Secret Bookcase Door

EDIT: For everyone commenting on the gap at the bottom, please understand that I was replacing the floor in the hallway, and there was a large gap there to allow for the floor install, PLEASE click on this image to see the final gap http://i.imgur.com/ciJyi.jpg


I replaced a 30" standard door with a 5" deep bookshelf door. It hides my bonus room/mancave. It uses offset hinges to make the door opening wider so the thick door does not get in the way. One of the key things about this door is that it had to be functional. There are a lot of hidden doors that only give you an opening of 20 or less inches, and that does not work when you have company over.

Feel free to ask questions, I will be happy to post pictures.

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[alex brunner]

Could you not of just bought real books?

[piranhamonkey]

Actually Alex, they are real books, I just altered them to make them a bit lighter for the door, when you think of putting 10+ books per shelf and the amount of weight that sits on the hinges you are talking about MASSIVE amount of weight because of the leverage. I just chose to make them a bit lighter so i did not have to use as many hinges. If you check out some of the other videos that i made you can see the final view, which looks more complete.

[sourlemonice]

Can you post instructions?

[piranhamonkey]

Hey Sourlemonice, thanks for watching. There is not really a set of "instructions" more like guidelines that i patched together using a ton of different sites, and this was my first real project like this so I did not take many pictures along the way. However I have put together another video that goes into more detail. You can find it under my other videos

[Shadowx998]

How does the book you pull not come all the way out when you open the door?

[piranhamonkey]

watch a few of my other videos, I go into detail about how I made it.

[Catherine MacDonald]

7 dislikes by the DEA

[piranhamonkey]

If you notice there is no carpet there either. I am replacing the flooring and once it is done i will actually put down some quarter round to make it less noticeable.

[McCapozzim]

Agreed

[cara worrell]

That room is so cool now I went one

[chica476]

What if you actually needed to read that book?!

[Lorne Holman]

Brilliant buddy. Just great!

[Cujothechosen1]

On a bookshelf that size, the total weight bearing is around 600 pounds; I've seen people use like castor wheels off of dollys for hinges at the top and bottom instead of traditional hinges.

[Flecchicutlets]

An idea to make it both a real bookshelf and a door is to use wheels on the "knob" side to help hold the weight, this way it can be a useful shelf and a hidden door.

[skitskatmeerkat1]

Nice.

[Petemenoodi]

Very well done. Good job.

[TheDragonfire05]

thank you for showing ur secrets derp



[cheya97]

Thats soo dopee