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The wall upright needs to be screwed and glued Use a sliding bevel to ensure that you get the correct angle on the underside of the stairs.

Put up the inner and wall uprights to complete the frame of the cupboard.

(Please look at our Fixing to Masonry project for more information about how to do this) Fix the two struts (or sometimes called the sole plate) on to the floor with glue and then screw. You will have to stop this up right above the skirting board so that it rest on the skirting or scribe round the skirting.

If you are going to use the optional upright (we haven’t in the video), this should be fitted now and glued and screwed on to the wall.

You will need to use a sliding bevel to cut the top of the upright at the correct angle so that it meets the stairs.

Fix your outer (main) upright for the other corner of the cupboard from floor to ceiling.

This should be glued and fixed with the appropriate fixings

Run a batten (the under stair batten) along the underside of the stair case from the position of the outer (main) upright down the outer edge of the underside of the stairs to the floor.

In these instructions we will not include dimensions and measurements as this will depend on the angle of your stairs and the size of the under stair cupboard that you have decided to make.įollow these below steps to make your cupboard: The design is a flexible one so that you can alter dimensions to suit your under stair space or you can follow these instructions and you will have made a clever storage space under your stairs in around 5 hours, and cost less than £100.Ĭlick here to download the plans and materials list Step by Step Instructions to Building your Under Stair Cupboards The doors are double hinged so that they fully open and can be folded away to allow complete access to the cupboard Please have a look at the video (at the bottom of the page) for more details. The doors to your under stairs storage are designed to open and fold back on themselves, wrapping around the cupboard so that when they are open they are not in the way. This cupboard has been designed with a number of features that allow you to fully access all parts of the cupboard from both the end and the side so that there are no dark corners that you can never get to.