Follow along as he walks you through the mechanicsand the magicof creating your own hidden gem. Unless you have a rotating floor section that moves with the door, which is a cool idea but I've never seen it done and I think chances are pretty good that someone would get hurt i.e. I debated for months about building one on my own outswing hidden bookcase door and scoured the internet for outswing hidden door plans as well as hidden door. Tom used butler-door hardware and chamfered notches to make a swinging door that disappears seamlessly into its surroundings when it’s closed. If you want a 180-degree rotating bookshelf that pivots in the center, or any bookshelf that pivots in the center, you will need a doorway wide enough for two doors because when it rotates open people will have to walk in on either side. This allows the door to rotate open 90 degrees, but not rotate 180 degrees like a Scooby Doo episode. Notice on "Step 1: Calculate Dimensions" the trim is attached to the door on the left, but trim is attached to the wall on the right. Trim is added to the wall on the left and right sides so the opening is less noticeable. So a rotating doorway will have gaps to either side when it is 'closed'. This is because the bookcase must always fit inside the doorway in every position while it is rotated. from front right corner to back left corner. For example if a doorway is 30 inches wide then the bookcase's diagonal measurement can only be 30 inches, i.e. I'm still deciding if I should put in a different threshold to match the bookcase, or remove the threshold entirely.Ī 'rotating bookcase' can't be as wide as the doorway that it is in. My house has 3/4 inch high thresholds which means my bookcases will be 3/4" above the floor. If your doorway has a raised threshold you should remove the threshold if possible to clean up the look. You’ve probably seen a large bookcase that takes up an entire wall. Basically it's just a bookshelf that fits into the door opening, with space for the hinge. Whether you’re the fairest one of all or not, a mirror door offers a magical way to enter a secret room. Creative Concealment This is one of the traditional methods for creating a hidden doorway in a foyer area. It could be a whole month of weekends if you're building everything from scratch and aren't very handy.
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Maybe 30 minutes if you order a custom made rotating bookshelf and you just have to attach the hardware to your door opening with some screws.
#Building a hidden door install#
How difficult is it to install a rotating bookshelf?ĭepends on the bookshelf and the opening.
I tried to post links but the post was deleted. Hinges for rotating doors are also sold online. There wasnt even a hidden door, it was just a. The house was massive, and he was apparently too rich to even know what an attic was. I watched it thinking he found some hidden door into a secret room. They are made so the hinge pin doesn't protrude into the room. This morning I saw a link to a youtube video for a guy who found a hidden room in his house. If you haven't, google hidden door hinges.
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