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| Making a custom attic door with skeleton lock
old attic door | 
new door |
»www.dennisjudd.com/?p=2237
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| Cool.
Only issue I see is the insulation (or lack of).
Having made such a door myself in a place where there was none, I can attest that insulating the door makes a difference. |
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Nice Job! But I'm confused. How does that lead to an attic? My attic is above my head. Regional thing, maybe?
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Hey can you make me one like that. My master bedroom closet has a attic access exactly like that. |
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| reply to flibby3655
said by flibby3655:Nice Job! But I'm confused. How does that lead to an attic? My attic is above my head. Regional thing, maybe?
I have two attics technically, a first floor one (this door) and a second floor one (with a ceiling access hatch).
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 SandSharkLong may you runPremium,MVM
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I have a rancher with an added second floor only it doen't go above the bedrooms or the garage, so I have 2 attics, with a drafty door leading to each. I guess I'll have to peel off the blue tape and make a couple of my own.
Thanks for the info.
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My daughter would approve of your daughter's tastes..
Great craftsmanship on the door.
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 RobIn Deo speramus, God Bless the USAPremium
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I LOVE IT!
Although a hidden door with a push lock (?) would have been cool too! |
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 darkwishFree KnightPremium
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Nice work! Makes me think of the magical door in Coraline. |
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Thanks all. Don't be mislead though there is no real fancy wood working or skill involved (aside from chiseling out the damn hinges) the whole front of the door is a facade really. It only looks fancy.
In all the whole project was only like $30 bucks because I had hinges lying around, scrap 3/4" plywood, scrap door stop and extra door trim.
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Very nice job!!
Wayne |
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said by Dennis:Thanks all. Don't be mislead though there is no real fancy wood working or skill involved (aside from chiseling out the damn hinges) the whole front of the door is a facade really. It only looks fancy.
In all the whole project was only like $30 bucks because I had hinges lying around, scrap 3/4" plywood, scrap door stop and extra door trim.
Thank you very much for posting this!! One of the little tasks in our basement renovation is a side door to access the under-stair storage area.. you've given me a perfect way to do it.
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Thanks for the post. I need to make two of these sometime soon to install when the insulation people cut holes in the knee walls. Is it attached to the studs on the sides? It was hard to tell how the frame was attached from the pictures. Thought about selling these? 
The only other thing the insulation people mentioned that I didn't see is rigid insulation board on the door. We have 1 knee wall door now and they are going to add 2" rigid insulation board to it. |
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| said by Critsmcgee:The only other thing the insulation people mentioned that I didn't see is rigid insulation board on the door.
I did an update since a lot of people ask about that:
»www.dennisjudd.com/?p=2263
oh and the attic hole was already rough framed out (just like a normal door) so that's what the door was nailed to.
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 norton
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Holland, MI | i made one for our knee wall attic - made my own frame, used rigid foam core, bass wood veneer and glue. looks like a real door. |
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 KLH
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Vincennes, IN | reply to Dennis
I received an email from instructables.com and saw this very project mentioned in the newsletter.
»www.instructables.com/id/Project···eleton-/
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| Ha yeah, it takes me a few days to convert them into instructables so I never mentioned it here. I like the picture tagging ability they offer so I try to put my stuff on there occasionally.
I keep meaning to upload my kegerator but haven't had the time.
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