So NYC passed some ridiculous regulation that's keeping us from building a regular wall, instead we have to use bookshelves to split the room. So what i need is to build/purchase a bookshelf that's 8 feet high and 12-10 long and it can't be see through. I also need to put a door in it somehow. Something similar to what you see in the pic below: http://nightclubwiz.com/uploads/divider.jpg
i thought that too but how do i make it fit exactly. i mean i can buy a bunch of stuff and put them next to each other but i need an exact fit wall to wall and floor to ceiling
you would have to measure the room from floor to ceiling and look at their site. Otherwise, you can have someone build a unit, but it may involve building a frame to hold, or use a base cabinet, and a cabinet as the open frame, then a upper. Is this a rental unit?
i can't imagine they sell cabinets within an inch of every room size and more importantly ones that are 8 feet high? i don't mind having someone custom build it i think i will have to do that anyway in order to get a door in it but i would like to keep the entire job within a $1,000.
what do you mean by base cabinets and upper?
basically i want to build a wall but it can't be an actual wall, it has to still look like furniture or whatnot
yes it's a rental.
what do you mean they sell doors for those cabinets? i would think the difficult part is cutting a door frame out of the cabinet without it falling apart and then somehow attaching the door to it...
So NYC passed some ridiculous regulation that's keeping us from building a regular wall, instead we have to use bookshelves to split the room. So what i need is to build/purchase a bookshelf that's 8 feet high and 12-10 long and it can't be see through. I also need to put a door in it somehow. Something similar to what you see in the pic below: http://nightclubwiz.com/uploads/divider.jpg
anyone think something like this would be a good idea; get 2 of these wardrobes with sliding doors and just cut out the back board from half of one and that will become a door: http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S29894693
I think that the city's definition of a wall, is a attached room divider, but floor to ceiling bookshelves have to be attached, to keep them from tipping, so yes kwikfishron, I would say it becomes a wall in that nature.
attached to what? each other? can you just put 2 side by side and if necessary put some weight plates on the bottom so they don't tip? or maybe even a couch on each side?
You can not just put weight plates on the bottom, or set a couch against it. Book cases just like file cabinets have been known to fall over. When you go to a library, the taller shelves are anchored together & anchored in the floor, just like in a warehouse with their "speed racks".
Because you are wanting a floor to ceiling divider as a book shelf, it at that point becomes a wall, so would have to fall under those rules, and has to be made to not be able to fall or be moved. But do what you want, no one is stopping you from setting them up how you want to. Just warn people when they come over to visit not to lean against them.
You can not just put weight plates on the bottom, or set a couch against it. Book cases just like file cabinets have been known to fall over. When you go to a library, the taller shelves are anchored together & anchored in the floor, just like in a warehouse with their "speed racks".
Because you are wanting a floor to ceiling divider as a book shelf, it at that point becomes a wall, so would have to fall under those rules, and has to be made to not be able to fall or be moved. But do what you want, no one is stopping you from setting them up how you want to. Just warn people when they come over to visit not to lean against them.
If you unitize the individual pieces across the top with 2 boards, one front ant 1 back, it should stay stable. Unless you host a Sumo wrestling party that gets out of hand.
i did that and they do not tip and they would get the job done i'm just trying to figure out if they are against regulation. because we were told "thin bookcase" this is a 22in in depth wardrobe
If you were going to buid a wall, then I don't see how a ceiling to floor bookshelf is any more difficult.
Why does it need doors? Just put a sheet of 1/8" Luan on the back...paint or stain any color you want.....
Not a difficult job. Keep it simple and I would think a cabinet maker could knock one out for just a few hundred $$$...depending on the wood you were going to use.
If you were going to buid a wall, then I don't see how a ceiling to floor bookshelf is any more difficult.
Why does it need doors? Just put a sheet of 1/8" Luan on the back...paint or stain any color you want.....
Not a difficult job. Keep it simple and I would think a cabinet maker could knock one out for just a few hundred $$$...depending on the wood you were going to use.
I'd like to see you get an 8 foot high by 10feet+ bookcase made by a shop for a few hundred dollars. Material alone would cost that.
He needs the door, because he's using the divider as a way to make a room like structure.
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