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Installing Custom Closets

Bob enters the master suite to talk with Marcy Weisberg and Brad Bendell who are installing the totally custom California Closets. Marcy explains that the homeowners asked for 'his' and 'hers 'sections in their 12' x 6' closet space. The 'hers' section is separated into long hanging with shelves above, double hanging for tops and bottoms, mid-length hanging with shelves above, and lots of shoe storage. Brad tells us that the Closet frames are built out of high-pressure furniture grade particle board with a mahogany finish. He first screws a metal bar into the studs with a 2" tempered screw . After that he puts a cover onto the rail to dress it up and then installs the vertical partitions for strength. Next he hangs the horizontal members. The hardware on the cam-locking shelf is inserted into the vertical partitions and the cam locks into place much like a piece of knock-down furniture. Brad then does the same at the bottom to complete the frame. Marcy explains that the closet systems are priced by component - partitions, shelves, and accessories. After the system is installed it will be separated from the rest of the master suite by a Japanese Shoji screen.
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Installing Custom Closets

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" Up and master bedroom now to talk with -- Marcy Weisberg and read them before installing the California closets Marcy. California closets mean custom right. It means totally -- so what did our homeowners ask for here."

" Homeowners asked us specifically to divide the closet into his parents sections of that they didn't have to bump into each manner now this is relatively large space of about twelve by a six. I would guess yes so is it 5050. Now and I never is never is now parents now. What's the layout tell us exactly what went in and out -- here for the her section we have long hanging with a couple of shelves above. Then happened bottom hanging we call double hanging yet we went and -- lightning -- I don't there are lots of things he specifically asks for lots of shoe shelves. And that's what she's getting out here."

" Now brad what is. The product itself you mean is it it's a wood finish right yes so I pressure planet. Particle board furniture grade OK and so it looks. For all -- mean it looks like mahogany. How do you go about installing these and hanging them off the walls. K Bob what we have is similar to what you're here -- cabinets there this is the his side right at that -- battalion to follow politics. How to attach OK it's similar to the European cabinets. Device that we use to attach it to wallets and metal bar. And what we do is we screwed into the studs with a two inch tempered screw right. And then after we have that army. But the cover on the -- precedent. Straight on and now we're ready to install our vertical partitions. These partitions are the strength of it -- it isn't just. Hanging off of that nail is also taking the weight and transferring it against the back wall correct all right. You just hang those two -- besides. And then the horizontal us. Yes. This is what we call it. Blocking shelf it's our cam lock and hardware is inserted into the vertical partitions. And the shelves go again. It's a full turn and the cam locks it right plus. Just like knock down furniture. Yes. Two turns and it's locked. And then basically the same thing at the bottom the bottom OK."

" Beautiful now -- how do you figure out the cost of an installation like this."

" we price by the component so everything is priced individually the partitions the shelves the drawers the accessories."

" So everything is priced individually for us so every job really is its own. You can't just quoted by the square one pound it's going to be a beautiful job and of course this will be separated from the rest of the master suite -- Japanese screens yet."

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