Save Money Building Your Own Slat Wall
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- Опубліковано 15 січ 2024
- If, like me, you like wooden slat walls but think what they cost is over the top then consider building your own from scratch.
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The project is impressive, but what's more amazing is you managed to find that many straight pieces of timber from B&Q! 😁
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Exactly what i thought!!!! 😂
ahahahhaha, yea, made one myself, had to go to 3 different shops to actually find enough straight timber 🤣
Without knots!
for non construction projects, best time to get cheap wood is winter or spring, moisture in the air plus the cold keeps the wood wet which generally makes it straighter. it will warp once dry again though this takes a while giving you plenty of time to work with and put in proper fixings.
You managed to find straight lengths from B&Q..?!?!?
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Buy from a local timber yard not the likes of B&Q, in my opinion anyway. Support local!!
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that would have made the best how to video ever! 😂
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There are 2 major issues. Wearing gloves while using a table saw is extremely dangerous, you should also have some outfeed support when ripping the pine.
I did a slat wall recently, skipped the mdf, just used battens on the wall, paint all behind black, then jut pin them on. Stained them when they were up. Look great. Went to a local timber merchant for wood, as better quality and cheaper than big brands.
Is there USP not that the felt backing is good for lowering noise pollution?
@@cordoroy9515 It gives a small reduction in high frequency sound reflections and that’s about it. They hardly soundproof at all. That’s much harder to achieve and these wouldn’t do it.
Whenever I plan a new DIY project, I always check to see if you have completed a similar project, as I know you will provide lots of helpful tips and advice. Keep up the good work.
Your point about buying tools with the money you saved is a great point that many miss!
By your 2nd and 3rd DIY project those tools have paid for themselves.
Good video but am I the only one freaking out when you reached over a fully extended spinning blade to grab the wood @ 3m 35s😯.
ME TOO. Kind of put me off the way he was not only wearing gloves around the table saw, but also lack of any sort of outfeed made this entire process seem needlessly dangerous
Grow up
Hi Stuart. The CLS from B&Q still makes economic sense , especially as you say if you have the ability to cut it to size . Also if you spend a bit of time sorting through the pile , you can find some decent straight peace . As your wonderful statement wall demonstrates , even an average DIY centre can still provide the materials for most projects . And of course there open 7 days a week , and often well into the evening . Kind regards as always 👍
Great job Stuart. Very nice indeed. Very well thought out and planned as we've come to expect from you. 👌🏻
Thanks man, I was looking for this and you’ve explain it extremely perfectly. Bless you
Great job Stuart and it looks impressive. All that and a fantastic saving too!
Perfect gift for the wife who hasn't got enough dusting to do, we introduce dustable walls.
And a spider hangout...
I’ve got to hand it to you Stuart, that is a spectacular result. I imagine that it would also be good at reducing sound levels in the room. 10/10
Brilliant! Your experience clearly showed in your strategy and approach. I learned a lot in 7 mins (2x speed lol). Thank you.
I liked the "approval from the client" bit
Oh i see 😂😂 that threw me initially.
Absolutely superb Stuart 👍 Doing this for a friend soon so spot on with the timing 😆
I did this for my garden fence about 4 years ago still looks okay
Sounds like a great idea and I've been meaning to have a go for a while.
One thing i would say PLEASE setup and outfeed table for your table saw, even if it is something as simple as some boxes. If your rip cutting for and hour its worth the time investment for the safety.
yeah, and take off that gloves. And stop reaching over spinnig blade, thank You.
A great job there Stuart looks well impressive .Keep the video,s coming matey.
Great video! I build one these last year, just because I was outraged by the cost of these acoustic panels. My only problem now is that by using construction lumber aka pine the slats have turned a bit yellow. Any tips on staining or oils that could prevent this in the future? Keep making these video’s! I love how you use the tools all of us can afford.
Awesome video thank you. I'm planning to do something similar. I feel like you could have skipped planning and gone straight to sanding though!
Thanks for this, I was thinking of buying ready made panels. I'll look at making my own now 👍
You are an absolute mind reader. I've literally just measured up and purchased the wood for this exact job the wife wants doing.
Gonna grab a brew and watch the vid.
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Great video mate, all I need now is a big shed to do the work and plenty of patience.
Really nice project. Looks great 👍
Great. Now all I need is 3k worth of equipment
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Not sure how you came to this video not expecting that..
Maybe 200.quid tops
Buying used from FB market place
of so many videos on the subject, this is by far the best one i have seen. it explains everything well, it shows how its done, and you dont own a whole workshop and an armoury of high end massive cutting gear or tools which most people wont own. hence its practical and not showing off lol. thank you , much appreciate it. :)
Glad you enjoyed it!
That came out beautifully!
Excellent work and tutorial as always. Thanks alot
Love your videos, but don't lean over a running table saw to grab your stock. Your viewer's look up to you so you need to lead by example.
Agreed. Thought exactly the same thing. . . . .
And walked off leaving it running. 🫣 mines off soon as the cut is done.
@@dj0men666 Yup. Do nothing until that blade has stopped.
Further, you should never wear gloves when working with a table saw or rotating machines in general...
@@tarquinjones2002 Agreed, as a noob, I caught my finger in the blade just on the final revolution as it was running down. Luckily only a scratch. For me, this was a final warning. Respect...
13:50 I’m so glad you’ve said that, because I’ve been ‘doing the work myself’ and been buying the tools and then I’ve got them for future jobs I don’t know I want to do yet lol. So I’ve got some good kit and saved money too! I was wondering if I was mad, because I don’t know what future jobs I’ll be doing but it seemed like a good idea. 😂
Ps. Thanks for your vids! They helped me do some loft lighting recently!
I've done this on a wall in my house. I painted the wall/area with black paint. Then i used roof battens for the slats cut to size, i have enough cut off to do another wall in my house also!
What was your size and cost
Very clean job. I like it!
Well done Sir.
Nice you made it look simple very informative, thank you
I'm doing the very same thing luckily I'm a joiner and understand not everyone has the tools I have. There are places that will cut down the timber you need And to put them together you can use a fast setting glue(mitre fast) when you have them where you want them you can turn it over and screw them from the back......I recommend if you are painting them just rip down MDF and put them all together. To get the sizes check some at bnq and right bit down
Thanks Stuart for another slick, well presented and thoroughly enjoyable episode. You really are a great maker. Your construction theory and advice are second to none…. I just think you are fantastic at this and more power to you buddy!!!
your cinematography is getting better and better. 14:23 shows it :)
the project is also super interesting: easy-ish, profitable and trendy
Great job Stuart, always like watching your videos. My only question would be, the knots in the wood and any leakage of sap from them, or does the varnish you applied stop that.
Glad you like it and I appreciate the workmanship, I but I think it looks horrible.
I thought the same, not for me.
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Superb video again Stuart.
One thing I’ve noticed is that you always visit a large DIY shed (I know this is proper DIY). But I worked for 24 years within builders merchants and they are miles more competitive for larger purchases and a lot have mill facilities and we would charge a small amount for cuts and planing and so for an extra £50-£100 you may get this ripped and planed on their machines. Also you should save even more money on timber and materials from them as you can gain a cash account, haggle prices and get these set to terms giving you consistency. In the big sheds you just have to pay full list. As well your brand and channel will have positive pulling power and I’d be all over giving you a discount to gain the positive publicity and ‘supplied by’ tag.
Hope this helps and let me know if I can be of further assistance.
Thanks Andy
I've tried independent merchants several times around me, but they were always way way more expensive :-(
@@johnadams1976 shop round and haggle with them and mention you procure materials regularly and want to be loyal to one supplier. Get quotes from each and take them in, we always would beat a printed quote from a competitor and it’s not long before you can get a deal and cash accounts used to get free delivery and like I say machining from the mill was normally cheap. The diy sheds have no ability to haggle (other than overpriced trade cards) and you cannot get free delivery and get 1-2 cuts included.
These days builder merchants only seem to want to deal with people who will have regular orders through (fair enough!). Plus a lot of them won’t let you pick timber and want to pick it for you, can’t order and collect same day etc etc. at least with the big sheds you can go when you want and get what you want
I think the problem is that most people don't want to haggle prices. Even as a builder I avoid merchants unless absolutely necessary because it's tiresome going in and being quoted prices that are 50% higher than the DIY stores then having to haggle it down to eventually get it to 5% less.
There are a few decent places that I'll go back to but 90% are just used to tradesmen picking stuff up on their company's account or charging materials direct to a client, so they massively overcharge everything and hope they get away with it
@@jacko791 I get that but not all places are that much higher to start with, especially against full list price DIY sheds and like I say you can then set these prices to terms with a cash account and gain free delivery, so once setup it’s easier and should be cheaper. Also in this case regarding Stuart he has large pulling power with his brand and channel so most will want to favourably look after him for the positive publicity- but even so if someone is buying materials weekly/monthly then it’s at least worth checking a merchants prices against a DIY store. Some benefits like killing and delivery will assist with time saved 👍
just did similar but with stained oak and black MDF backing in our country they go at 120€ a pice 60cmx270cm.
Looks great but certainly won’t help with sound absorption. But a great job if money saving is the number one requirement. I bought pre-made walnut acoustic slat panels for the lounge as I needed to improve the acoustics for the hifi & they look great and worked wonders on the room acoustics
Looks good but think id go for a painted back board. Material one will love the dust over time
Great job big man
Hi Stuart, I like it a good build project, cheaper to make and better quality than shop bought As always a great video, Take care
This looks the start of an enormous shadow board for all your tools!! Just fit the hangers and draw around the tools! Great idea for the bedroom! Well done!
You should do the planning walking along the slats in one continuous motion. Two nails or screws outside the ends of the slat hold it stable while you do it.
I was wondering why this wasn't done.
Planning? or planing
Looks awesome. I do wonder why you didn't paint the MDF black, as I believe the felt will be difficult to keep clean. Thanks for your videos. I really enjoy them and usually learn something every time.
I don't get this either. It's going to be impossible to clean when the dust gets to it.
He could have made good use of his spray gun to paint the mdf.
Is it something to do with sound insulation or acoustics?
@@gerryheynes5082 not really as the reason you use fabric is so the sound can travel through it and then get absorbed in the space behind. Mounting onto MDF negates this almost completely.
fabric will soften sound a little but won’t do much surrounded by wood. The panels in b&q or elsewhere are a thick material that will absorb sound much better
I’m about to do this !!! I love you !!!!
This has given me an idea for roof of campervan, thank you. Any plans to do full length wall bookcase.
Nicely done.👍
Hi Stuart another great video, I love the look but worry it would be a dust collector[I don't like cleaning at the best of times], keep up the good work,
G.
Perfect.
Thank you.
Is the plane absolutely necessary?
Very nice job mate 👍
Well done on the project , another method would be to use a veneered board for the face slats ok you would see the mdf edges but in reality would look fine and be more stable than using pine which can be very unstable
Great video, great result. I had thought about doing the same thing but wasn't sure about the timber bowing? I'm glad someone has done it for me to see. Do you have a follow-up video a few weeks after?
Excellent Stuart 👍👍
Great video will definitely do something like this might just use 12mm MDF and cut down to 40mm strips get about 30 lengths per sheet and pin them to 9mm MDF
Great job!
Another great video Stuart and an interesting method for doing something which, as you say, is very popular these days. I only have a small query and it is my balance OCD at work, why didn't you begin the first panel on the left hand side exactly on the outside corner of that wall (near the door) and then create a small corner filler piece on the inner corner on the right hand side please? The absence of panelling (1 or 2 slats) on the left hand side is sending my OCD into overdrive. Other than that it looks fab and a great project start to 2024. Keep up the good work !
Another great video thankyou 👍👍
nice vid again ,keep up the good vid`s .im learning a lot
Nice project
Nice video! I bought a dewalt table saw for a project as I knew in the long run it will last me forever… wife wasn’t so convinced and asked me many times to sell it. I won’t. It also built our kitchen countertops with ease than have a cheap one that could brake. 😅
The alternative is a jig to locate the slats flat on the bench ,then offer up the mdf board and fix off flat on bench as you did.. nice job. 🤔😂😎🇦🇺👌
Nice work!
What are those clamps called you use in 11:30? Cant find them in any store here in Denmark :)
I'm in the process of making a wood slat wall for my studio, I bought acoustic rubber from ebay as a backing and went to a local hardware store and bought a couple of sheets of MDF and the hardware store cut it into lengths for me and we mounted onto wood. Having the rubber behind it really helps with the purpose of having it to start with and that's how it helps break up the sound, something I think your missing here
unless his purpose is aesthetics...
A jointing jig for your table saw would work for the planing portion of your project. Just be sure the side that rests on the table is square. I'm interested to know how you managed the tendency for big box lumber to move wildly.
Nice project! I am admiring this from across the pond in the Golden State. One thing I wonder is this a possible heat sink? I wonder how something similar count be done on the outside wall.
nice project, although the point of the acoustic slats is that you have a void behind them that is normally filled with acoustic mineralwool to act as sound "sponge", so the MDF board would negate this effect. Alternatively you could do what @pauljai7151 mentioned in his comment and use battens instead, then you can get the sound deadening effect of the wall as well.
Lovely job 👏🏼
Thank you! 😊
I'd thought about a similar project in our hallway, although its fairly narrow and anything thicker than a coat of paint might be a problem.
I was a bit surprised you used fabric. I thought you would have just painted it black.
I'm so impressed by this project that I think I'll put something similar into one of the kids rooms! BTW, the cost of MDF over there seems so much cheaper than the US. I bought a 2x4 sheet of 1/2" MDF today for $25 :-(
I happen to see a wall similar to the one you made when I was out last week at a restaurant. They used if for an accent wall so it was just the one wall. I'm going to do a wall in my house like that. What I think I'll do differently than you did though is just paint the wall the color I want first. Then I'll put the boards up. I suppose it will be the same affect that you have.
It’s getting nice pieces of pine without the bad knots that’s also tricky
Looks great! Do you think this would look good on a wall with a cornice between the wall and ceiling?
My first thought was: How to mount on the wall? First guess was: drill a hole through the timber, screw onto the wall and plug it with one of those wood plugs. Further into the video: How would he mount the timer without a visible nail?-> Nail from the back and carefully hit the timber? Nice solution. Keep it simple! Thanks for sharing.
WaW, ❤ it. I'd love to accomplish something like this but half the size. I'm just not confident around a spinning blade!
Can I hire you?!!
Hi Stewart, you called the timber that you were using CLS, CLS stands for 'Canadian Lumber Standard', as it was originally manufactured in Canada and used for building sturdy timber-framed houses there before it became a popular option in the UK. The timber that you are using is referred to as PAR, (Planed All Round) it’s just if any of your UA-cam viewers go into a merchants asking for CLS. They would be shown something totally different to what you are using.
He is using what B&Q sell as smooth planed round edge CLS timber. No need to copy and paste your Google result when you looked up what it CLS means.
@@pettofficial. I’ve been in the building trade for 30 years, and every time I buy these two types of timber, I ask for either PAR or CLS, each time I will get a different product, Stuart makes his videos to give people help and advice, and that’s exactly what I was trying to do, you have obviously searched the same thing that I did, so it would have given you the same information that CLS is its own product and PAR is something different, so wind, your F#%K’n neck in and go and troll someone else …….. PS, Next before you post a comment make sure you know what you’re talking about 👍
I was just about to spend $1500 on the ready-made stuff. This may have just saved me a ton!!
How on earth did you keep that black fabric clean after all of that cutting, planing and sanding?
I did something similar with hard wood door lipping
Nice job that Stuart just out of curiosity. What’s your opinion on just painting the wall behind black or use a backing board MDF and paint that black then fit the lats to that ? And do without the black material, just an idea
Wow! That was a lot of work! Looks great. Did you get your nail gun for Christmas? Hopefully one of the manufacturers will get you to review one 😊👍
you should get yourself a old Stanley no 5 hand plane (sharpen it,) few swipes on each your done mate. no snipe no sanding no dust . try it once and you'll never go back .nice build
Looks great. Instead of using fabric could the mdf be painted?
Did similar work recently unless you're trying to achieve a real-wood effect. The imperfections in the wood would pop-up significantly. That is the major drawback between a panel vs soft wood.
From the USA. I like your project. I think I would skip using the planer and just use the random orbital sander. To add a little class to the project you could use a !/8" Round over bit (no corner splinters this way).
Looks fab Stuart, but I'd be a little concerned about the slats and knots shrinking unevenly with the further possibility of the knots weeping - especially if you have central heating.
You did a great job of finding all those tools for under £600 given the current RRP of the table saw alone is £370 direct from Evolution!
All of the savings are paid in time, hardware, space (storage, working) and you actually have a different product. Optics are similar, but I guess the acoustic characteristics differs quite a lot.
With that said, looks great!
Great vid thanks! Just one thing.. Did you buy a bench planer with the money you saved?
A great build again. I am wandering, does such a wall sound proof the room? I think it does compared to the clean walls
I Bought slats, the ten packs from wickes. Almost all had imperfections, either not straight or the wood was too knotted or marked and did not look good.
I got a better result buying an mdf sheet from B&Q and used their free cutting service to make first 15 cuts free.
So much time saved in cutting and clean up.
Plus the mdf is perfect as i painted the slats. The finish was far better.
Your time is worth more.
What sizes did you asked to cut as I am planning to do same thing
@@mikeyellow cut them in 4cm (400mm) width. Get thick mdf, min 2cm (200mm) thick sheet.
You need to join b&q free membership which gets you the 15cuts free.
Do not waste your time with the video above. It will take far too long and cutting yourself will be so messy. The mdf looked so much better than the wooden slats,, unless your spending serious money and buying oak, or some real expensive hardwood.
I did a project for a Nandos type restuarant and the oak wood was extremely expensive from a manufacturer that dries it in a certain way.
@@redx11x thank you so much yes I think mdf will be much easier.
Great work but it still seems to me like a load of bare wood nailed to a wall. I think spray painting the wood would have worked out better and rounding off the edges for a smoother look.
Looks really good. A question though…would the sunlight fade the material do you think ?
Very nice project but I flinched every time I saw you leave the table saw blade spinning while you moved timber around the saw after a cut. Very dangerous way of working. Also get yourself a planer thicknesser - it's one of the most used tools in my workshop. Why were you ripping huge sheets on the table saw if you've also got a track saw?
Hi Stuart, great project which I enjoyed, can you rell the music you were playing as I have a Rock and Blues show on 3 radio stations for which I am always looking for instrumental tracks to play out to, regards Rog !!!
That's hilarious - I said in a comment last year that you keep making videos when I'm thinking about doing something, I was literally looking at doing this like 2 weeks ago. Aside from the table saw I'd say maybe rent a thickness planer, the lunch box type, for a day - get your slats in order first then spend a day doing that; the quality of the job is going to be massively higher, for what, an extra 50 quid? I'd say minor complaint, watch the quality of wood you're using because that's a lot of knots for something that is ultimately decorative - might be worth spending a little more, getting nicer wood, and you'll still likely save a packet for a better product. I bet that type of wall covering is actually quite insulating, between the bulk of the material and the boundary layer effect caused by the air stagnating around it because of the profile.
John heisz on youtube tried a viewer tip yo glue sand paper (200 gritt) on the side of the table saw blade facing the fence. This way as you are cutting you are simultaneously sanding the wood. Hmm a video on shared viewer tips?