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Making the trapdoor is just like creating any doorway in a wooden frame.
A properly installed trap door is nearly invisible but there to be used when necessary.
When you lay down the flooring instead of starting in the center of the room start at the hatch.
A trapdoor in the floor provides you with a quick and convenient method of moving between floors a closeable door in the floor of a loft or a way to access a crawlspace beneath your floor.
Step 1 cut a 12 by 12 inch hole through the floor at the center of the location where you are planning to put the trap door.
Ideally the edges of the door will match the seams in the floor so the trapdoor is less obvious.
This method works best if you have tile a thick carpet or paneled flooring like a laminate floor.
We commonly get asked what we do where there isn t any access to the sub floor.
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Our trap door kits work on vinyl hardwood laminate or glued down carpet.
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The answer is we cut a trap.
Watch the video below to see the perfect way to quickly trim a trap door.