Built-In Wardrobe Questions

A small fitted wardrobe of about 1.5 m costs €800 to €1,706. A 2.4 m double-bedroom wardrobe with hinged doors is €2,236 to €4,000, sliding doors on the same wall €2,500 to €4,588, and bespoke built-ins €4,100 to €8,600. Our full price guide.

Yes, in all 26 counties. We pass your request to one fitted wardrobe company that covers your county, and they come out to measure the room. Wardrobes by county.

Sliding doors need no room to open, so they suit narrow bedrooms and rooms where the bed is close to the wall. Hinged doors open the whole wardrobe at once and cost less on the same wall. Sliding or hinged.

Three to six weeks from the approved drawing to fitting day for most companies. The fitting itself is a couple of hours for a small wardrobe and a day for a big one.

Yes. It's cut to the slope on site, with drawers or short hanging along the low wall and long hanging where the ceiling is highest. Attic wardrobes.

Ask for it on the quote. Taking out and taking away an old wardrobe usually costs €150 to €300.

Roughly €1,030 to €1,140 a metre for hinged doors, fitted. Sliding doors and drawers add to that.

On the same wall, usually yes. A 2.4 m hinged wardrobe is €2,236 to €4,000; sliding doors on 2.4 m to 3 m are €2,500 to €4,588.

Most fitted prices include measuring, delivery and fitting. Where a wardrobe is priced delivered only, fitting adds €180 to €500.

€265 to €385 a door with its track, from wood panels to coloured glass.

A bespoke wardrobe is designed and made for your room in any size and finish. A fitted wardrobe is usually standard sections cut to your width and height.

About 1.5 m wide for storage on one wall and 2.1 m for two facing walls: 60 cm of wardrobe plus about 90 cm to stand in.

Knee wall height, where the slope meets the flat ceiling, the depth between them, and the length of the run.

Units with doors run €366 to €1,253 each, plus assembly, filler panels and fixing. It's the lowest outlay of any built-in.

About 60 cm, door included. Sliding wardrobes are better at about 65 cm.

Clear floor in front at least as wide as one door, usually 40 to 60 cm, plus room to stand.

Yes. The wardrobe stands on the finished floor, and taking it out later to fit a floor is a job nobody wants.

Yes. Sending the form costs nothing and commits you to nothing. The company measures the room, draws the wardrobe and gives you a written price.

No. Your request goes to one fitted wardrobe company that covers your county, not to a list. One call, one price.

Most fitted wardrobes are made and fitted three to six weeks after you approve the drawing. The fitting itself takes a couple of hours for a small wardrobe and a full day for a big one.

Not to us: this site is free. Wardrobe companies usually take a deposit when you order, often half, with the rest when it's fitted. Get the terms in writing before you order.

Say so, and ask what changes it. Width, sliding or hinged doors, the finish and the inside set most of the price. Plain white hinged doors are the cheapest way to fill a wall, and IKEA PAX fitted wall to wall is the lowest outlay. PAX as a built-in.

Ask the company for its guarantee in writing before you order: what it covers (doors, runners, hinges, the carcass) and for how long. Keep it with the written price.

One fitted wardrobe company that covers your county. Your number isn't sent to a list. They ring you within one working day, arrange a time to measure the room, and give you a written price. Nothing is ordered until you say yes.

Because all 18mm carcass panels, drawers and doors are CNC-cut and edged in the workshop after your home survey, on-site assembly and scribing in your bedroom take just 1 day for a standard double or triple alcove wardrobe, or 1.5 to 2 days for a large walk-in dressing room.

If you are laying engineered timber or laminate flooring, lay it wall-to-wall first so the wardrobe sits cleanly on a level floor. If you are fitting deep-pile carpet and underlay, fit the built-in wardrobe first on its solid timber plinth and have the carpet fitter stretch the new carpet right up to the front kickboard.

Never use a frameless open-backed wardrobe on a cold external wall. Specify a full 18mm solid-backed carcass set 40mm–50mm off the cold masonry wall with discreet ventilation slots in the bottom plinth and top cornice so warm room air circulates gently behind the box.

Yes — let the fitter know during the home survey if an existing built-in unit needs stripping out. Dismantling an old fitted wardrobe and removing the boards typically adds €150 to €300 depending on size.

Durable 18mm melamine-faced or matte-acrylic slab doors with 2mm ABS impact-resistant edging shrug off knocks, schoolbags and fingerprints, while 2-pack spray-painted MDF Shaker doors can be touched up easily using the matching paint pot supplied at handover.

Yes — a very popular Irish bedroom layout dedicates one 800mm–1,000mm double bay to an internal oak-topped vanity or laptop desk with a backlit mirror, recessed double socket and shallow jewellery drawers concealed behind bi-fold or pocket doors.