Remember all of those old suspense movies and Scooby Doo episodes where someone would move a book on a bookshelf, or tilt the sword on a suit of armor and suddenly a hidden door would be revealed behind a bookshelf. Didn’t those just rule!?
NOW, you TOO can build your own wicked cool hidden door!
Oh yes, SHTF peeps. Think about it. Need a place in the house your kids can hide in case shit hits the fan? Sitting on piles of gold you need to stash? Have to hide your dirty magazine collection? Want to increase the re-sale value of your home? Maybe you’re just looking for a cool project.
SHTF homies - THIS is it! As near as I can tell, so long as you have moderate carpentry skills, a little time, and the right home situation, you can turn a closet into a hidden room - hidden by a highly useful, space friendly bookshelf.
This person wired theirs to a Sherlock Holmes book. Pull the book forward and the door unlatches. Holy straight-outta-the movies!
This person built a nice one that seems to blend in quite well. Apparently they don’t use it much, but the kids enjoy it.
Here are straight forward directions from WikiHow.
Wood Web has additional designs right here.
House Calls has another approach - turn the closet door into a door with shelves. It’s a more simple, less bulky approach - here.
What? You’re a rich survival ninja and you don’t feel like lifting a hammer? Can’t hold that against you. Perhaps you’re better off heading over to www.hiddenpassageway.com (an engineering company) and have something sweet custom designed for you. Their prices range between $5,000 and $25,000. They’ll even build a fireplace that reveals a hidden room with the twist of a candle - CRAZY! They do all kinds of crazy stuff actually.
Perhaps a less costly option would be to visit www.spacexdoors.com and send them the measurements you need for a quote. I mean . . . just check this action:
That’s outta sight!
- Ranger Man
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8 responses so far ↓
1 Rebel // Feb 15, 2008 at 6:30 am
Ranger-Man,
I’m not pleased. Can you not ask your friends to Aim a little more to the left?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article3372001.ece
2 Dragon // Feb 15, 2008 at 11:43 am
Not fer me thanks. I’m waiting for them to market a tesseract.
But then again I probably read too much Heinlen. As I understand it putting in things wouldn’t be too much problem.
But getting things back out will take some work. I’m sure we all could figure it out though,eventually
3 ryan // Feb 15, 2008 at 11:53 am
I think this is an interesting idea and sweet if impractical. Castles and such with enormous odd shaped rooms and multiple stories are much better candidates for hidden rooms and such then a standard 1 or 2 level home. A person with half a brain would notice an 8×8 space missing in a normal house.
However a hidden compartment that is 1 or 2 ft deep would be more realistic. An unused closet? That is enough to hide a large gun collection (the spare set?) and some assorted coins. Putting the gun safe in there is an option.
4 EG 707 // Feb 15, 2008 at 11:58 am
Hey, I bought the new Weath, War and Whatever book you recommended through your store…. Where is my love! Just Kidding. But seriously, did it register and did you get a commission? It is a good book so far. A little heavy on WWII but with great wealth preservation ideas!
5 Jennersen // Feb 15, 2008 at 9:43 pm
My lady just loves it! I agree with Ryan though that it would be noticeable if the space missing was too large. Another option, one a friend and I contemplated, was to build a gun safe into one of those areas of your home where there is empty space between the wall in a closet and the next room by several feet. Most houses have such an odd area in them if you look around, which could save on storage space and hide the safe away into the house behind a fake wall.
6 Greg // Feb 15, 2008 at 10:50 pm
On the subject of the space shoot down - potential exists for this to be a ‘weapons platform’ of the glow in the dark type…if the deal goes down wrong…can you say ‘EMP’ with a vengence. If it goes down over Iran with that sort of action…may put two (2) big players out of the running (don’t be ‘rushin’ to grab that ‘china’ plate) source is suppossed to be good but who knows, and anything can happen. Think about how this deal has been talked about, just in open source documents. Strange. When was the last time you heard about anything quite like this? Greg
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8 Survival Gear // Jul 22, 2008 at 12:26 am
I don’t even really care about it’s actual use. It’s just my dream to have hidden bookshelf doors, pictures with removable eyes and trap doors that lead into ponds or something.
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