I would add some gas struts to it to avoid chopping off toes and fingers!!!

@patrick5082

Ай бұрын

Good call 😂

@seantjohnson

Ай бұрын

100% agree. As soon as he started opening and closing the door, I thought he needs gas struts.

@noahnadia070211

Ай бұрын

I was going to say the same thing

@saljablo2767

Ай бұрын

He’s a hack. He would never do anything correctly

@HabsAllDay17

Ай бұрын

Great call! Also i would paint the latch a tan color

You turned a big hole in the floor into a usable walk way. It may not be invisible, but it looks good. I would call it a win.

Paint in the gap the same color as the floor! It will blend in. Even the latch. Make it brown from above

@strungoutkid

Ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing 👍

@strungoutkid

Ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing 👍

@mechanicalman3566

Ай бұрын

Me too! Maybe go in a tiny bit lighter because the shadow will make it look a little darker

A RUNNER will cover your “issues”. You did a FANTASTIC job meeting your goal. Looks great and is very functional.

A nice runner rug will look great.

@poppy2447

Ай бұрын

Exactly what I came here to say. Throw a runner on it and call it a day

@Can_non69

3 күн бұрын

And it would dampen the sound when walking over the hollow

Someone in the comments mentioned installing an actuator which I think is a brilliant idea. They make them so you could have a wall switch. Just hit the switch and the door opens hit it again and it'll close. Also you may want to think about insulating that door somehow. With that gap you're going to have a breeze coming through there. I understand what a challenging project this was. Kudos man, I think it couldn't have been done any better

@westonhenderson5675

Ай бұрын

Except insulating and the actuator... hahahahah Great work as always though!

You used the wrong type of hinge for a hidden door. There are hinges that lifts the door more up and then higher by utilising a different pivot point. Then you could have a mm tight fit :) also gas struts and then a lock inside of the door that you open with a strong magnet and you actually have a hidden door ;) Or why not having the unlock feature through some wire that goes up in the kitchen island so you pull a hidden lever to open ;)

@kriss2787

26 күн бұрын

What hinges are those?

@Jamal_Jackson_III

26 күн бұрын

They’re called pivot hinges

@Tread_Man

25 күн бұрын

​@@Jamal_Jackson_IIIkinda like kitchen cupboard doors

The idea of having a hidden room with a secret floor door added an element of mystery and excitement to home renovation. The craftsmanship and attention to detail showcased in the video were truly impressive, and it left me inspired to get creative with my own home projects.

A 45 cut on the front and back With a recessed pocket at the back for it to clear would let you hide the gaps but needs more prep and accuracy. Still love what youve done.

I agree with some of the other comments. Even without trying to hide a door, it seems to be an ideal place for an long accent rug. The space also would be great for a piece of custom furniture, like a baker's rack, accent table, display cabinet, etc. Just put some hidden wheels on it so that when you need to access the basement, then it simply rolls out of the way. Also, some gas struts for easier opening/closing. Maybe some c-channel to stiffen up the door?

It may not be perfectly hidden but still pretty darn cool. Great job.

What about some foam weatherstripping in the gap hinge side painted tan? That would cut down on drafts and make the gap less noticeable.

I've read that in some really old houses where the flooring planks had larger gaps between the planks, workmen would sometimes repair the gaps using a twine or some sort of rope like material made of natural fiber. They would wedge it in between the flooring boards. Then they would stain it the color of the flooring. It definitely wasn't a perfect solution, but the gaps were not as noticeable & they moved like a gasket does. This was good because the wooden floor boards expand & contract. Maybe something like this may work for hinge side of the door to the basement.

As many said, gas struts are a must and color match paint all gaps and the handle.

cutting an angle on all edges of the door will make it close a lot smoother. Maybe add some small rubber bumpers on the wall where the door contacts the wall so over time it doesnt damage the drywall and paint! good stuff though I like it!

@Tofh40

Ай бұрын

I think the bumpers might ruin the concealed door. And considering it's only ever used to access pipes I don't think it would ever be opened much 😅

One of the best channels on KZread. Thank you for constantly keeping it fresh with new ideas and designs.

Very good job on the overall completion! Don't let haters give you a perfection complex!😆😆🤙🏾🤙🏾👍🏽

@cherylbuscema2712

Ай бұрын

I totally agree! Not everyone can be perfect at everything. I have seen "professional" jobs that I could have done better at!

@saljablo2767

Ай бұрын

@@cherylbuscema2712when you’re filming yourself for a KZread channel it should be pretty much near perfect at the end. He lacks safety struts for one. This is a hack job all the way

@candacehari5531

Ай бұрын

​@saljablo2767 Agree on ye comment re safety struts. However, he never ever professes to be an expert, just a dude doing his best. If that is not your cup of tea then that is fine, but no need to add negative comments like this.

Beautiful job Mr. BuildIt! Thank you for showing your problem solving, patience, and perseverance!!

proud of you for accepting the challenge and doing it yourself 👍🏼

You're doing a great job. As far as building on the island. Put down a tarp or painters cloth or something because it's not just getting something cleanable on it, it's what if you scratch it.

It looks like a perfect place for a antique sideboard with felt on the bottom of the feet so it slides in and out easy

Seems to remember Micheal Alm putting a 3 degree bevel on the closing edges of a door he built to let it close more closely. That might have let you land those seams more cleanly but I reckon a pretty decent job done! Massive improvement over a gaping hole 😎

You could try a folded strip of beige canvas glued in the hinge-side door-gap to help hide it

I would look at boat hardware for the handle and put some sideways bracing on the back of the door to stop bowing, your crawlspace is probably damper and it would help.

“That’s what she said” 😂😂😂 damn right man.

I would have put some bracing on the back. Over time with all the walking on it, may not hold with just glue.

@bradrhoades102840

Ай бұрын

agreed. same thought

@anthonybott6923

Ай бұрын

Yeah it needs more support.

@natureandnorth

Ай бұрын

I thought of that too. Bracing on the back! 🎉

@nathanjames1089

Ай бұрын

He has cleats along the ends but I get your point its a pretty big span for human load even if it is 2x12s

Get this man to a million!

I think I would keep the running lay out then cut out the door afterwords. Set up some reference points or line strings. It would maintain the plank grains.

I think you should brass it. Heat up the steel with a torch and use a brass wire drill attachment and it transfer the brass onto the steel. Would hide it more with the wood.

I think the hinge looks fine, but if you're really worried about it, you could take a piece of scrap flooring, peel a top layer of veneer and contact cement it to the top of your latch. Then, cut with a knife around where your handle comes up. I do agree with what most people suggest with the struts to ease the opening and closing. Painting inside your seams will help, or if you want to try and get really creative, wrap a piece of foam with a paper veneer that closely matches your flooring and wedge in place. This will allow for expansion and contraction but still hide the gap a little more. It's not 100 percent perfect, but maybe slightly better than nothing. Love the videos. Great job.

Great job!! Depending on where the house is, insulating the door would cut down on cold coming from the cellar.

Tough problem, you did well, it's all about learning from the process and figuring out how to do it better the next time👍

You needed a different kind of hinge that would raise the door from the floor once it is vertical. See for example the Mercedes 190 or Audi A4 B4 trunk hinges. With that then you'd have the flooring skin in the door oversized with 45° degree bevels to then lay on top of the regular floor which would be undersized.

@AtlasUK

17 күн бұрын

Yes trunk hinges! I was thinking the same thing

I think it's pretty cool that you have a gap and you can see it's a door heading down. It adds character.

My wife watches a ton of murder mystery shows. About 15 or so minutes into the video, I was thinking this could be a future murder house. I mean, it's a basement with a dirt floor to bury bodies. Install sound absorbing materials on the floor joists for no one to hear the screams and the ability to hide the opening with a long decorative rug. Fancy. Total future murder house or could make for a good murder mystery novel. Nice work on the door, by the way.

The problem with the door catching is because you didn't factor in the thickness of the flooring in top of the door when you set your hinges. 😉

23:49 Find some fabric that matches the color of the wood & tuck it under the flooring to fill the gap. Preferably something you can fill with a flexible & expandable filling.

I think it looks great. I would throw a runner rug down and a buffet over it.

Color match paint for the latch is perfect

You could paint the back of the hinges, the black sticks out in the gap and if it were tan the gap would be less noticeable. And of course it's too late now, but it would have been nice to have continuous grain running between the normal flooring and the door, we can see that the planks are different. I also like the idea of a rug, after all, you can put a runner on this and it will completely disappear. The recessed pull is a great touch!

I have been watching the whole series. You are doing a great job! So much hard work on this house! We had contractors build a door like this on our porch. It does have some boards going horizontal on the door to give it more strength. You could always get some floor paint or something that is durable and paint the latch so it is not as noticeable. You are really getting close to finishing!

I would add some cross pieces to the underneath of the door. Those 2x8’s might warp and cup otherwise.

We had such a basement in our house when I was young. We accessed it through a trap door until we had a fire when I was 13 and they changed the set up of the house and we ended up with a regular access, and regular door underneath the attic stairway. It was a very small house 2 bedroom house with the high part of the attic made as a 3rd bedroom. In the basement we had the furnace, the washer and dryer and a sumpump. More than ½ of the basement was not even a crawl space. This video reminded me of this. That was in the good old days when danger was less of a worry.

For the problem with the hinge side reveal, maybe you had to offset the hinges position "higher" to be in the center of the door+floring thickness so it wouldn't catch.

that first step looks like it’s a drop compared to the rest

As good as it can get, A nice little carpet would definitely make it perfect 😂 Bravo 👏 🎉

That basement hole always had me nervous! So glad it's finally got a door! Well done!!

Staple a fold of board coloured fabric folded into the hinge crease to fill / hide the gap + stops any draft.

@Mr.Buildit thank you so much for the great content you provide here on KZread. I became a wood worker in 2022 after first watching one of your videos and I not only enjoy it but enjoy the process you take to make things look beautiful. Thank you again and keep doing what you’re doing because you inspire us regular folks to learn new things and to not be scared to just try new things.

for a handle i think having a section grinded out of the floor for a strong magnet that doesnt pertrude would be nice, all u need is to keep another strong magnet with u and put it in the right spot when u need to open it

What I would do is take the wood plank to the home center and get a color match paint sample and paint the inside the grove to hide the shadow gap.

You CAN and absolutely NEED to finish that basement if you want to make that house a proper family home. You can make another full bathroom down there and some extra storage space. 1 bathroom for a 3 bedroom house is outrageous. You definitely need to plan on getting that dug out and finished.

I was hooked from start to finish watching this video!

OMG!!! I love this idea! I'm a shortie and must use a step stool to get OUT of my crawl space. I can totally make the access from the hallway of my home! Thanks so much for the awesome idea. Keep them coming

Palm nailer works wonders on the hangers

All that struggle you did really well for the problems you had! Well done it looks amazing.

You might want to look at some self adhesive vinyl with similar wood finish as the floor for the handle to make it more hidden

@MrBuildIt There’s SO many options to distract from the gap in the floor. Because it’s so close to the doors outside, a shoe rack wouldn’t be a bad thing in that spot. You could something distracting on the wall above the door, or just throw a runner down over it and call it a day!

How about a nice hall rug?

What a great idea, might implement one of these myself. Bravo. Thanks for sharing

Tried to do a hidden door as well and flooring guys did a great job of actually making it even more obvious after I specifically asked to make it look seamless. Used the same handle and recessed it. My door isnt as long but I put some blocks/braces across to mimic the joists. I would have actually put the door hinges on the right side (looking at the video) with struts that push the door up. That way the finished flooring can have lip on the two long sides. With the right struts it could have a lip on all 4 sides.

Personally, I don’t a door could ever be 100% invisible. I think you did a great job.

Patiently waiting for this. Can’t wait to check it out. Your work is amazing

Just a suggestion. I’d do what deck builders do when they paint black underneath. With the gap that you don’t like, just get the closest paint you can to the floor and paint that gap inside. It won’t get rid of the gap but it will definitely help hiding it

Great work ! Of all your projects on the house this was the most impressive. Definitely had your thinking cap on for this one.

You could still add after market “soft close” hardware to “catch” the door when your closing it. The ones you just screw into the frame and has a rod that sticks out and gets compressed. Maybe 1 or 2 on the opposite side of the hinges.

I would be perfectly happy with the door. A runner and narrow table would be ideal.

Throw down a runner and call it a day bro. It looks amazing as is!

Maybe on the part that is the floor next to the door by the big reveal, remove it, place it down with magnets. It can be pulled up and removed and replaced any time you need to open the door. It would allow for a perfect seam. So step 1 remove flooring panels that are magnate to the floor next to the wall, then open the door. Also, the door does. It have to be square. You could extend parts out to fit the natural floor joints. Just have those held by magnets as well. You could completely hide it. Also, add a lock to keep things safe and kids out.

Great job! I think it looks really good since it is still necessary to have it for access.

Great job! 👏🏻 That looks amazing.

I think a prop rod/hydrolic prop rod/or assisted rod would be a goo idea to stop the hard closing and reduce wear. Also could help someone not as strong to open a heavy door.

I think it looks great. I would be happy to have that in my kitchen. Good job!

I have this exact same issue in the middle of my living room! Thank you! 🙏🏻

Man that looks incredible 👍

For the "Handle" I would have attached a steel plate to the back of the door and then used a switchable magnet handle. You can get strong magnets that you can turn on and off (they dont use power, its basically magic). Have it sitting around in the decore of the room. Need to open the hidden floor door, grab it, put it on the right spot on the floor, turn it on, lift. The magnet will pull on the steel plate on the back of the door.

My grandfather used to tell me, Jonny, to try to achieve perfection will only cost you your sanity. It looks great dude, fantastic work.....👍👍 Take it easy brother. ~Jonny5🥁

Put a nice long rug on top and make it part of the door

Have some safety net that gets pulled up in the front to prevent someone walking down into a gaping hole. Especially children. And a railing that pneumatically pops up on the side to protect the side too

If you put a 'fake' joint in the center of the middle board of the door it will give the impression of a break in 3 matching board lengths ❤

If you re route the hinges so that they are set closer to the surface of the door and the door jam, you should be able to have a smaller gap because it wont catch.

I definitely think some kind of spring or actuator should be installed. Right now it's just a super heavy door that will end up hurting somebody. Other than that just some kind of weather strip or door insulation to keep the draft down. Can be installed on the lip you created. Scotch bright the metal hinge and paint it tan?

You could do something like painting or something to the top side of the hinges to cover up that black color showing through which would make it look better and be less obvious. That said I'm unsure what the best way to achieve that color change.

I would add a little handle (personally a brown leather strap) on the bottom of the door to keep it from hitting the wall when opened

I think it looks nice . Don’t beat yourself up to much 👌🏽❤️

Looks great but I think you should add something across the grain on the bottom of the door, even just a 2x4 maybe with chamfered ends. Only reason there is a huge possibility that it start to warp or twist over time.

I dont know if im ahead of the project but an 12 volt actuator remote contolled woud be fabulous

Something as small as painting the hinges a tan/grey color would change the look drastically. Shadows are a tricky thing but if you know how to work around them you can go so far.

Door handle concealment idea. Laminate flooring is just a photo of the wood pattern. Take a photo of a matching board print it out on some paper stick it to the stainless handle if you had taken the photo before cutting anything it would have match almost perfectly to the existing flooring pattern but a nearby similar looking board should be fine. If you have the spacing inside the hardware (its kind of hard to see from the view you could soak the paper in clear epoxy to make it rock hard and walk resistant. Or if you have the space print it on something harder than paper but that takes more than just a normal printer.

A runner would definitely conceal it even more and they have some very beautiful inexpensive ones too!

You could always put down a rug that is attached to the door so it hides the seems between the flooring. Then you can still lift the door with the rug attached, so whenever you close the door it will cover all the flooring seems. Then just make a slit where the flush mounted handle can poke through when you rotate it up to access the handle. Cool idea though

If you don’t want a rug to hide it could you maybe put some tan weather stripping in the gap that would hide it but still squish enough for the door to open smoothly? Also hydraulic hinges would be good. Also potentially some spray paint or rub n buff to blend the handle better than stainless steel?

Put a RUG over that arena maybe a runner-type rug. Otherwise it looks really good.

Awesome job, your skills are improving for sure

Didn't catch whether you mentioned subtracting the flooring thickness from the hinge hole position. That may be causing the binding.

You did an excellent job with this house flip. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Runner would cover the door

Looks great

I agree with the gas struts suggestion.

you should add several relief cuts per board length wise to help stop cupping of that dimensional lumber

Paint it in the gap. Looks great.