A long, in depth video to show the process of boxing in pipes.
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A long, in depth video to show the process of boxing in pipes.
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Even the pro's make mistakes, I noticed you cut the top short and said it didn't look right with a bullnose going into the door facings, but had another bit cut when routing the bullnose to finish the job, don't be embarrassed bud it's good to let folk know that we all mess up sometimes, so people starting out don't get put off seeing flawless jobs online so think they are bad when they mess up and give up on wood work etc thinking they must be crap because they keep making mistakes. Let folk know it's okay and it takes practice. Good video, I personally don't use MDF much at all but ply wood has gone down so much in quality lately I'm thinking yo use more mdf for my work.
Really like the job you did there. First job for me would have been to take down that wind chime😂
🤣🤣 they are definitely a marmite kind of thing
Nice to see someone taking a bit of pride in their work. Appreciate the time taken to get it all square and level, plus the scribing. Sub'd.
Thanks Gary. 👍
Rare thing these days
Helpful step by step guide, thanks .... I also liked seeing the simplicity of the access hatch being added .. nice touch
Nice one Dean cheers mate
I kept thinking of ways I'd do it faster and easier, but I enjoyed learning your approach. Laser is very needed and so it the compass.keep up the good work mate!
Thanks James
This is my first video of yours i have watched. i like to watch joinery videos to learn from and your videos are amazing. you cover everything in the video and missed nothing out. you have explained everything in detail about what your doing and how your doing it. keep the good work up and more videos like this. wished i worked for you. i would learn a lot.
Cheers for your kind words mate 👍
I've got pipework to box in and this has been really helpful! Subbed to channel.
This taught me an invaluable skill regarding scribing and setting the width to the amount you want to remove from the board. So simple but genius.
Thanks Callum. Yea it's always worked for me 👍
Use a square to if you're anal like me haha
Thank you Ben very much. Very informative and well produced, good sound and perspectives. Its relatively easy to film something and put it up on YT, but you have delivered a simple and well thought out lesson which, as you say, is difficult to get right and looking good. I learned a lot. Im a DIYer renovating a house in France - you have motivated me to get and learn to use a laser level!
Nice to hear Adrian. Laser levels allow you to be so much more precise especially when levelling across a room. If you do want to purchase one I have put a link to mine on my amazon shop 👍
@@BuiltByBen-YT yeah handy things .I got one that's 3 way 360° and so usefull for certain things like transferring a specific spot level from floor to ceiling and affordable now
@@ianthompson6288 they are so good
Brilliant job mate, with attention to detail. Thanks for sharing, and I'm now subscribed. Cheers!
Thanks mate. Just in time for the give away happening this week !!
😃🤞🤞🤞🛠🪛🗜🪚🔧
That job deserves every penny you charge for top class workmanship.
Thanks Dawn
Good video. I have been using the button fixes so that you can take the top off easily and don't have to have any screw holes in the top. Really easy to fit and super strong too.
Great video. Learnt a few things including getting the box/baton position square from the wall using the laser. Have subscribed. Looking forward to more videos.
Cheers Stephen. Thanks for watching 👍
As A first timer in attempting that skill, I was impressed on how easy you made it look. Took me awhile to get it all done . I suppose next time will be easier. But thank you for sharing your skills. without this video I am pretty sure I would have made a hash of the job. look forward to more help. once again thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching David. Glad I could help. 👍
Great work Ben. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Buddy
@@BuiltByBen-YT cheers
Very nice! The details are clear and precise.
Great job and detailed! Appreciate you have taken time to explain which always motivates likes of DIYer. Keep up the good work.
Thank you mate. Cheers for watching 👍
Great job Ben! Lovely work
Thank you Marc
Great video . I don’t do very much boxing in but you have taught me a few things ! Thanks. Adrian
Cheers Adrian 👌
Nice one Ben. Just about to box in a fuse board in my garden cabin, so extremely useful. As I will need full access to the board, so I'm magnetising the box so it pulls away easily but thanks to you I've invested in a laser to save time and effort on this and the multitude of other jobs on my "To Do" list!
Nice one mate 👍
Oh another great tip on the magnetic catch, thanks!
Brilliant job Ben
Thanks mate
Some customers have no idea...if it was my place, a window seat/ storage that can be pulled forward is a no brainer. Best regards to all, frankie, heritage carpenter in Sussex
Lovely Job Ben! Looks great 👍
Cheers Simon. 👍 Top bloke. Thanks for the support
Nice demo. Thanks for that, very useful. Mike.
Thanks Michael
I didn't expect to learn as much as I did but that was impressive. Great job!
Cheers, Robert. Make sure you subscribe 👍
Very nice Ben enjoy seeing it for the first time, got home project I need to attend to will definitely carry same thing, thanks for this.
Good stuff. I’ve got some boxing to do and you’ve inspired me to get on with it. Nice one 👍🏻 Great job by the way.
Thank you 😊
Nice Ben. Will save this one for whenever I need to do some boxing.
Cheers James
Great job Ben, well done 👍🏼
Thank you very much 👍
NICE! First time watcher of your channel. Really impressed. Have just subscribed 👍
Cheers Greg 👌
This is the best boxing in video on KZhead and I should know, I've watched 'em all.😉
Thanks 👍 I'm going to try and focus more on the tutorials on the coming months. Don't forget to subscribe 😉
@@BuiltByBen-YT 'll give a sub bud, why not eh👍
great job and great video
Excellent work - very nice, thanks bud.
Nice one Dean thanks mate
Great video - love the precision of your work. I must get one of those lasers!
Thanks mate. Head over to my amazon shop if you want a laser. It supports the channel for me 👍 www.amazon.co.uk/shop/builtbyben Its in the boxing in tab 👍
I learned two things Ben 1 How to box in pipes 2 how much I hate Bamboo Wind Chimes
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 at least you can now box in
Nice neat tidy job Ben 👍🏼
Thanks Paul
Excellent work 10/10
Thank you 😊
Cool video. A few small deviations from the way i do boxing in, of a similar ilk. That's not a criticism of your work, which is plumb and true. I just do it 'slightly differently'. I would have used 'pinch' clips to hold the lid on, and left the 15mm over hang, near the door architrave, on. Also, make sure to use your G clamps in future, when using your palm router. Seen a fellow joiner have a rather horrific accident, routing whilst not having the work piece secured.i I don't want to come across all 'belt and braces'. I'm retired now, due to ill health, and you are clearly a very good young joiner/carpenter. I would just rather see your future videos, with you fully intact 👍
Thanks for watching Tony 👍will be sure to get the clamps out next time.
Great job, thank you 👏🏼
Cheers Mark
I too am a retired joiner,wow that was an ordeal watching you do that boxing!The reliance on a laser of all things ,can you not use a level? I would have measured up made the whole lot outside slightly oversize then brought it in and scribed it! I too would’ve used an access panel but never dreamed of cutting it “after” you fitted the boxing! one slip and you could’ve sliced the pipe! The garden chimes were irritating big time Lol
Everyone does it differently. I go for accuracy over speed but appreciate that you may go for speed, a lot of carpenters do. There was no way I could of slipped and cut a pipe unless I had no control at all! The pipe was a long way back and the blade wouldn't even reach it. The access hatch was put in after because it was delivered late 👍
Nice one for the video. Some good tips and tricks in there
Thank you mate 👍
Great to see the pride you put into your work. 👍🏻
Cheers mate
Thanks! I'd never seen a lazer level used before! Now ordered myself one. As a nervous novice I would have loved you showinh each saw, and each setting and blade etc, same with the router it would have been nice to have tuition on that covered also. Those wind chimes were damn annoying! 😂
Thanks for a great, informative video
Thanks Philip
👍👏 An amazing Job..!! Well Done...!!👏👏😉
Thank you 😊
Really nice job, you are really precise 👍
Thank you Jeffery 😊
Nice neat job, pity the customer hadn’t got the water softener fitted beforehand as it might be bigger than the space now left. Another idea might have been to increase the box height and give a wide window board/seat as an added feature.
The water Softner was an external Unit and the only thing needed in the boxing was the mains feed. We nearly made it in to a Cat seat but then decided this way was best. The reason for the height was that the wall was quite badly damaged lower down, Couldn't really see on the video but that's why.
Thanks for sharing.
was all ready to say don't cover the compression fittings as they need to be serviceable. Then you installed a service hatch. perfect.
Thankyou mate 👍
Ace skills! Great job 👍🏻
Thanks John
Brilliant instructional video Ben, thank you sir. it's a big thumbs-up and a sub from me.
Thank you mate
Excellent video👍
Thanks Malcolm
nice work. i'm also a fan of oversizing and marking in situ instead of trying to cut it to size first time. one question though... at 24:55 you didn't show the perpendicular scribe for the return which looks nowhere near 90... when cutting the large rectangle out did you leave a strip of "meat" on the end to scribe that perpendicular line or use a bevel guage?
Gave me some good ideas for my own job, thanks!
Glad I could help!
Brilliant job 👏
Cheers Paul
The flooring choice is very nice and stylish.
Excellent professional job.
Thank you😇
Great video. Thanks 👍
Thanks Anthony. Make sure you subscribe 👍
Nice n tidy little job! 👍👍
Thanks Stewart 👍
Ben you made it look hard work!
Feel free to make your own video john 👍
great video!
Thanks mate 👍
Hello from Dublin. Nice tidy work. Good on ya buddy.
Thanks for watching Peter 👍
lovely job mate, thank you
Thanks Simon 👍
Hi Ben, Have just subbed. For some time I have been considering whether it is worth me getting a l/level. You have just convinced me. I do quiet a bit of boxing in. A lot of chippies consider it beneath them to box in (or sink nail holes). I get a lot of work by finishing off like this. Bob (Weston super Mare)
Nice one Bob 👍 the accuracy is 2nd to none
My mate bought a Huepar green laser level and is very happy with it about £150 Amazon.
Been very tempted myself
@@nw5835 got one myself .3 way 360° on all and it's absolutely brilliant
Nice work !
Thanks!
Nice job. Gotta get myself one of those laser things. Thanks.
Good video buddy. Subscribed.
Nice one Marcus 👍 👌
Very professional lovely job 🏅
Thanks Julie 👍
Nicely done, high end job. 👌🏻
Thanks mate 👍
@@BuiltByBen-YT I hope you’ve used some of that KZhead dough on a DTM52.. If you haven’t yet, do it. You won’t be disappointed, and you can more or less throw the headphones in the bin as the reduction in noise is unreal. 👌🏻 Been enjoying your videos, and you’ve got a new sub. I know a few of the lads will enjoy this content too. 👍🏻
Thank you appreciate it mate. I'll have a look at the dtm52
You made this look so much more difficult than it needed to be. Just because you have a laser doesn't mean you need to use it for every tiny task. There were times where you needed 4 hands and a level would have been adequate. It looked nice either way
Just because you have used a saw before doesnt mean you have to be a C*U*N*T
See you two are showing your true colours here. Everyone just uses a laser nowadays. Only bodge job old guys use bubbles. Use it on everything from doors to trusses.
You're quite right. Lasers are so much more accurate
Nice video. Always need to do boxing around the meters in a new buy to let. I will use the tips on my next project.
Thanks for watching mate. Good luck you ya 🫡
Nice job !!!!!
Great job!
Cheers Colin
Great work lovely job 👌
Thanks Gareth
Very interesting mate. Thanks for sharing. Re the wind chimes… I would have wrapped some tape around them pretty quickly!
🤣🤣🤣 they are the start of the show
Top job. As a keen diy’er I got some helpful tips. Thanks buddy.
Thanks mate
yep two battens, one fixed to the floor and the other fixed to the wall is all that is needed....exactly the way way I do it. Just a wee note...I would not build the boxing on top of a floor finish as floor finishes are renewed/changed, which means removing the boxing every time the floor finish is changed....in this case have you screwed through a timber/laminate floating floor finish ? meaning the floor now has no movement/expansion at that end. I presume another access panel would have to be fitted for access to the water softner.
Hi Tony. Thanks for watching. I see where you're coming from with the floor finish but it can always be multi tooled if being changed. Movement wise it shouldn't restrict it too much as I only screwed too it and not all the way through. The water softener was an external unit, so access would only be needed once too connect it and then the boxing could be fixed. 👍
Surely fixing a structural element to a floating floor isn't ideal. I'd have cut out the flooring so that batten could attach to the subfloor and allow room for an expansion gap between it and the pipework...
Structural? It's only boxing in.
Nope your wrong , You would do what your paid to do not think what you want to do for yourself, big difference when it’s not your property !!
Bet you loved those bamboo windchimes lol....very informative it will certainly help me to do a similar job soon. Thanks for uploading
Thanks for watching Richie 👍 make sure you subscribe 👍
a joy to watch reminds me of my late father
Each to their own, I've been a chippy for over 25 years I wouldn't use a laser in this scenario it's too much faffing about, much easier and quicker with a normal level. That job should take no longer than an hour to complete tops! I've seen a lot of people over the years over complicate jobs that are basically straight forward and then get every tool out of the van that they own to complete it, a lot of the time it's not necessary, it just ends up costing the customer a fortune in labour due to the time it takes. Just my opinion of course.
Understand your view Danny. I can't see that job Happening in 1 hour but I also know I'm not the quickest. 🤣
@@BuiltByBen-YT sorry mate I wasn't trying to criticize your work as that's the easiest thing in the world for anyone to do. I appreciate that you're putting it out there for people that may not know 👍
Totally agree buddy the longer he takes the more he can charge
🤣🤣🤣🤣 you literally have no clue. But thanks for the comment. I earn money from you
Great job….those wind chimes really do your head in .
Not sure if the perspective and camera angle has distorted the image, but the edge of the little overhang on the door architrave seems to not be running parallel to the surface of the wall. Did you gauge the angle of the walls with a sliding bevel? Shouldn't you have built the box square and then scribed in to the angle?
I can't remember Ian? Once it was all fitted I am pretty sure it was all square and even. Thanks for watching mate 👍
Looked nice and tidy in the end .
Thank you 😊
good to see you wearing safety specs etc
Pucker job learnt a lot thanks
Thanks for watching 👍
Nice job👍
Thanks Mark
Nicely done, is the price of the moisture resitant mdf much more then the normal stuff ? Also Is it same as normal i.e. dulls the tools fast too? I generally dont like mdf for this reason and the dust that comes out of it...
It's marginally dearer but not enough to put me off because the benefits are great. Paints up better aswell. It does blunt blades but I price a new blade in to each job so no worries really
Very tidy job thanks for taking the time to make it.what make laser did you use?.
Hi Gary. Thanks for watching. Here is a link to my amazon shop with the laser in it. If you buy through my shop it will help me fund the channel. 👍 www.amazon.co.uk/shop/builtbyben/list/16FHOS4VLRNB9?ref_=cm_sw_r_mwn_aipsflist_aipsfbuiltbyben_QRJBTJA2PTRTJYPCGDY6
Like it mate, nice job 👍
Thank you mate. Cheers for watching 🙏👍
Nice job 👍
Cheers Paul nice one
Neat job Ben. I work in maintenance and think I’d find use for a small laser level, what make is your yours, always been old school using spirit levels but wouldn’t mind a neat little laser like the one you used think it may come in handy on a few jobs. 👍👍👍👍👍
Once you learn how to use them effectively they are so accurate and quick 👍
The link is in some of the other comments
The use of both Lazer and other spirit levels both come in to there own so I have both also I bought a lidi one to test against my DeWalt and found very little apart from my DeWalt I could use more at distance but the little lidi is good for close in and keep it in my box 😂nice work Ben as u said it was what the customer wanted
Cheers Ryan
great video
Thank you Richard
New subscriber (Steve the Sparky) very impressed with your work and approach
Thanks for watching Steve. 👍
I loved your approach to this - nice and steady and the laser worked a treat! Let's face it not many workmen sign up for boxing as customers don't always appreciate the work involved! Wondered what the going rate is for that job???
Thanks for the comment Matthew. I did this boxing in as part of a much bigger job so only charged about £150 for it. As a job by itself I would be forced to charge a day rate of £250 plus materials. Thanks for watching 👍
@@BuiltByBen-YT I tend to find boxing is a favour to existing customers - effectively as you did on this job!
Yes it's quite rare I get enquiries just for that.
Yup Every boxing in in job I have done has been for an existing customer.
250 quid for that , get real
Ben, when using MDF beware of the health issues with its fine dust such as when you were cutting the access hatch. A simple dust mask will protect you.
Yes you are quite right. I never feel the need with a multitool as the majority of the dust falls down but I am fully aware that is stupid logic 🤣
It's definitely not a cheapskate option. It's quite pricey! But thanks for your opinion
It’s not only the dust if your tools are not sharp it will burn the MDF releasing dangerous gases
Noted ✅️
@@pocketfella5176 Formaldehyde
You Changed your mind about the Bullnose I see. Nice job.
Yep 🤣
Lovely stuff. Please wear a mask though folks when working with MDF.
What a nice neat job 👍
Thank Chris 😊
Can't believe how many tradesmen on hear don't use a self leveling laser. Such a brilliant tool for so many applications. The prices for these don't start at high cost unless you go for sophisticated ones with angles and tripods etc
Fully agree 👍