Hello all,
I will be partitioning off a corner of a room to use as my flowering area. I can build and drywall the walls no problem but I am coming up dry on door ideas. Space is not large, approx 3.5' x 4' Door needs to be in 3.5' side and open outwards. Don't want to spend a lot of money and would like to use plywood for the door. Where i need ideas is on how to make it light proof. My idea incomplete as it is==> build a frame on plywood that is an inch inside the perimeter out of small wood like 1"x 1" or smaller. The door opening would be elevated off the floor 4" to allow sealing at bottom as well. The frame on door would fit the opening very closely and weatherstripping applied to the 1 inch area so it would be closed and locked with compression on the weatherstripping. How I would hinge this I have no idea and I'm not sure on what type locking latch to use. Will the hinges need to be recessed to gain the compression on the weatherstripping?
That said I'm still in planning stage completely different approaches welcome as well.
OK, too much thinking, time to burn a bowl.
Thanks in advance.
I will be partitioning off a corner of a room to use as my flowering area. I can build and drywall the walls no problem but I am coming up dry on door ideas. Space is not large, approx 3.5' x 4' Door needs to be in 3.5' side and open outwards. Don't want to spend a lot of money and would like to use plywood for the door. Where i need ideas is on how to make it light proof. My idea incomplete as it is==> build a frame on plywood that is an inch inside the perimeter out of small wood like 1"x 1" or smaller. The door opening would be elevated off the floor 4" to allow sealing at bottom as well. The frame on door would fit the opening very closely and weatherstripping applied to the 1 inch area so it would be closed and locked with compression on the weatherstripping. How I would hinge this I have no idea and I'm not sure on what type locking latch to use. Will the hinges need to be recessed to gain the compression on the weatherstripping?
That said I'm still in planning stage completely different approaches welcome as well.
OK, too much thinking, time to burn a bowl.
Thanks in advance.