Saving Sky (2010)
“Using leftover timber from the greenhouse project and some odd bits of wood from the garage, he built a sloppy but serviceable frame to support a new wall, about eighteen inches in from where the old one had been.
The feed room was ten feet square, two and a half plywood panels per wall. The half panel, attached to the corner stud with self-closing hinges, would serve as the entry door to the hiding place. There would have to be a handle on the inside, for pulling the door open, as well as a bo...lt for fastening it shut. But Luke couldn’t attach them with nails. The panels weren’t thick enough; they’d go right through. So he glued one-inch wood blocks to the inner sides of the panels and nailed everything to them. It worked perfectly. And with the molding reattached to the wall and the ceiling—though not actually nailed to the smaller panel—the result was completely convincing. No one would ever believe, walking into that room, that it held a secret compartment.
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The feed room was ten feet square, two and a half plywood panels per wall. The half panel, attached to the corner stud with self-closing hinges, would serve as the entry door to the hiding place. There would have to be a handle on the inside, for pulling the door open, as well as a bo...lt for fastening it shut. But Luke couldn’t attach them with nails. The panels weren’t thick enough; they’d go right through. So he glued one-inch wood blocks to the inner sides of the panels and nailed everything to them. It worked perfectly. And with the molding reattached to the wall and the ceiling—though not actually nailed to the smaller panel—the result was completely convincing. No one would ever believe, walking into that room, that it held a secret compartment.
“I want to try it!”MoreLess
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