Boxing meters

[Baboonboy]

How do you go about hiding an electricity meter. I thought about tongue and groove box. My carpentry skills aren't great. I'm willing to have a go but would appreciate any simple solution. I have a beech laminate floor so something plain would suit.

[vehelpfulguy]

Use MDF. It is a form of wood, made up of very small pieces of material crammed together. It is the 'wood' they always use on program like Changing Rooms.

http://www.design-technology.org/mdf.htm

It is light, very easy to cut or saw, easy to sandpaper, easy to screw together, fairly strong, smooth and so easy to paint.   

[Baboonboy]

Many thanks vehelpful guy! Looks like a busy Sunday!

[Woodsz]

Hi Baboonboy  If you do use MDF make sure you use a mask as well the dust is supposed to be hazardous why not take a look at one of the radiator covers from B&Q and modifier that?  

[BillyNoMates]

Totally agree with MDF. I wouldn't say I was particularly good with wood but built one for a friend after replacing the fusebox.

MDF was very simple to work with. I surprised myself with the end result and once painted up the same colour as the walls it looked great.

[mimififi]

what you could do is just purchse some B7Q value louvre doors, and screw a wooden frame the depthe of the box to the wall and then attach the doors.  You wouldn't nessarily have to mitre thre joints (do the 45 degree thing), you could just screx a frame of 2X2 to the wall, then screw the wider wood, say 6x1 to that frame.  The effect would be a small cupboard, and you wouldn't have had to have done any door making.  Alternatively, you could purchase a small cupboard from B7Q maybe a medicine cupboard and just take the back off and screw to the wall.  No work at all involved there.