Best tool to cut Bath Panel Mdf

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Finally getting round to changing the bath panel from a cheap plastic front to a wooden mdf front.

I'm a bit nervous about cutting it down,what tool would be best to do the job?

Dad mentioned a jigsaw ??

Heavy duty saw

Hacksaw

Circular saw

Any ideas?
 
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Have you got a toolstation or screwfix near you?
Your link to B&Q says you have the option of one for 8 or two for 12 quid dosent look like they have to be the same just predator brand.(y)
 
I used a jigsaw and learned I couldn't cut straight with it. Even though I had a wooden batten as a guide. A circular saw would have been better.
 
stealthwolf said:
I used a jigsaw and learned I couldn't cut straight with it. Even though I had a wooden batten as a guide. A circular saw would have been better.
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MDF dust is very fine, quite nasty stuff. I never use power saws on it without extraction and a mask myself.
 
Mdf panels rarely last more than a few months before being damaged by moisture. Often come with a disclaimer forfeiting any guarantee if cut .
 
Right so now we have another problem cut all the panel down to size along with the skirting bit,gone to fit it and well yeah it wont fit. We can raise the skirting bit up at the back but then it'll leave us with a gap and it wont be sitting on the floor.

Any ideas apart from ripping up the tiles :censored::rolleyes:

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Worse case is cutting up a few more tiles and laying them underneath
 
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do you have a panel and a plinth (skirting) piece?
at a later date you might have to remove the panel - have you thought about that?

your bath is now fixed in position - dont attempt to raise it.
the leg frames seem to allow the bath panel to go completely under the apron - do they, they should?
you could notch the wood plate if its going to be moved back?

i sometime set wood pieces glued up behind the apron to allow the top of the panel to fit snug.
you could have built a wood frame with a plate and top rail and "studs" and notched it to fit around obstacles - google pics and diagrams.
the wood frame provides backing.
if the raw floor becomes exposed then just glue down some off-cuts of tile (note & keep the swirl "pattern") - run them under the plate.
once the bath panel is on no one will notice.

raw edges of cut MDF can be sealed with work top edging tape or two coats of contact cement.
 
bobasd said:
do you have a panel and a plinth (skirting) piece?
at a later date you might have to remove the panel - have you thought about that?

your bath is now fixed in position - dont attempt to raise it.
the leg frames seem to allow the bath panel to go completely under the apron - do they, they should?
you could notch the wood plate if its going to be moved back?
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Yeah it's a panel and skirting piece.

It goes under the top of the bath fine I just can't get the angle to push it under as the tiles are raised.

I think I'm going to get some backer board and grout and add the tiles.

I'm going to take the 2 short pieces of tile out if it's not too difficult and lay longer pieces so there isn't a straight line of grout.
 

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Don’t attach the skirting to panel , fix it to base timber then offer up board and clip it in place using some keku panel clips .
 
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