Outswing Hidden Bookcase Door Hinges

The hinge was engineered to offer versatility for the invisidoor universal bookcase which can be hinged left or right for an inswing or an outswing door.

Outswing hidden bookcase door hinges.

The invisidoor hinge kit is designed to offer a durable hinge system for a hidden door with the easiest installation on the market. Each door supports up to 300 lbs. A murphy door transforms your doorway into a secret passageway adds an exciting space saving work of art to your home and creatively disguises entry to any safe or panic room. It is now time to sketch out the door jambs on each side of the opening.

Specifications for our hidden frame and hidden hinges we provide a unique and simple concealed door frame that can be used with any style of 1 3 8 and 1 3 4 thick door panels. Sub step 4 sketch the jambs. I like building hidden doors but they are easier to build swinging inward than out. The catch is that no hardware can be seen.

We have a 1 3 8 interior door with 5 8 base attached essensially like using a 2 door that needs to swing out at least 90 degrees. The opened bookcase will take up to 13 1 2 or more inches of the door opening. The client wants push to open hinges in place of door knobs and one little piece of shoe. Builder gary striegler shows off his favorite new secret door hinges.

People often see our secret doors on tv programs or online videos and want to know how they can conceal their own door hinges the way we do. European hinges or a cafe door pivot were my first thoughts. Note if a different size opening or bookcase in in the plans proceed the same way but ensuring that the plywood is large enough to accommodate. This was an outswing unit.

We often get asked by customers about buying hidden door hinges for a bookcase that they are building or buying bookcase door hardware. Yours being an inswing might require a bit of reengineering of the hinge placement but it should be possible.