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Thermal store enclosure

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Thermal store enclosure

Postby 9fingers » 03 Aug 2014, 21:45

Whilst most of the work needed for the solar energy project was plumbing, roof scaling, wiring and software writing. There was also some woodwork.

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In the photo above, the door was for our original airing cupboard with its dinky little 120 litre water cylinder. However there was no way that the new store – 347 litres - was going to fit so I had to stand in the corner of our bedroom. It was made quite clear by the domestic authority that is was going to have to be hidden away and by something a little better than a curtain!!

Previous readers of the original Woodhaven might recall the discussion of door panel proportions. I decided on these for the panels and doors that would form the enclosure and the new airing cupboard door.

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I bought a board of ash with some nice figuring and cut into book matched pieces keeping the panels in order vertically so the grain would flow nicely.

Here are the blanks for the panels left to right.

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The next step was to make a framework for the enclosure from 50 x 50 ash.

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Then I ran a number of lengths of moulding to trim out all the openings.

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A couple of shots of the completed frame.

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Time to dust off the spindle moulder to make the panel frames & doors. I did not take many photos of this stage but what I have are below.

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A jig to do the short, angled cuts for the triangular door

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I sued something similar for the cross grain end cuts. No short cuts with spindle moulders – they take no prisoners!

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Here is the dry fit of the triangular door.

To avoid any future problems with shrinkage of the panels, I stained the fields and added a sealing coat of varnish before assembly. Nothing worse than a telltale pale line along the edge of a panel!

A slight diversion to knock up a bit of crown moulding. Router table and table saw work in best Norm tradition.

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A huge leap in time on the project - everything is fitted, stained etc

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One final job was a slide out airing ‘enclosure’. SWMBO has a lot of trouble with her shoulders and can’t extend her arms very far especially if lifting things, so I’ve made a roll out device on full extension drawer slides to make it easier to load up the airing cupboard.

In the storage position :-

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and pulled out ready to load

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This is built from 8mm ash slats biscuited together and stiffened with a ply back panel in an attempt to keep it a light as possible.

That’s all for now folks!

Bob
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Re: Thermal store enclosure

Postby Mike G » 03 Aug 2014, 23:09

Gorgeous woodwork..............Now sort that bloody ceiling out!
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Re: Thermal store enclosure

Postby TrimTheKing » 03 Aug 2014, 23:16

Very nice Bob

Echo Mike's ceiling comment! ;)

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Re: Thermal store enclosure

Postby Rod » 04 Aug 2014, 00:03

Plain ceilings are so boring!

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Re: Thermal store enclosure

Postby chataigner » 04 Aug 2014, 06:48

Looks great Bob, I remember the original thread, but dont recall seeing the finished job before - very nice indeed.
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Re: Thermal store enclosure

Postby Andyp » 04 Aug 2014, 06:57

Mike G wrote:Gorgeous woodwork..............Now sort that bloody ceiling out!



I made that comment when the original thread was posted and was made to feel quite guilty afterwards. I am sure Rob will be along to explain.
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Re: Thermal store enclosure

Postby Rod » 04 Aug 2014, 08:41

You've done it again Andy!

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Re: Thermal store enclosure

Postby 9fingers » 04 Aug 2014, 09:16

Thanks for your comments guys.
I put the ceilings up about 30 years ago and they will be staying just as they are for the foreseeable future. Sorry to disappoint you :lol:

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Re: Thermal store enclosure

Postby Andyp » 04 Aug 2014, 10:11

9fingers wrote:Bob ( or is it Rob? I'm starting to get confused too :shock: )


I will have to have a word with Mark about this someone is obviously editing my posts :D
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