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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.

I learned two things Ben 1 How to box in pipes 2 how much I hate Bamboo Wind Chimes

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

Helpful step by step guide, thanks .... I also liked seeing the simplicity of the access hatch being added .. nice touch

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.

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.

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.

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!

Great video . I don’t do very much boxing in but you have taught me a few things ! Thanks. Adrian

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.

Really like the job you did there. First job for me would have been to take down that wind chime😂

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.

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!

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.

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!

Very nice! The details are clear and precise.

Brilliant job mate, with attention to detail. Thanks for sharing, and I'm now subscribed. Cheers!

Nice demo. Thanks for that, very useful. Mike.

This is the best boxing in video on RU-vid and I should know, I've watched 'em all.😉

Nice Ben. Will save this one for whenever I need to do some boxing.

Great job and detailed! Appreciate you have taken time to explain which always motivates likes of DIYer. Keep up the good work.

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.

Lovely Job Ben! Looks great 👍

I didn't expect to learn as much as I did but that was impressive. Great job!

Great job Ben! Lovely work

Great work Ben. Thanks for sharing!

Nice one for the video. Some good tips and tricks in there

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

Excellent work - very nice, thanks bud.

Great video - love the precision of your work. I must get one of those lasers!

great job and great video

Brilliant job Ben

NICE! First time watcher of your channel. Really impressed. Have just subscribed 👍

Gave me some good ideas for my own job, thanks!

The flooring choice is very nice and stylish.

Nice job. Gotta get myself one of those laser things. Thanks.

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?

Brilliant instructional video Ben, thank you sir. it's a big thumbs-up and a sub from me.

Great job Ben, well done 👍🏼

Very interesting mate. Thanks for sharing. Re the wind chimes… I would have wrapped some tape around them pretty quickly!

Nice n tidy little job! 👍👍

Nice neat tidy job Ben 👍🏼

Great job, thank you 👏🏼

Thanks for a great, informative video

Thanks for sharing.

Really nice job, you are really precise 👍

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.

Great video. Thanks 👍

lovely job mate, thank you

a joy to watch reminds me of my late father

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 👍

Excellent work 10/10

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.

Hello from Dublin. Nice tidy work. Good on ya buddy.

Excellent professional job.

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! 😂

Nice work !

Ben you made it look hard work!

Great job….those wind chimes really do your head in .

👍👏 An amazing Job..!! Well Done...!!👏👏😉

Excellent video👍

Top job. As a keen diy’er I got some helpful tips. Thanks buddy.

Great job!

good to see you wearing safety specs etc

was all ready to say don't cover the compression fittings as they need to be serviceable. Then you installed a service hatch. perfect.

Ace skills! Great job 👍🏻

Nice job !!!!!

great video!

Looked nice and tidy in the end .

Brilliant job 👏

Great to see the pride you put into your work. 👍🏻

love the fact all of a sudden there was a over hang on the return lol

Very professional lovely job 🏅

Great work lovely job 👌

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?

Like it mate, nice job 👍

Good video buddy. Subscribed.

Very tidy job thanks for taking the time to make it.what make laser did you use?.

Nicely done, high end job. 👌🏻

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...

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 job👍

You Changed your mind about the Bullnose I see. Nice job.

Nice neat job ben, bit of over faffing with the laser but a good clean job and finish spot on 👍🏻👍🏻

easest job i ever had was boxing in pipes at mental health hospitals and there was a lot. Set up in the car parks with a generator and loads of MDF. MDF is so forgiving and easy to work with..but always use corner blocks out of wood or more mdf and screw and glue if you want it strong, as screwing down the end is crap.

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. 👍👍👍👍👍

Pucker job learnt a lot thanks

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

What a nice neat job 👍

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.

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...

great video

Nice job 👍

Lovely stuff. Please wear a mask though folks when working with MDF.

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

New subscriber (Steve the Sparky) very impressed with your work and approach

Great job, I used that stixall the other day for the first time, it didn’t seem to grab that well for me.

I might have suggested the boxing went up to the window cill, then change the cill so it is the top of the boxing in.

👍👍👍 Thank you