How to Choose the Best Plywood for Wardrobes

Wardrobe cabinets are an essential part of any household, modern or traditional, and it’s hard to imagine a well-organized home without a closet. Built-in wardrobes are also an excellent option for all those who are permanent residents and in no mood to change their home anytime soon and also need more space.

The wardrobes are great and useful and solve storage problems efficiently, but often people have trouble deciding the material for the closets. There are different materials available for the wardrobes like solid wood, steel, and plywood. The steel and solid woods are expensive, yet they offer strength, durability, and need deficient maintenance.

However, these two are not the option when it comes to portable wardrobe, or when we want cost-cutting, and that’s why often plywood serves the purpose quite amazingly.

Plywood is a fantastic choice for wardrobes and versatile, too, as there are different shades of laminates available to make the closet look classy and match the interior of the home but how to decide which ply-board will do the job?

Don’t worry; we have a solution. Read on to know the types of plywood available out there and which one will be a better choice for the wardrobe.

Types of plywood for wardrobes

There are different types of plywood available out there, but when it comes to home furnishing the most common used plywood are:

• BWR (Grade A)

BWR stands for boiling water-resistant ply-board. It is the type of plywood that is usually used to make kitchen cabinets because it is water-resistant, and the kitchen is the place that has moisture exposure quite high.  

• MR (Grade B)

MR is a moisture-resistant ply-board, which is used for the furniture making in the home no matter what except kitchen cabinets because of their exposure to water. Though the name suggests that the ply-board is moisture resistant, it is not.

Best plywood for wardrobe

Before we discuss the best ply-board for the closet, it is essential to know the height of the door of the closet. The consideration of height is essential because the ply-board tends to bend from the middle if we are using it for a length of more than 4 feet. If the height of the wardrobe door is above 4 feet, then consider having a blockboard because they do not bend when used for extended heights.

Now the question is, is a block-board better than the plywood?

The answer is no, simply because plywood is durable and robust when compared to the blackboard. Still, plywood works best for small doors, tables, and other home furnishing needs and generally is not considered as an excellent option for the lengthy doors of the wardrobe.

Blackboard can be considered for lengthy doors which are vertically high to avoid the bending nature.

Some characteristics of the blockboard

Blockboard is a bit less costly than plywood. The block boards are made of soft blocks of the wood that are covered with the ply from either side to form a long panel. In India, mostly pine wood is used for blockboards. Usually, do not bend or sag when used for extended frames like the room door and wardrobe door.