"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Jim" wrote in message
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You need a vacation.

I need somthin'.

Do you remember the "apartment" in our house? The little living room has
half of a cathedral ceiling and then there was a big, flat wall that came
down from the peak of the roof to the ceiling level of the kitchen area.
In the attic, above the kitchen and behind that flat wall was a roughed in
room that was never finished. My project for the past month or two
involved insulating, sheetrocking, plastering and wiring that room and
cutting out a large, rectangular section of the flat wall, along with a
doorway creating an office "loft".

I built a custom "ladder" (as opposed to a staircase per building codes)
up to the loft. The main event was rigging a block and tackle tied into
the main header of the rectangular opening to hoist my 300 lb desk up into
the new office space. Took me two weeks to build up the courage to haul
it up there.

Anyway, the best part follows:

One end of the new office space has another doorway leading into the rest
of the attic area. I've built a hallway behind it and then a hobby
workshop off of it. I hoisted a couple of big, wooden bookcases into the
office and installed hidden casters under one of them. The top of the
bookcase is attached to the door frame opening with a heavy duty steel
drawslide. This bookcase hides the doorway, but with a gentle push,
slides to the right, revealing the "secret" passageway to the workshop
area.

The grandkids freaked out when they saw it. In fact, so did Mrs.E.

Eisboch



I remember the Apartment but I can't visualize what you did. Put it on the
tour the next time I visit Camp E. Check your mail.