Trap door hinge - Fine Homebuilding
2003年1月24日 · Trap Door in Wood Floor - Hinge. I have a similar trap door in my wood floor. Have tried several options including stabilus piston lifts. The main issue I'm trying to solve is the potential of fingers getting caught between the door and …
concealed hinges for trap door - Fine Homebuilding
2006年4月3日 · I’m finishing up the punch list on a home that has a trap door in the office floor that leads to a storm room. I was asked to hinge this door as well as install flush finger rings the hinges are to be concealed. This door is made up of 3/4 subfloor and 3/4 hardwood flooring. I am lost as to what type of hinges to use or how to do it.
Trap door hardware?? - Fine Homebuilding
2003年10月7日 · Per the architects direction we installed hardwood flooring over a trap door that accesses the basement. The door had carpet over it previously. It was essentially a sheet of 3/4″ plywood with a 2×4 frame, now we added a layer of maple 3/4″ T&G hardwood flooring. The problem is the door is too heavy to lift without rupturing a nut.
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2013年1月18日 · From what I understand, the Sugatsune hinges need to be installed pretty close to the edge of the door (the installation instructions say the edge of hinge to the edge of door should be max 4mm). Any thicker, and the cladding on the door will push against the cladding on the wall when the door is opened. I was wondering you solved this problem.
Trap door lifts - Fine Homebuilding
2010年12月7日 · I need help on figuring out how to use automotive gas lifts to raise and lower a basement trap door. The door dimensions are: 1 3/8″ solid door blank with 3/4″ oak flooring 30″ * 80″ size I used Soss 220 hinges, worked great; with a Baldwin 0395 recessed latch ,nice; I have read some posts that used gas lifts to help open and close.
basement trap doors - Fine Homebuilding
2007年7月25日 · thanks for yer input--i wasn't specific enough. I'm dealing with a trap door in an interior (wood) floor, with a steep stairway (ship's ladder, almost) descending to a basement, which has washer and dryer in this very tiny house (about 550 sq.ft., so no great alternative elsewhere in this place) So this trap door will get used a couple of times a week==so naturally, i want to make it easy to use.
Antique swinging door hardware - Fine Homebuilding
2023年12月11日 · Lift (pry) the door up and slide a pc of Formica under the hinge. Big enough pc so you can slide the bottom hinge plate out saving the floor. Sadly, I think Bommer closed their doors last year or so. Economically, some still have a stash of these well made hinges and seem to be treating them as gold.
trap door on a flat roof - Fine Homebuilding
2001年10月15日 · You're probably going to have to use a premade door fabricated for this specific purpose. There are a few companies out there that manufacture these as they are used on a lot on commercial buildings. To gain the degree of fire rating and weatherproofing that it would need, buying one premade is the only way to go.
Mortising door hinges - Fine Homebuilding
2003年4月21日 · flush with door is perfect! no need for a corner chisel if this is a one time event,easy enough with a sharp chisel. out of square openings can be dealt with by shimming the jamb leaves with narrow (1/8') strips of cardboard,plastic, or whatever you can find.i like to use plastic cable ties.shimming next to the barrel will throw the door toward the latch,shimming at the far side of the mortise ...
space allowance for hinge side of slab door installation
2010年3月20日 · A gap is necessary continuously up the hinge side. If there's just one spot where the door edge rubs/touches the jamb, the door closing will be affected. The thing David mentions about the closed hinges is meant to produce that slight gap. Door weight will usually pull the door away from the hinge jamb, thus closing your 1/8'' on the latch side.