Following on from another post on roofing I am considering having a ceiling hatch put in my loft room (there will be limited heeight above this of about 4 ft high and a max with of 6 ft usable space but it does mean that some items could be stored away. BUT I would like the hatch to be as inconspicuous as possible - any tips?
Discreet loft hatch?
- Thread starter siriusb
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not very easy
the trap door will be some sort of wood[mdf possibly]
the opening needs protection as the plaster or plasterboard is vunerable at the edge you also need to finnish the edge onto the rafters
so in short you cant realy hide the trap door you can only try an reduce its impact
by things like lampshades that dont iluminate the ceilling ect
the trap door will be some sort of wood[mdf possibly]
the opening needs protection as the plaster or plasterboard is vunerable at the edge you also need to finnish the edge onto the rafters
so in short you cant realy hide the trap door you can only try an reduce its impact
by things like lampshades that dont iluminate the ceilling ect
siriusb said:
Just paint the hatch the same as the ceiling
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you could always fix the hatch liner a couple of inches above the ceiling line, return the plasterboard up to the liner, bead and skim.
this way, you wont need architraves.
this way, you wont need architraves.
JohnD said:markie said:Just paint the hatch the same as the ceiling
No, don't do that. Paint the ceiling the same as the hatch.
No it would definitely look better my way,
markie said:JohnD said:markie said:Just paint the hatch the same as the ceiling
No, don't do that. Paint the ceiling the same as the hatch.
No it would definitely look better my way,
Nah! Paint the ceiling white then paint the hatch white much better job all round
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