How to assemble a wardrobe with sliding doors

• Allen key (supplied)
• Cross-head screwdriver
• Small hammer
• Tape measure
• Spirit level
• Wall fixings to suit your wall

Before you start, lay everything out on a soft surface (the flattened box works) and check it against the parts list in your manual.

• Carcass panels: top, bottom, sides and dividers
• Back panels and joining strips
• Top and bottom door tracks
• Sliding doors with wheels and guides
• Shelves, hanging rails, cam locks, dowels and anti-tip fitting

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   Step 1: Measure the ceiling height: the wardrobe must be tipped up from lying on its back, and its diagonal must fit under the ceiling.

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   Step 2: Build the carcass lying on its back on a soft surface, fitting the sides and dividers to the base and top with dowels and cam locks.

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   Step 3: Measure the diagonals of the back and push the carcass square, then fix the back panels, with any joining strips, along every edge.

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   Step 4: With two people, lift the wardrobe upright by walking it up from the top end, then slide it into place.

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   Step 5: Level the carcass with the adjustable feet or packers, checking both across and front to back with a spirit level.

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   Step 6: Screw the top and bottom door tracks in place, making sure they are parallel and fully level.

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   Step 7: Fit the rear door first: lift it into the top track, then lower it into the bottom track. Then fit the front door.

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   Step 8: Adjust the door wheels so the doors hang straight and meet the sides evenly, then fit the shelves and hanging rails.

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   Step 9: Fix the wardrobe to the wall with the anti-tip fitting.

• Building the wardrobe upright, which makes it almost impossible to square.
• Forgetting to measure the ceiling, so the wardrobe cannot be tipped up.
• Levelling the doors by adjusting the wheels when the real problem is a carcass that is not level.