Boxing In A Fuse Box

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[Adrian-qrmu]

Hi Matt. Thanks for this video. I'm doing something similar in my daughter's Reno in a couple of weeks. Although hers won't be as much an intricate design as your mum's, just a basic rectangle design I'll save this vid and work off it. Way cheaper than having the electric company move the whole thing to an outside cabinet . Thanks again

[MinuteWorkshop]

Cheers Matt! That's the perfect illustration of just how fiddly these type of jobs are - especially in older houses where nothing is straight, plumb or true! I did a fair few of these back in the day, and I don't think I ever made money on any of them! 🤷‍♂ 👍

[awantamta]

A proper woodworking job because it solved a problem. Nice one.

[keefykeef]

Great job Matt 👍 stud finder joke never gets old

[freakeystyley]

These are definitely tricky jobs! If I was doing anything differently I might use the push to open type latches instead of handles, and I might have been tempted to get the carcass up then scribe a panel to overlay and meet the walls so I could get a neat finish, but for a quick fix I think you did a great job!

[henley]

Gidday Matt. Fingers crossed that your Dad gets well again soon. Please cheer up about the green hue in the workshop. I still enjoy the work you offer from there. All good, mate.

[bobartex]

Very neat. I think most houses are built with wonky spirit levels! 😃

[simonr]

Mum's and their son's it one of those time honoured traditions like an unwritten law, if mum wants something doing instead of asking husband to do it they alway's ask their son. I spent many years doing jobs around my parents house mainly because my dad was just totally useless at D.I.Y. this didn't stop until after my father passed away and if I'm being honest it only stopped because after my dad passed myself and my wife packed up all my mums belongings and made her move into our home to live with us. Great to see Matt that no job is too big or too small when it comes down to helping your mum and the finished product looks like they were there from the beginning, 💯% 👍.

[benjaqsonworkshop]

Great job, I think you could say you've found another 'comfort zone' with this build.

[jscook]

Stud finder! haha. What a huge improvement to the look of that area. You are a good son.

[MCsCreations]

Really nice work, Matt! 😃
It really looks great there! Much better now!
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[David.M.]

That was a tricky job. Old houses often are not square and require extra thought to make it fit. Good job.

[Kidglove]

Fascinated to watch this having just completed my own similar project. I learned some new possible approaches from you, so thank you! I needed to minimise the framing to allow access to the wiring - long story short, as part of this I used overlay doors. Because the overlay hinges are not adjustable (and I had to use double doors because of the width ) I ended up with the doors being marginally out of level with each other. But it seems that I am the only one who has noticed!

[lesthiele]

Hi Matt, that wax a grezt job you done for your mother, it just shows that you ard a good son, I hope she made you lunch and supplied you with cups of tea, all the very bedt for Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year, best regards from a Kiwi living in Australia.

[JaceTLittle]

Well done. I thoroughly enjoy the soccer/football goal in the backyard. Doesnt happen in the states.

Also, i just recently hung a shelf thing for my mother too. Hers was all ready made but similar. Family first.

[puddinggeek]

A fantastic video as always. I am taking on a similar project to this myself and this has given me some good ideas. Keep up the good work.

[inflamable]

A nice job Matthew. I've a similar job to do at my Mam s house which I have been putting off. You've shamed me into starting it. It's nice to see you near your family again after your exile period up here in Durham.

I listened to workshop banter this morning and have to say the vids in the tent /workshop look fine. Best wishes and i hope your dad is feeling better.

Well done !👍

[Quaker]

Oh, for square walls and ceilings! Nice solution to a tricky (ish) build.

[paulmatthews]

Recently worked in a house with a boxed in consumer unit and homeowner wasn’t best pleased when I said it needed to come out. So tight the lid wouldn’t come off and had even been filled around. The CU itself even had newspaper stuffed in the top!

[hardlines]

Nice one. Had same problems in my house!