Bookcase Door Diy

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Bookcase door diy.

Bookcases covertly blend in to many surroundings providing a natural fit. A home office is a common location to place a secret bookcase door bookcase passageways can be found in many other places as well such as in living rooms game rooms as a towel cabinet in a bathroom or in a bedroom. The plan was simple. The doors slide open along a steel roller system at the top and the bottom to reveal the secret room.

For maximum stealthiness i was keen to make the bookcase blend in with the rest of our furniture. Each bookcase door has a fixed middle shelf and four adjustable shelves. Sub step 4 sketch the jambs. Even though the walls are new construction the floor and ceiling have been around since the 1920 s.

I would mimic the design and finish of our existing solid wood bookshelves as best i could while adopting the hardware kit sold by the murphy door company which is designed to support a door weighing up to 300 lbs. Bookcase sizes range from 36in. Order them directly from the manufacturer. Note if a different size opening or bookcase in in the plans proceed the same way but ensuring that the plywood is large enough to accommodate.

The renovation left an opening for me to build the bookcase in framed out simply as a short door frame. To 66in wide and up to 96in. The opened bookcase will take up to 13 1 2 or more inches of the door opening. It is now time to sketch out the door jambs on each side of the opening.