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Wardrobe size calculator
An 8 ft (2438 mm) wall takes a hinged wardrobe with 4 doors. Each door is about 2 ft (597 mm) wide. On a 7 ft 6 in wardrobe, each door is about 7 ft 3 in (2208 mm) tall. Each door hangs on 5 hinges. A thin gap strip closes each end. Type your wall to size yours.
Wardrobe size calculator
Example: 8 ft wall
4 doors · about 2 ft (597 mm) each
- Wall about 8 ft (2438 mm)
- Height 7 ft 6 in (2286 mm)
- No loft
5 hinges per door (20 in all).
The letters on the drawing
- AWall width
- about 8 ft (2438 mm)
- BWardrobe height, floor to top
- 7 ft 6 in (2286 mm)
- COne door
- about 2 ft (597 mm)
- DGap strip at each end
- about 1 in (20 mm)
- FDepth
- about 2 ft (600 mm)
- standard depth used
Room for the doors to open
Keep about 2 ft (597 mm) clear in front of the wardrobe so a door can open fully.
How your wall is divided
A wardrobe is built from cabinets, each a box with one or two doors. Our planner aims for doors about 1 ft 6 in to 2 ft (450–600 mm) wide. A thin gap strip (filler) closes what is left at each end.
Doors for your wall
Neighbouring doors leave a small gap so they never rub. In this example each gap is a few millimetres (3 mm).
Door height follows the wardrobe height. A taller door hangs on more hinges.
Sliding doors run on a track and need no floor to swing. This calculator sizes hinged doors.
Adding a loft
Tick “Add a loft” to put short cupboards on top of the wardrobe. In our example, a loft about 2 ft 6 in (750 mm) tall adds 4 loft doors. In this example the top then sits about 10 ft (3036 mm) from the floor.
Good to know
Our planner sizes walls from about 2 ft 11 in (900 mm) to about 15 ft 9 in (4800 mm). If you type more or less, we use the nearest size and tell you.
Depth stays at about 2 ft (600 mm), the standard depth in our planner.
These sizes are estimates. A maker checks every size before cutting.
For wardrobe makers
8 ft example (2438 mm (≈8 ft)): Cabinets: 2 × 1199 mm. Gap strips: 20 mm and 20 mm.
Each door 596.5 × 2208 mm; each loft door 596.5 × 747 mm.
| Piece | Width | Doors |
|---|---|---|
| Gap strip (filler) | 20 mm | — |
| Cabinet 1 | 1199 mm | 2 |
| Cabinet 2 | 1199 mm | 2 |
| Gap strip (filler) | 20 mm | — |
| Doors | 4 |
|---|---|
| Each door | 596.5 × 2208 mm |
| Hinges on each door | 5 |
| Gap each door leaves | 3 mm under its share of the cabinet |
| Sliding doors, for comparison | run on a track and overlap; this calculator sizes hinged doors |
| Measure | Range |
|---|---|
| Wall width | 900–4800 mm |
| Wardrobe height, floor to top | 2100–2400 mm |
| Loft height | 300–900 mm |
| Door width our planner aims for | 450–600 mm |
| Door width our planner accepts | 300–650 mm |
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Sources
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- Guide
Wardrobe dimensions in feet and mm
How big a wardrobe your wall and ceiling allow, in feet and mm: how a 6 to 12 ft wall splits into cabinets, doors and gap strips, and how tall a loft can be.
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Wardrobe plywood and material calculator
Enter your wall in feet or mm. Get units, doors, boards, 8 × 4 ft sheets per thickness, edge band and hinges. An 8 ft wardrobe needs about 12 sheets.
- Comparison
Wardrobe with loft: meaning and height
A wardrobe loft is a cupboard on top of the wardrobe. Who it suits, what it holds and how tall it makes the wardrobe: about 10 ft on our 8 ft example.