Cabinet under the washing machine in the bathroom: under the built-in and standard, with their own hands

The order in the bathroom helps to support various organizers, baskets and shelves. And if you make a cabinet for a washing machine?

In the modest space of the room space has a special weight. Cabinets, shelves and built-in structures use a vertical space, which is rarely used in the bathroom.

Therefore, the cabinet allows you to solve a lot of issues:

• Saves space: everything that you put on the floor or a washing machine can be placed on the shelves, freeing the floor.
• Order: there will be no excess on the floor, it will be easier to wash it.
• Cabinet is a safe, aesthetic and convenient way to store household chemicals out of reach of children and animals. The surface of the packages will be less dusty.
• Allows you to hide behind a door or curtain a laundry basket with curious eyes and unexpected visitors.
• With the right approach it will be possible to make the room functional and cozy, to create the illusion of greater space.

Bathroom cabinets are selected based on the destination, the wishes of the owners, such as a washing machine, its drive and connection to communications, room capabilities.

It is possible to meet such:

• Vertical construction is a familiar cabinet in which the bottom is removed, making room for the unit.
• Hinged - one of the most common budget options. You can stay at a deeper level than when combining with a sink. This can hide counters, pipes, columns.
• The free-standing version resembles a cabinet: the shelves are located next to the machine. The lid integrates the space in the bathroom, the sink is sometimes built into it. An interesting option, when the appearance of the machine is knocked out of the style of the bathroom or contradicts it.
• Corner cabinet - this is a competent design of space, which requires wit and imagination. Guests will appreciate the taste and non-standard approach.
• Built-in closet in the bathroom is rare, in apartment buildings not so much space. If the appearance of the apartment changes dramatically, a redevelopment or enough space is done, then such a cabinet will be a model of functionality, dividing the room into a business zone and a zone of comfort and hygiene.

Built-in technology does not have an external gloss, providing freedom and shading selected furniture. The cabinet for the built-in washing machine has its limitations, because its dimensions are predetermined:

• The standard model is essentially a vertical cabinet with shelves not more than 1.1 m high, which is installed above the device.
• Horizontal construction - a kind of pencil case, which can have any length, encircling the kitchen. The "growth" of the locker is only 40 cm, this option is convenient for people of medium height and below.
• The angular solution looks extraordinary, allows you to use free space, although the features of the performance do not allow it to be fully used.

If the design involves mirror doors, then they are selected in a separate group of cabinets, so the appearance of the bathroom changes. Mirrors create the illusion of space, but exacting in the care.

Furniture for built-in appliances are usually made to order, so you can choose the best options for placing the cabinet, forcing the whole space to work.

Surviving in a damp room can not all furniture. In addition to practicality, I want more and beauty, so when making bathroom cabinets choose:

• Wood. Some rocks are less spoiled by moisture, and modern means for processing and impregnation will help, however this is an expensive investment.
• MDF is a fashionable and practical material. The way of manufacturing plates and additional processing, allow to create moisture-resistant designs, accessible and rather various. If the cabinet you collect yourself, then preference is usually given to fiberboard and MDF.The rest of the materials will require special skills and knowledge, besides the equipment for working with them is more difficult to find.
• Glass and mirror are moot materials. They are successfully used to visually increase space. Processing options expand the decorative possibilities. Fragility and high cost scare many, although it's a matter of taste and budget. ..
• Plastic, polymers - economical option, unpretentious in everyday use, convenient and diverse. Longevity plastic does not differ, although for some time it will help to solve the interior issue.

It's important to remember that the closet will be in your bathroom, which means deciding how much to spend on it and how long it will stay in the room, only you.

Cabinets with a washing machine are organized in the corridor, in the kitchen, in the spacious restroom( this sometimes happens).The easiest way is to make it in the bathroom, where the approach to communications for connecting the machine is facilitated. Place the closet is determined against the wall, in the corners or where there are niches, idle space. You can abandon the overall bath in favor of a vertical shower to accommodate the rack. Cabinets decorate and hide problem areas.

The use of corner cabinets successfully plays out the space, rounding the room at the top, creating the impression of spaciousness and comfort.

Cabinets-cabinets will hide pipes and plumbing. Even a narrow washing machine can be hidden under the shell-water lily. The cabinet will help them to unite, place hygiene products in a convenient proximity to the water. On such a cabinet it is appropriate to use a glass and a mirror on the doors.

When the idea of ​​the cabinet has acquired certain features, it is better to consult the installation rules, they will avoid the standard errors for built-in and detached models of technology:

• A gap of 2-3 cm is required between the devices and furniture partitions, otherwise the machine will break the cabinet when the machine vibrates. If the device is placed inside the cabinet, it is better that it is placed on a flat floor. The furniture base is slippery, so the machine can learn to "walk".If there is a strong desire to keep the bottom, use protective stops to fix the legs of the appliances.
• Interior should take into account the need to easily and quickly reach the communications and gates. You should also make an outlet available.
• Air and heat: furniture should not disturb the movement of air, so do not block the cabinet with ventilation openings and heating. Heat can adversely affect materials, causing their deformation.
• Water is a major threat to the surface of the cabinet. Despite all the impregnation and treatment, it can cause swelling in the wood and slabs, leave traces. Care of the cabinet consists in the regular processing and removal of moisture on the furniture. Try to place sensitive furniture farther from the sources of danger, remove droplets from the surface almost immediately.
• High humidity is dangerous for furniture and appliances. Airing is the best way to maintain a comfortable air condition and avoid the appearance of mold.

Cabinets in the bathroom have the right to life: they are distinguished by simple geometry and are made from available materials, budgetary, but they are always exclusive. If the house has tools, you know how to handle them, then this is a feasible task.

• Design the closet, the simplest option is to make a vertical pencil case or to assemble a combination of two parts: a rack in the top and a box under the car below. Part with shelves can be angled.
• Measure. Some firms produce "semi-finished products": cuts for walls, shelves, hinged doors, this simplifies the task, their total cost should not exceed the price of finished cabinets. If the house is not new, then measurements need to be done several times: the walls are very uneven, like the level of the floors.
• Wall connection. Make holes with a 5 mm drill. If the sheet is solid, duplicate the holes from the edge of the part so that longitudinal cracks do not form. For strength, use the corners, grease the wood joints with PVA glue, screw the screws.
• If the cabinet has legs, then the furniture screws will successfully cope with this task, they are convenient to adjust their height. To hats do not scratch the floor, hide them in plastic covers. Use the level to check whether it turned out exactly.
• If the cabinet is in two parts, then you can connect them, tightly holding the vise and drilling holes. The length of the screws is important: short form a flimsy connection, long will stick out and spoil the view.
• The shelves can be installed as well as the connections: make holes in the cabinet walls, screws. Use the stub to hide the visible connection points.
• If the parts saw themselves, then treat the outer edges with a milling cutter or sandpaper.
• When installing the cabinet, make sure it is level.
• Drawers begin to do by screwing the handle in the center of the facepiece( measure the center for height and length).Connect in front of the sides, they must completely "hide" behind the face of the box. The rear part and the bottom can be hammered. Attach the fittings( rails) to the walls of the cabinet at one level: the guides must be horizontal so that the box does not roll and easily close.
• The back wall of the cabinet, if provided, is also fixed with a hammer and nails. To look it is aesthetic, the gap between them should be 7-15 cm.
• Hang the doors last. Screw the screws at right angles so that the doors do not slant. Use the latches, so they do not swing open, you can buy these devices in the economic department.

Before work, think about where and when you can do certain work: cutting, impregnating wood, painting, joining parts. Self-manufacturing takes more time than buying or working as masters. Possible inconveniences for household members and neighbors due to noise, smell of paint and chemistry.

Which closet will stand in the bathroom, choose you. The main thing that he decorated it.