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So final piece of the kitchen needs filling, filler panel between the larder unit and the wall, should be simple, measure up, do it again, draw it out and cut...
Turns out the newly skimmed wall is not plumb, out by around 2cm bottom to top. We got a 6cm gap at the bottom of the cabinet and 8cm at the top. Cabinet is glued up, straight and square.
What would be the best way to get the profile of this gap and transfer to the filler panel?
Picture was half way through larder completed, problem unbeknown to us then.
Google/Youtube for scribing a filler panel
Put the filler panel on the front of the larder unit, left edge panel to left edge unit, secure somehow.
Cut a block of wood to the gap at the top (8cm).
Use the block to slide down the wall with a sharp pencil on the filler panel scribing a line.
The line should start at the edge of the filler panel and finish at the bottom 2cm in
Then cut the panel to width making sure you don’t chip the edge of it
Decorator's Caulk.
Also, in the Other Problems Department, your larder has been partly filled up by a large white box with pipes coming out of it.
Thanks colp/dovebiker, worked well until my jigsaw wouldn't turn in the wood to follow the line, only noticed after 18 inches 😥
How the hell do they make jigsaws if a jigsaw won’t “turn in the wood”?
Scribing and jigsaw is the solution here. Were you using too deep a blade perhaps?
is the floor level?
One of many:
Goldfish this was exactly the case, I ended up making a ton of smaller cuts upto the line down the side, so into the wood. Made like a corrugated effect and cut down this, sanded the edge down and it made good.
Not entirely sure what to do about the first 18 inches though. That's the next problem. It's at least 1cm away from the wall.
I make and fit wardrobes. I have some fancy things to help me scribe but in a case like this I just dangle a tape measure from the top, measure the gap every 300mm so it would probably go 80, 78, 74, 76, 73, 73,71 etc. I then knock off 3 mm from each measurement, transfer those to my side infill piece and then just cut from dot to dot with an appropriate saw.
dot to dot with an appropriate saw.
Plus
What Big John said but unlike Matt my weapon of choice would probably be a fairly new and sharp second fix or laminate cutting panel saw like this one (other brands are more of less the same). My mistakes usually happen slower without power involved. Others will have different preferences.
https://www.toolstation.com/predator-laminate-saw/p44726
For fixing a 1cm gap you could bodge cover it with beading or trim if you can't face recutting it.
Ahh beading good shout! The company didnt even send the correct touch up paint so will wait on that and go buy some beading tomorrow. Thank you.