Wingnut65
Well-known member
My gas water heater is in my garage and I am gong to put a door across in front of it to hide the clutter. In the odd shaped space round the water heater, I have brooms, mops, Christmas Tree stands and other stuff stashed that I want to visually make all go away. I know that I need to have make-up air available for the gas, so I will need to either undercut the door panel or add a louver or holes for ventilation. I am planning of adding vents low and high to allow air to circulate and prevent any build-up of anything. This is in the middle of the house with no access to an exterior wall. Ventilation needs to be through the door.
The door will be a hinged plywood panel and now that I found the link posted by 'pcgold' for http://www.wikihow.com/Build-a-Hidden-Door-Bookshelf in the 'Whats on your walls?' thread, I am now thinking of making it 3/4" ply and adding shelves to the inside of the door for added storage (non combustible storage, that is). I need to make it a swinging storage shelf, but the idea is the same.
Now I can buy a standard metal louvers, paint them to match the door and turn the one on top upside down so I'm not looking up into the vent, but there has to be something more creative. I've seen strips cut in the plywood using two 1" holes with the center strip cut out and screen behind it. I've seen holes cut with perforated metal behind. I can even make some wood louvers using 1/4" wood or an old bi-fold door. But what else is there?
So, What creative methods have you come up with to make air holes to ventilate a space?
The door will be a hinged plywood panel and now that I found the link posted by 'pcgold' for http://www.wikihow.com/Build-a-Hidden-Door-Bookshelf in the 'Whats on your walls?' thread, I am now thinking of making it 3/4" ply and adding shelves to the inside of the door for added storage (non combustible storage, that is). I need to make it a swinging storage shelf, but the idea is the same.
Now I can buy a standard metal louvers, paint them to match the door and turn the one on top upside down so I'm not looking up into the vent, but there has to be something more creative. I've seen strips cut in the plywood using two 1" holes with the center strip cut out and screen behind it. I've seen holes cut with perforated metal behind. I can even make some wood louvers using 1/4" wood or an old bi-fold door. But what else is there?
So, What creative methods have you come up with to make air holes to ventilate a space?
