Canberra Alex Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 Ok so I’m thinking of digging out some dirt from around the house and building a bigger and better fish room, for those who have seen my current one will know it is not hard to improve on Even though the development will increase my tank space 5 times, the space available is what is making me a little tentative about going ahead. i have two options, first is 2mx2.5mx2.75mhigh but this will have to have two swinging door endurances, either side of the room facing each other and a walkway between them. Thus reducing floor space. Pros are: can have tanks 3 high no problems Cons are: two doorways take up alot of space. The second is 3mx2.5 but only 1.8m high max. i can’t dig down further because of the house footings, this will only have one sliding door entrance. Pros are: more floor space and only one door that is sliding Cons are: even tho the 1.8m ceiling is ok for me as I’m only 1.6m tall but normal (or non height challenged) people may need to duck a little. the 1.8m ceiling limits the tank rack heights to 2 high. my questions are: Although a personal decision which would you choose? and why? would a better option be to loose half a meter to the footings and have a room with one sliding door entry 3mx2mx2.75high be a better option? Lastly what are the hidden costs of building a fishroom from scratch? Thanks Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattrox Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 IMO go 3 tanks high! Can you have sliding doors that slide into the wall cavity? No loss of floor space! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canberra Alex Posted October 13, 2010 Author Share Posted October 13, 2010 I was leaning towards the same but that said I cant have sliders cause the walls are brick and do not have a cavity A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 can you hinge the door to open out rather than in ? Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canberra Alex Posted October 13, 2010 Author Share Posted October 13, 2010 can you hinge the door to open out rather than in ? Chris Good call Chris, that will be an easy job considering the rest of the construction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CThompson Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 can you hinge the door to open out rather than in ? Chris Good call Chris, that will be an easy job considering the rest of the construction. Sliding doors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 Sliding doors? I was leaning towards the same but that said I cant have sliders cause the walls are brick and do not have a cavity A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducksta Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 Sliding doors? I was leaning towards the same but that said I cant have sliders cause the walls are brick and do not have a cavity A You don't need an in-wall cavity for sliding doors. You'd only have to give up a couple inches of floor space to put runners just inside the wall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 external swinging door would likely be easier though and for mine, i love the external swinging door. you have a box full of fish in your hands, you want to exit the room and the door is shut. you use your foot to kick it open, too easy! use your foot to slide a door? sounds to difficult heh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducksta Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 What about coming home and trying to get in to the room through the outswinging door? :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CThompson Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 Sliding doors? I was leaning towards the same but that said I cant have sliders cause the walls are brick and do not have a cavity A You don't need an in-wall cavity for sliding doors. You'd only have to give up a couple inches of floor space to put runners just inside the wall? What the Duck said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajk Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 sliding door IMO. You can buy them already framed and ready to at bunnings. They are pretty easy to install and you can size the opening as necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canberra Alex Posted October 19, 2010 Author Share Posted October 19, 2010 ill have a look into it.... thanks fror the help so far any thing else i should look at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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