Hidden Bookcase Door Plans

The opened bookcase will take up to 13 1 2 or more inches of the door opening.

Hidden bookcase door plans. I ve purchased rixson hinges 370 and am ready to build. The plans that come with the kit call for edge banded. If you have ever desired a hidden door in your home this hidden door project from gary katz one of the best ones that i have come across. First you have to decide if your door will swing in or swing out.

After over a decade of work around the globe we ve created the hardware and specially engineered plans to provide a seamless secret door built to last for decades. 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. Don t hinge the wood shelves directly. Bookcase door plans hidden door.

Bookcase 4 door 5 hidden 1 pivot 1. The plan was simple. How to build a hidden bookcase door written by charles ouellet on jan 15 2020. This will depend on how much space you have behind the door and how much you want to spend.

The swing in door is cheaper and easier to hang and finish. If you also find these too expensive you may use high quality particle boards. We ve spent the last 12 years exclusively specializing in secret doors such as hidden bookcase doors. 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 author uses a welded steel tube frame for the structure and mounts it to the ceiling and floor. Sub step 4 sketch the jambs. I have been thinking of building a hidden bookcase door myself but i was a bit hung up on how to hinge it and how. I am taking pics as i progress.

I didn t have space for all my doors to swing in so i had to buy a 150 pivot hinge to make a couple of my doors swing out. Must begin with a closet opening to a closet or secret safe room. It is now time to sketch out the door jambs. Build a built in wall bookcase with a door opening.

How to make a secret bookcase door to hide a safe room. For maximum stealthiness i was keen to make the bookcase blend in with the rest of our furniture. Hidden pivot bookcase installation gary i ve been working on a place for 1 yr now to install a hidden door. This is a nice example of custom floor to ceiling wall to wall bookshelves with a central case that swings out to reveal a hidden door.

Make sure that the hidden door won t swing into the bookshelf either. On top of that we have to take into consideration the thickness of the boards and the gap between the wall and the bookcase door. 2 weld a steel frame to support the bookcase. A cabinet maker may offer to build your secret door having done something like it in the past but you ll.

Thank you for sharing knowledge i know has helped my ability to plan implement and successfully tackle. Birch especially if you plan to paint the bookcase maple and oak plywood are good choices. It s a heavy duty method with homemade frame and hinges built to hold 500 1000 pounds. First measure and record the height width and depth of the entrance to your secret room.

Featured wood plans indoor plans february 1 2013 woodworkcity 0. A steel frame made from box tubing will allow the door to swing easily and will support 500 1000lbs 225 450kg a full bookshelf with no problem.