. i'm also a fan of oversizing and marking in situ instead of trying to cut it to size first time. one question though... at 24:55 you didn't show the perpendicular scribe for the return which looks nowhere near 90... when cutting the large rectangle out did you leave a strip of "meat" on the end to scribe that perpendicular line or use a bevel guage?
Cool video. A few small deviations from the way i do boxing in, of a similar ilk. That's not a criticism of your work, which is plumb and true. I just do it 'slightly differently'. I would have used 'pinch' clips to hold the lid on, and left the 15mm over hang, near the door architrave, on. Also, make sure to use your G clamps in future, when using your palm router. Seen a fellow joiner have a rather horrific accident, routing whilst not having the work piece secured.i I don't want to come across all 'belt and braces'. I'm retired now, due to ill health, and you are clearly a very good young joiner/carpenter. I would just rather see your future videos, with you fully intact 👍
Skirting board hiding that nice floor scribe, could have saved yourself a half hour there. Not sure about screwing through a floating floor either either. Other than that a nice looking boxing 👏
Thanks! I'd never seen a lazer level used before! Now ordered myself one. As a nervous novice I would have loved you showinh each saw, and each setting and blade etc, same with the router it would have been nice to have tuition on that covered also. Those wind chimes were damn annoying! 😂
Can't believe how many tradesmen on hear don't use a self leveling laser. Such a brilliant tool for so many applications. The prices for these don't start at high cost unless you go for sophisticated ones with angles and tripods etc
Thank you Ben very much. Very informative and well produced, good sound and perspectives. Its relatively easy to film something and put it up on YT, but you have delivered a simple and well thought out lesson which, as you say, is difficult to get right and looking good. I learned a lot. Im a DIYer renovating a house in France - you have motivated me to get and learn to use a laser level!
Nice to hear Adrian. Laser levels allow you to be so much more precise especially when levelling across a room. If you do want to purchase one I have put a link to mine on my amazon shop 👍
@@BuiltByBen-YT yeah handy things .I got one that's 3 way 360° and so usefull for certain things like transferring a specific spot level from floor to ceiling and affordable now
I'm no pro joiner but any 'boxing in' work I've done is to make the whole thing moveable, definitely where it covers access to pipework/electrics etc. Just a couple of screws to be removed for complete access. I don't have laser levels so it's all spirit gear .
I see you went for the overhang on the end, after all. It definitely looks better with it, you definitely cut that off when you first marked its, and the realised haha great work
Hi Gary. Thanks for watching. Here is a link to my amazon shop with the laser in it. If you buy through my shop it will help me fund the channel. 👍 www.amazon.co.uk/shop/builtbyben/list/16FHOS4VLRNB9?ref_=cm_sw_r_mwn_aipsflist_aipsfbuiltbyben_QRJBTJA2PTRTJYPCGDY6
I have recently discovered "tapons", they are a screw designed to go into masonry, without the need to insert rawl plugs or toggles. have you used them before, what are your thoughts on them. Cheers.
This is my first video of yours i have watched. i like to watch joinery videos to learn from and your videos are amazing. you cover everything in the video and missed nothing out. you have explained everything in detail about what your doing and how your doing it. keep the good work up and more videos like this. wished i worked for you. i would learn a lot.
The scribing on the top piece didn’t look much, until you bought it outside. That’s some terrible plastering!! You did a great job - looks neat and adds character.
Yes mate. Part of the reason it was so high was to hide more of that rubbish plaster work. It got worse the further it went down. Cheers for watching 👍
Not sure if the perspective and camera angle has distorted the image, but the edge of the little overhang on the door architrave seems to not be running parallel to the surface of the wall. Did you gauge the angle of the walls with a sliding bevel? Shouldn't you have built the box square and then scribed in to the angle?
Nice neat job, pity the customer hadn’t got the water softener fitted beforehand as it might be bigger than the space now left. Another idea might have been to increase the box height and give a wide window board/seat as an added feature.
The water Softner was an external Unit and the only thing needed in the boxing was the mains feed. We nearly made it in to a Cat seat but then decided this way was best. The reason for the height was that the wall was quite badly damaged lower down, Couldn't really see on the video but that's why.
Spoilt by the plastic access panel. it woul have been neater to use the mdf cutout as an access panel, a strip of ply around the edge to prevent it falling in and turn button/catches to secure it. when painted it would blend-in far better.
Thanks for the video. One thing I need to raise, I am a gas engineer and gas supply pipes when boxed in need ventilation sized depending on the size of the void created. If you want the details let me know.
Great video. Learnt a few things including getting the box/baton position square from the wall using the laser. Have subscribed. Looking forward to more videos.
Useful video! I would have put the hatch with either the flap opening down, or left or right, not up which makes it awkward to access as you can't really see without it being fully open and it could easily fall down.
I reckon you forgot to measure the 15mm and cut to the original line and improvised at point of realisation 27.49 so the video wasn’t ruined but your perfectionism wouldn’t cut you a break?
Ben, when using MDF beware of the health issues with its fine dust such as when you were cutting the access hatch. A simple dust mask will protect you.
Yea I don't see it being too much of a problem. I only did to it and not all the way through so there is still some flexibility there. Its still fine to this day 😌
easest job i ever had was boxing in pipes at mental health hospitals and there was a lot. Set up in the car parks with a generator and loads of MDF. MDF is so forgiving and easy to work with..but always use corner blocks out of wood or more mdf and screw and glue if you want it strong, as screwing down the end is crap.
First thing id do is cut those pipes off, replaster the damage. then lower the new popes to skirting level then do a skirting level box section to cover them all. No need for half wall height boxing
I offered for it to be the window cill level but with that came a little more expense to either chop the old board out and put one big one on or to join the new one to the front as seamless as possible but with budget in mind the customer went fit this a they saw no advantage in the 1st options
Each to their own, I've been a chippy for over 25 years I wouldn't use a laser in this scenario it's too much faffing about, much easier and quicker with a normal level. That job should take no longer than an hour to complete tops! I've seen a lot of people over the years over complicate jobs that are basically straight forward and then get every tool out of the van that they own to complete it, a lot of the time it's not necessary, it just ends up costing the customer a fortune in labour due to the time it takes. Just my opinion of course.
@@BuiltByBen-YT sorry mate I wasn't trying to criticize your work as that's the easiest thing in the world for anyone to do. I appreciate that you're putting it out there for people that may not know 👍
Interesting video and informative use of the laser! And, at last, someone using metric measurements, so frustrating to see, especially younger people, using clumsy imperial measurements! I've been using MDF screws for over twenty years now, definitely worth using, as you say less chance of splitting, because of the thin shaft, and really good grip, because of the the deep and sharp thread. Not sure what happened between 27mins and 29mins though, first you say you've decided to finish the end off flush but then you show an overhang?
First time I was given a boxing to do, it was on an old cottage, full refurb job that was nearly finished. I was 15, and working with a top class joiner, but he had a hell of a temper. The CH had just been turned on, but the flow and return to a rad on the landing came through the floor and along the skirting. I made the boxing out of skirting and 3"x 1" for the top, and it looked great. I got a pat on fhe shoulder and compliments... until we noticed a wet patch growing along the floor... I'd put six two and a half inch lost heads through the pipe. The air was blue... but I never made that mistake again for the next 55 years. Laser?? 🤣🤣
@@BuiltByBen-YT I've also done it once with a gas pipe as an apprentice in the early 80's , and never done it again for 43 years until i retired. You certainly learn by your mistakes.
That's a dangerous corner you won't be the last guy to box that nest of pipes in judging by the way that drill bit pushed into the wall for that 3rd screw tells us old boys that the meddler has been in that corner for a while my guess is that there is a damp issue there ie. bridged cavity, original door frame rotted away because of this. The hdf will be fine for a couple of years. Next time find a plumber to tidy up that pipe work and yellow lever says gas,if that is a gas mains shut off valve it should be visible to everyone All times .
@@BuiltByBen-YT I agree, but timber will not stop someone from putting a nail or screw into that pipe and gas leaks might not be as obvious as water. If the lever was visible or even the access panel labeled gas it might save a Life who knows.
This taught me an invaluable skill regarding scribing and setting the width to the amount you want to remove from the board. So simple but genius.
Thanks Callum. Yea it's always worked for me 👍
Use a square to if you're anal like me haha
Really like the job you did there.
First job for me would have been to take down that wind chime😂
🤣🤣 they are definitely a marmite kind of thing
What is it with wind-chimes; who wants to make a rowdy night even noisier?!?
Some customers have no idea...if it was my place, a window seat/ storage that can be pulled forward is a no brainer. Best regards to all, frankie, heritage carpenter in Sussex
Yeah, or a shop-bought radiator cover attached with Kekus and fill/paint around it
Nice to see someone taking a bit of pride in their work. Appreciate the time taken to get it all square and level, plus the scribing. Sub'd.
Thanks Gary. 👍
Rare thing these days
Even the pro's make mistakes, I noticed you cut the top short and said it didn't look right with a bullnose going into the door facings, but had another bit cut when routing the bullnose to finish the job, don't be embarrassed bud it's good to let folk know that we all mess up sometimes, so people starting out don't get put off seeing flawless jobs online so think they are bad when they mess up and give up on wood work etc thinking they must be crap because they keep making mistakes. Let folk know it's okay and it takes practice. Good video, I personally don't use MDF much at all but ply wood has gone down so much in quality lately I'm thinking yo use more mdf for my work.
As A first timer in attempting that skill, I was impressed on how easy you made it look. Took me awhile to get it all done . I suppose next time will be easier. But thank you for sharing your skills. without this video I am pretty sure I would have made a hash of the job. look forward to more help. once again thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching David. Glad I could help. 👍
You made this look so much more difficult than it needed to be. Just because you have a laser doesn't mean you need to use it for every tiny task. There were times where you needed 4 hands and a level would have been adequate. It looked nice either way
Just because you have used a saw before doesnt mean you have to be a C*U*N*T
See you two are showing your true colours here. Everyone just uses a laser nowadays. Only bodge job old guys use bubbles. Use it on everything from doors to trusses.
You're quite right. Lasers are so much more accurate
Especially the villains in James bond movies they really love a laser
Are you taking piss ?
Nice one Ben. Just about to box in a fuse board in my garden cabin, so extremely useful. As I will need full access to the board, so I'm magnetising the box so it pulls away easily but thanks to you I've invested in a laser to save time and effort on this and the multitude of other jobs on my "To Do" list!
Nice one mate 👍
Oh another great tip on the magnetic catch, thanks!
Very nice! The details are clear and precise.
a joy to watch reminds me of my late father
I too am a retired joiner,wow that was an ordeal watching you do that boxing!The reliance on a laser of all things ,can you not use a level? I would have measured up made the whole lot outside slightly oversize then brought it in and scribed it! I too would’ve used an access panel but never dreamed of cutting it “after” you fitted the boxing! one slip and you could’ve sliced the pipe! The garden chimes were irritating big time Lol
Everyone does it differently. I go for accuracy over speed but appreciate that you may go for speed, a lot of carpenters do. There was no way I could of slipped and cut a pipe unless I had no control at all! The pipe was a long way back and the blade wouldn't even reach it. The access hatch was put in after because it was delivered late 👍
If you think a laser level is less accurate than using a spirit level then you skipped physics at school. I've used mine for way more than I ever dreamt I would. But yes, still love my Stabilos.
There's no way that multi tool would have "sliced through the pipe" with one slip! 🤦♂️
Really good video how to do a great job good skills and a very confident tradesman! Ex chippy!
Back seat drivers don't you just love um😂😂
Surely fixing a structural element to a floating floor isn't ideal. I'd have cut out the flooring so that batten could attach to the subfloor and allow room for an expansion gap between it and the pipework...
Structural? It's only boxing in.
Nope your wrong , You would do what your paid to do not think what you want to do for yourself, big difference when it’s not your property !!
@@Alfiepops Exactly. Hence....DIY!
I learned two things Ben
1 How to box in pipes
2 how much I hate Bamboo Wind Chimes
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 at least you can now box in
3.) You don't need to measure when you have a lazer
I kept thinking of ways I'd do it faster and easier, but I enjoyed learning your approach. Laser is very needed and so it the compass.keep up the good work mate!
Thanks James
Good video. I have been using the button fixes so that you can take the top off easily and don't have to have any screw holes in the top. Really easy to fit and super strong too.
Great job….those wind chimes really do your head in .
love the fact all of a sudden there was a over hang on the return lol
Can't believe you fixed the boxing hard to the floating floor, there should ALWAYS be a gap around every edge of s floating floor. Also must be a new laser cos that thing got the life squeezed out of it.
Very nice Ben enjoy seeing it for the first time, got home project I need to attend to will definitely carry same thing, thanks for this.
Absolutely brilliant enjoyed watching 👀
Thank you. Make sure you subscribe 👍
was all ready to say don't cover the compression fittings as they need to be serviceable. Then you installed a service hatch. perfect.
Thankyou mate 👍
You demonstrated and explained clearly. You shared know how. For me its not really about showing off cleverness. More about teaching. And you scored well in that. Thanks.
Thank you. Kind words
nice work. i'm also a fan of oversizing and marking in situ instead of trying to cut it to size first time. one question though... at 24:55 you didn't show the perpendicular scribe for the return which looks nowhere near 90... when cutting the large rectangle out did you leave a strip of "meat" on the end to scribe that perpendicular line or use a bevel guage?
This is the best boxing in video on TH-cam and I should know, I've watched 'em all.😉
Thanks 👍 I'm going to try and focus more on the tutorials on the coming months. Don't forget to subscribe 😉
@@BuiltByBen-YT 'll give a sub bud, why not eh👍
Cool video. A few small deviations from the way i do boxing in, of a similar ilk.
That's not a criticism of your work, which is plumb and true. I just do it 'slightly differently'.
I would have used 'pinch' clips to hold the lid on, and left the 15mm over hang, near the door architrave, on.
Also, make sure to use your G clamps in future, when using your palm router. Seen a fellow joiner have a rather horrific accident, routing whilst not having the work piece secured.i
I don't want to come across all 'belt and braces'. I'm retired now, due to ill health, and you are clearly a very good young joiner/carpenter.
I would just rather see your future videos, with you fully intact 👍
Thanks for watching Tony 👍will be sure to get the clamps out next time.
Skirting board hiding that nice floor scribe, could have saved yourself a half hour there. Not sure about screwing through a floating floor either either. Other than that a nice looking boxing 👏
Excellent professional job.
Thank you😇
Awesome job. Thank you for sharing this.
Thanks! I'd never seen a lazer level used before! Now ordered myself one.
As a nervous novice I would have loved you showinh each saw, and each setting and blade etc, same with the router it would have been nice to have tuition on that covered also.
Those wind chimes were damn annoying! 😂
Can't believe how many tradesmen on hear don't use a self leveling laser. Such a brilliant tool for so many applications. The prices for these don't start at high cost unless you go for sophisticated ones with angles and tripods etc
Fully agree 👍
Thank you Ben very much. Very informative and well produced, good sound and perspectives. Its relatively easy to film something and put it up on YT, but you have delivered a simple and well thought out lesson which, as you say, is difficult to get right and looking good. I learned a lot. Im a DIYer renovating a house in France - you have motivated me to get and learn to use a laser level!
Nice to hear Adrian. Laser levels allow you to be so much more precise especially when levelling across a room.
If you do want to purchase one I have put a link to mine on my amazon shop 👍
@@BuiltByBen-YT yeah handy things .I got one that's 3 way 360° and so usefull for certain things like transferring a specific spot level from floor to ceiling and affordable now
@@ianthompson6288 they are so good
I'm no pro joiner but any 'boxing in' work I've done is to make the whole thing moveable, definitely where it covers access to pipework/electrics etc. Just a couple of screws to be removed for complete access. I don't have laser levels so it's all spirit gear .
The key part is to make it accessible, not necessarily movable. Which is why I put the hatch in at the end to get to the gas shut off.
I see you went for the overhang on the end, after all. It definitely looks better with it, you definitely cut that off when you first marked its, and the realised haha great work
Yea spot on just forgot to mention it 👌
Helpful step by step guide, thanks .... I also liked seeing the simplicity of the access hatch being added .. nice touch
Nice one Dean cheers mate
good to see you wearing safety specs etc
Nice video. Always need to do boxing around the meters in a new buy to let. I will use the tips on my next project.
Thanks for watching mate. Good luck you ya 🫡
Very interesting mate. Thanks for sharing. Re the wind chimes… I would have wrapped some tape around them pretty quickly!
🤣🤣🤣 they are the start of the show
Looked nice and tidy in the end .
Thank you 😊
Nice one for the video. Some good tips and tricks in there
Thank you mate 👍
Very tidy job thanks for taking the time to make it.what make laser did you use?.
Hi Gary. Thanks for watching. Here is a link to my amazon shop with the laser in it. If you buy through my shop it will help me fund the channel. 👍
www.amazon.co.uk/shop/builtbyben/list/16FHOS4VLRNB9?ref_=cm_sw_r_mwn_aipsflist_aipsfbuiltbyben_QRJBTJA2PTRTJYPCGDY6
Love the video i need to box my radiator pipes soon, now I know thank you from Les
I have recently discovered "tapons", they are a screw designed to go into masonry, without the need to insert rawl plugs or toggles. have you used them before, what are your thoughts on them. Cheers.
Hi mate. No I havn't used them yet. But will give them a go soon maybe.
Ben you made it look hard work!
Feel free to make your own video john 👍
Great video . I don’t do very much boxing in but you have taught me a few things ! Thanks. Adrian
Cheers Adrian 👌
This is my first video of yours i have watched. i like to watch joinery videos to learn from and your videos are amazing. you cover everything in the video and missed nothing out. you have explained everything in detail about what your doing and how your doing it. keep the good work up and more videos like this. wished i worked for you. i would learn a lot.
Cheers for your kind words mate 👍
Very professional lovely job 🏅
Thanks Julie 👍
I didn't expect to learn as much as I did but that was impressive. Great job!
Cheers, Robert. Make sure you subscribe 👍
You Changed your mind about the Bullnose I see. Nice job.
Yep 🤣
Nice Ben. Will save this one for whenever I need to do some boxing.
Cheers James
The scribing on the top piece didn’t look much, until you bought it outside. That’s some terrible plastering!! You did a great job - looks neat and adds character.
Yes mate. Part of the reason it was so high was to hide more of that rubbish plaster work. It got worse the further it went down. Cheers for watching 👍
Good clean job bro
Thanks mate. Cheers for watching the video
lovely job mate, thank you
Thanks Simon 👍
Not sure if the perspective and camera angle has distorted the image, but the edge of the little overhang on the door architrave seems to not be running parallel to the surface of the wall. Did you gauge the angle of the walls with a sliding bevel? Shouldn't you have built the box square and then scribed in to the angle?
I can't remember Ian? Once it was all fitted I am pretty sure it was all square and even. Thanks for watching mate 👍
Thanks for a great, informative video
Thanks Philip
Nice neat job, pity the customer hadn’t got the water softener fitted beforehand as it might be bigger than the space now left. Another idea might have been to increase the box height and give a wide window board/seat as an added feature.
The water Softner was an external Unit and the only thing needed in the boxing was the mains feed. We nearly made it in to a Cat seat but then decided this way was best. The reason for the height was that the wall was quite badly damaged lower down, Couldn't really see on the video but that's why.
Great work Ben. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Buddy
@@BuiltByBen-YT cheers
I might have suggested the boxing went up to the window cill, then change the cill so it is the top of the boxing in.
Yes that was also discussed but the price for that was over budget
Link to the lane /tape please........👌👌👌👍......
So you mean laser?
Nice job. Gotta get myself one of those laser things. Thanks.
Thanks for sharing.
Spoilt by the plastic access panel. it woul have been neater to use the mdf cutout as an access panel, a strip of ply around the edge to prevent it falling in and turn button/catches to secure it. when painted it would blend-in far better.
I prefer the plastic but each to their own 👍
I've got pipework to box in and this has been really helpful! Subbed to channel.
Was there a reason you cut the access hatch in at a later date? Everyone’s different but I’d usually cut it in at the same time as the main panel
We ordered it in amazon and it turned up late 👍
That job deserves every penny you charge for top class workmanship.
Thanks Dawn
Thanks for the video. One thing I need to raise, I am a gas engineer and gas supply pipes when boxed in need ventilation sized depending on the size of the void created. If you want the details let me know.
how come the top is level with the side then you take it outside and use router and it then has an overhang ?
I just decided it looked better once I tried it but forgot to mention it 👌
Great video. Learnt a few things including getting the box/baton position square from the wall using the laser. Have subscribed. Looking forward to more videos.
Cheers Stephen. Thanks for watching 👍
Useful video! I would have put the hatch with either the flap opening down, or left or right, not up which makes it awkward to access as you can't really see without it being fully open and it could easily fall down.
Thanks for watching Anne, the hinges are just pop off ones so once open it just releases. But good comment 👌
That's even better!!
Great job, thank you 👏🏼
Cheers Mark
Brilliant job Ben
Thanks mate
Really nice job, you are really precise 👍
Thank you Jeffery 😊
Hello from Dublin. Nice tidy work. Good on ya buddy.
Thanks for watching Peter 👍
great video!
Thanks mate 👍
Great job and detailed! Appreciate you have taken time to explain which always motivates likes of DIYer. Keep up the good work.
Thank you mate. Cheers for watching 👍
What happened with the skirt that abutted the architrave?
What do you mean?
great job and great video
You cut the end flush what the customer wanted... but at the end the overhang was back. Did they change their mind or did it break
We changed our mind again. But forgot to edit that bit out 👍🤣
@@BuiltByBen-YT lol job looked good nice one.
I reckon you forgot to measure the 15mm and cut to the original line and improvised at point of realisation 27.49 so the video wasn’t ruined but your perfectionism wouldn’t cut you a break?
Yeh I rewatched that over three times thinking, what the heck is going on 😂
Ben, when using MDF beware of the health issues with its fine dust such as when you were cutting the access hatch. A simple dust mask will protect you.
Yes you are quite right. I never feel the need with a multitool as the majority of the dust falls down but I am fully aware that is stupid logic 🤣
It's definitely not a cheapskate option. It's quite pricey! But thanks for your opinion
It’s not only the dust if your tools are not sharp it will burn the MDF releasing dangerous gases
Noted ✅️
@@pocketfella5176 Formaldehyde
Look like your fitting to a floating floor, if so why no expansion gap round the side. Could have been left under the skirting?
Yea I don't see it being too much of a problem. I only did to it and not all the way through so there is still some flexibility there. Its still fine to this day 😌
use the 99p plugs from toosltation and you wont have the problem banging them through the hole, they have no shoulder and theyre just as good
Nice tip
Did you change the top
Was flush to start with near the door frame
Then cam back and was protruding with a bullnose ?
Yes, just forgot to mention it in the video 👍
Nice Job!!
Thanks James, subscribe to the channel if you want. If you don't....don't 👌🤣
Great job Ben! Lovely work
Thank you Marc
Bet you loved those bamboo windchimes lol....very informative it will certainly help me to do a similar job soon. Thanks for uploading
Thanks for watching Richie 👍 make sure you subscribe 👍
Great work lovely job 👌
Thanks Gareth
easest job i ever had was boxing in pipes at mental health hospitals and there was a lot. Set up in the car parks with a generator and loads of MDF. MDF is so forgiving and easy to work with..but always use corner blocks out of wood or more mdf and screw and glue if you want it strong, as screwing down the end is crap.
Good stuff. I’ve got some boxing to do and you’ve inspired me to get on with it. Nice one 👍🏻 Great job by the way.
Thank you 😊
Hi very good content can you recommend a budget Lazer .thanks 👍
Thanks mate 👍how much are you looking to spend?
Love the wind chimes.
Your one of a few I think 🤣
New subscriber (Steve the Sparky) very impressed with your work and approach
Thanks for watching Steve. 👍
good job leaving access.
Thanks Edd
First thing id do is cut those pipes off, replaster the damage. then lower the new popes to skirting level then do a skirting level box section to cover them all. No need for half wall height boxing
should the reference for the level be the window sill? how do you make the choice?
I offered for it to be the window cill level but with that came a little more expense to either chop the old board out and put one big one on or to join the new one to the front as seamless as possible but with budget in mind the customer went fit this a they saw no advantage in the 1st options
I didn't know Festool makes tool bags. Guess they are not available in the US. Nice little vid. cheers.
They are in my amazon shop under Workwear 👍
www.amazon.co.uk/shop/builtbyben
Each to their own, I've been a chippy for over 25 years I wouldn't use a laser in this scenario it's too much faffing about, much easier and quicker with a normal level.
That job should take no longer than an hour to complete tops!
I've seen a lot of people over the years over complicate jobs that are basically straight forward and then get every tool out of the van that they own to complete it, a lot of the time it's not necessary, it just ends up costing the customer a fortune in labour due to the time it takes.
Just my opinion of course.
Understand your view Danny. I can't see that job Happening in 1 hour but I also know I'm not the quickest. 🤣
@@BuiltByBen-YT sorry mate I wasn't trying to criticize your work as that's the easiest thing in the world for anyone to do.
I appreciate that you're putting it out there for people that may not know 👍
Totally agree buddy the longer he takes the more he can charge
🤣🤣🤣🤣 you literally have no clue. But thanks for the comment. I earn money from you
what about access hatch for valve
Watch till the end John
Brilliant job 👏
Cheers Paul
Interesting video and informative use of the laser! And, at last, someone using metric measurements, so frustrating to see, especially younger people, using clumsy imperial measurements! I've been using MDF screws for over twenty years now, definitely worth using, as you say less chance of splitting, because of the thin shaft, and really good grip, because of the the deep and sharp thread. Not sure what happened between 27mins and 29mins though, first you say you've decided to finish the end off flush but then you show an overhang?
Just a change of mind that I forgot to edit 🤣 thanks for watching
Gave me some good ideas for my own job, thanks!
Glad I could help!
First time I was given a boxing to do, it was on an old cottage, full refurb job that was nearly finished. I was 15, and working with a top class joiner, but he had a hell of a temper. The CH had just been turned on, but the flow and return to a rad on the landing came through the floor and along the skirting. I made the boxing out of skirting and 3"x 1" for the top, and it looked great. I got a pat on fhe shoulder and compliments... until we noticed a wet patch growing along the floor... I'd put six two and a half inch lost heads through the pipe. The air was blue... but I never made that mistake again for the next 55 years. Laser?? 🤣🤣
I've done it once recently. 1st time ever. AND YES.....LASER
@@BuiltByBen-YT I've also done it once with a gas pipe as an apprentice in the early 80's , and never done it again for 43 years until i retired. You certainly learn by your mistakes.
That's a dangerous corner you won't be the last guy to box that nest of pipes in judging by the way that drill bit pushed into the wall for that 3rd screw tells us old boys that the meddler has been in that corner for a while my guess is that there is a damp issue there ie. bridged cavity, original door frame rotted away because of this. The hdf will be fine for a couple of years. Next time find a plumber to tidy up that pipe work and yellow lever says gas,if that is a gas mains shut off valve it should be visible to everyone All times .
It's regs to box in gas pipes to protect them though right?
@@BuiltByBen-YT I agree, but timber will not stop someone from putting a nail or screw into that pipe and gas leaks might not be as obvious as water. If the lever was visible or even the access panel labeled gas it might save a Life who knows.