How To Hide Door Hinges

Cover the woodblock with a book cover and mount it to the shelf on a hinge.

How to hide door hinges.

Hide the entire opening within the panels and molding to create a seamless paneled wall. Turn it one way for the door and one way. Thread the cable through the bookshelf and attach it to a woodblock. Measure the location of the screw holes on the hinge.

Place the hinge template which is a small reversible rectangular plate on the corner of the door. No worries replace the door with a section of the bookcase that not only displays books but opens on hinges to reveal the hidden room behind it. Step 1 open the cabinet door and use a phillips screwdriver to remove the screws from the current hinges. Or a door with a decent amount of trim conceals a door nicely.

How to install hidden door hinges. With the new wrap around hinge a door in the wall has never been easier or more stealthy. There will be an arrow indicating the hole. Pantry hidden in plain sight a fun hidden door helps balance proportions in this kitchen by mirroring the look of nearby cabinets.

Insert a center punch into a hole about 2 inches up from the corner. Custom service hardware hidden door hinges these hinges can support up to 500 lb making them especially useful for a fully loaded bookcase door. This video sponsored by sugatsune hardware https su. Most standard european hinges require you to drill a hole 1 7 16 inches inside the wall of the cabinet and 1 16 inch inside the door for the.

In this video matt jordan will show you a super hidden room behind a locked keypad in a shiplap wall. Since a hinge is a bulky component you must hide the bulk of the part within the cabinet using a special drill bit. Take the standard door out. Oil rubbed bronze 20 minute fire rated invisible hinge.

Then when you tilt that book forward it pulls the cable which opens the latch.