Hidden Pantry Doors – 3 Tips to Conceal a Door I love building hidden doors! I also enjoy showing them off because apparently everyone on YouTube is searching for a way to hide a room. My first hidden door video from 2010 has 426,000 views! There's really three elements to a hidden door.I've built several houses with Architect Nick Deaver, and he always does beautiful things with the windows/doors in the house. The Cedar kitchen ceiling gave him a perfect opportunity to design this hidden pantry. The clients plan to keep the doors open while cooking and shut them after cleaning up.The hardware is key to pulling of a hidden door. Standard hinges won't work. You need a hidden hinge. Sugatsune's HES-3D 190 is perfect for this application. They have three way adjustment and that's critical to ensuring you've got a very fine line between the door and jamb.This isn't a rookie finish carpenter job. You need an experienced carpenter who is used to doing precision work.
Hidden doors take planning and alot of hours to pull off and you really need a carpenter who's got the patience and precision to get those 1/8? reveals around the door which conceal it's opening. I wish you the best on your hidden door project! If you'd like to see my previous posts about hidden doors, click here. Risinger Homes is a custom builder and whole house remodeling contractor that specializes in Architect driven and fine craftsmanship work. We utilize an in-house carpentry staff and the latest building science research to build dramatically more efficient, healthy and durable homes. To read this original article click here. Be sure to check out my video blog on YouTube. Exterior Door Specifications Sheet Tilt and Turn Windows Door Hinges and Accessories Inswing or Outswing Doors How to Install Interior Doors What is a Pre-Hung Door? How to Determine the Door Size Door Jambs / Casing / Extension Door Locks / Handles Explained
A pre-hung door comes from our warehouse installed in a door frame. It is purchased with door hinges attached to the door and frame. The benefits are easier installation, elimination of the need for taking exact measurements, saved time and cost over contractors' labor. A pre-hung door is pre-cut for locks and handles. Different options are available depending on model you choose. Ville Doors offers two types of door locks: mortise and tubular. It's very important to understand the difference between these two. Pre-cutting for mortise locks is a more complicated job, thus the labor cost is higher. Mortise locks come only with PRIVACY door handles "Marchello" and "Rome"., as well as with PRIVACY sliding door keyed locks. Privacy door handles have a locking mechanism from the inside, but also have an emergency release access hole from the outside. Pre-cutting for a tubular lock Pre-cutting for a mortise lock. Mortise locks are also available for sliding doors. Sliding Door Lock Schematics
Butterfly Hinges Hidden Hinges Ville Doors offers five types of pre-hanging. A door is pre-hung on butterfly hinges and pre-drilled for a tubular lock. The cost is $60. A door is pre-hung on hidden hinges and pre-drilled for a tubular lock. The cost is $90. A door is pre-hung on butterfly hinges and pre-drilled for a mortise lock. Mortise locks come with privacy door handles "Rome" and "Marchello". The cost is $99.95 A door is pre-hung on hidden hinges and pre-drilled for a mortise lock. The cost is $125. Sliding or pocket door is pre-cut for a mortise lock. The cost is $45.Everyone has a secret hiding place, some are just more elaborate than others. Maybe you have precious valuables, want a panic room for your family or simply need a secret lair to take over the world from. Whatever your need, Creative Home Engineering are industry leaders in high quality secret doors and passageways.
In their own words: A quality secret door is a very precise machine that must maintain extremely tight tolerances. Many companies simply attach a hinge to a piece of carpentry, resulting in a secret door that sags, warps, rubs, and looks obvious, especially when a load is applied, or with time as humidity and temperature fluctuate. Creative Home Engineering products are precisely engineered to handle these conditions while maintaining those essential tight tolerances. They contain hidden cavities with steel structural support members to keep the door strong and rigid, along with our patented custom hinges, and numerous other technical innovations that have set us apart as the leader in the secret door industry. Our secret passageways are designed to be installed in minutes anywhere in the world. They come pre-hung in their own door frames which simply slide into the rough door opening as though it were a typical appliance. If you can install a conventional pre-hung door, you can install one of our secret passageways.
In short, hidden passageways and secret rooms in your house are cool. Here is a gallery of 35 awesome hidden/secret passageways built into various houses and homes. All designs are by Creative Home Engineering. Design by Creative Home Engineering 25 Examples of Cell Phone Tower DisguisesMade in Germany, TECTUS® is the most comprehensive concealed hinge system for premium flush doors. Easily adjustable in 3-Dimensions, Simonswerk's TECTUS® hinges bring an unparalleled level of performance, precision and control over what has previously been a difficult detail to build and maintain. There is no other hinge system in the world that provides the solutions and easy on the eyes: for architects and designers choosing TECTUS® can make the difference between realizing your vision and having it remain just a vision. Designers spend time detailing an "invisible" door, they may go through endless rounds of picking veneer to match the grain exactly, and simply want to keep clean and dead-even gaps around their door panels.
Because TECTUS® is adjustable in 3 dimensions large and heavy doors can be installed quickly, saving money for the millworker and installer and insuring it all looks sharp in the end. In reality, for detail-driven designers, nothing is ever really invisible. So, when you open that door, at the very least, the hinge better match the finish of the hardware on the rest of the project. Simonswerk offers the TECTUS® hinges in a wide range of premium quality finishes: Satin Chrome Look (F1) | Satin Nickel Look (F2) | Stainless Steel Look (SSL) Dark Umber (like a US 10B) | Polished Nickel (plated) | Brushed (Satin) Chrome (plated) | SIMONSWERK original Metallic Bronze finish is now joined by three new bronzes. Though there are no minimums, ask us about lead times. Tectus hinges also solve some of the thorniest problems that standard offset pivots or the usual cabinet grade hinges wouldn't touch. Say you have a series of heavy mirrored closet doors and you want make sure your doors don't look a shambles after the first year of use.
Simonswerk's TE 540 3D A8 and TE 640 3D A8 models offer a wider throw for mirrored or clad doors with laminates of up to 8mm. Another innovation is the NEW TE 541 3D FVZ which allows for those frameless flush door details, with the drywall or panel runs right up to the edge of the door leaf. The TE 541 3D FVZ hinge allows for a frame set back of .55" while still providing the full 180° opening angle. Invisible, but not unsightly. Since their introduction in North America we have seen the TECTUS® hinge go from being a welcome technologically superior substitute for other "invisible" hinges when the odd concealed door was detailed, to one that is being throughout a project's interior and exterior doors. This acceptance has grown from a realization by contractor, millworker and architect alike of the significant cost savings that an adjustable hinge can bring to the project. For samples, literature, or for any questions on specifying the TECTUS® concealed hinges, contact your authorized Simonswerk dealer.
easy to install: who have used non-adjustable invisible hinges in the past and have wrestled with hanging these doors, especially heavier ones, TECTUS® concealed hinges will be a revelation. With a hex key, you can tweak the door leaf into perfect alignment and walk away knowing that when the building settles you won't need to return to take the door off and take a planer to it, or worse. Installing TECTUS® hinges is straight-forward. Simonswerk offers a complete suite of milling frames and templates. Simonswerk has re-engineered the TECTUS® TE 340 3D, TE 540 3D, and TE 640 3D so that the frame and door preparations are the same, simplifying installation further. Applicable for wood, steel and aluminum frames, Tectus can be used throughout a project. TECTUS provides When looking for pricing, leadtimes or installation tools and information, or if a question comes up in the shop or on site, just contact your TECTUS® dealer for prompt, knowledgeable support. easy to maintain: f®®®®(TECTUS® hinges have been tested to 1,000,000 cycles under full load)®TECTUS is a comprehensive system offering options for wood, steel and aluminum frames, permanent power transfer, a complete range of optimized door capacities, and, of course, the ability to adjust them.
TE 240 3D : 88 lbs with 2 hinges installed TE 340 3D : 176 lbs with 2 hinges installed : UL listed to 20 minutes TE 540 3D : 264 lbs with 2 hinges installed : UL listed to 20 minutes TE 640 3D : 440 lbs with 2 hinges installed : UL listed to 20 minutes TE 645 3D : 660 lbs with 2 hinges installed : UL listed to 20 minutes TE 541 3D FVZ : 220 lbs with 2 hinges installed TE 526 3D Series : 220 lbs with 2 hinges installed : Solid Stainless Steel NOW UL listed to 3-HOURS. Models in the series :TE 526 3D and TE 527 3D TE 626 3D A8 : 220 lbs with 2 hinges installed : Solid Stainless Steel TE 540 3D A8 : 220 lbs with 2 hinges installed : for clad door : UL listed to 20 minutes TE 640 3D A8 : 352 lbs with 2 hinges installed : for clad doors : UL listed to 20 minutes. TECTUS Energy : Energy Hinges preserve all the technical and visual features of the TECTUS® hinge system while providing a permanent concealed and tamper-resistant power/data connection through the hinge.