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Re: Weird request - cbelt3 - 09-25-2019
Small built in bookcase, and a horror book (Toys in the Attic) is the ouside latch. Add a sound generator for creaking noises.
Re: Weird request - MikeF - 09-25-2019
Switch the door from a conventional door to a bifold door (center open) to match the British police box aesthetic. You can just push the doors open from the attic side.
The real question is -- is there another way into the attic? If not, aren't you going in via the door so it would be open? Or do you have to close it behind you to prevent someone from escaping?
Re: Weird request - Mr Downtown - 09-25-2019
That's my question as well. How often would the door be closed when someone is on the attic side of it?
You open the door, carry the boxes up, come back down, and close the door. (We all know no boxes ever leave an attic.)
Re: Weird request - Acer - 09-25-2019
cbelt3 wrote:
Small built in bookcase, and a horror book (Toys in the Attic) is the ouside latch. Add a sound generator for creaking noises.
"Put...the candle...back..."
Re: Weird request - Ombligo - 09-25-2019
put a second dummy doorknob on the inside up where you want it - just on the inside, mounted to the door, just one handle nothing else. Then fit a large, tight, loop connecting both knobs (think innertube rubber band). When you turn the top handle, it should turn both via friction.
You could do the same basic concept with a sprocket in place of the main knob, then a crank handle at the height you want, connect the two with a bike chain. Turn one, and the other works.
Re: Weird request - Filliam H. Muffman - 09-25-2019
Mount a sonic screwdriver at a comfortable height on the stair side of the door and use sprockets & chain to link it to the lower door knob.
Re: Weird request - bazookaman - 09-25-2019
While these stairs go to an "attic". It is a finished attic. In that, it is drywalled, painted, and has a separate HVAC, but due to the ceiling height (and the not up to code stairs) cannot be considered "livable space". So it's conceivable that someone would go up there and stay for a period of time and close the door behind them.
Re: Weird request - testcase - 09-25-2019
Put a LEVER type handle on the stair side. Attach a cord, a rod (or whatever works) to said lever and have the other end go ah high as you need it. Then you can pull or push on the raised end and open the door.
Re: Weird request - Rick-o - 09-25-2019
Simple solution... Star Trek door!
*phitt* door opens automatically, closes behind you.
Re: Weird request - 3d - 09-25-2019
How about,,,
Dummy door handle + Hydraulic door closer.
Just pull / push on the door to open. Closes behind you automatically.