Thread: Haunted garage floor plan with moving panels

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Hello all! I have been searching and searching with no luck. Some time ago I came across a site that had a plan for a haunt in a garage, that used moving panels to "double" the area available. I think the doorways were basically 2 pieces in an "L" shaped form (90 degrees), so when you push through that door the other side moves as well to form another walkway or entrance. It allowed you to put more haunt in a smaller area. Does anyone have any experience with this, or possibly know what I am even talking about? I'm not even sure if there is a technical term term for this, or if I am just crazy (which is very likely!! LOL).

are you reffering to a secret pathway? such as in movies when you tip the book and it opens up to a secreat passage?

The overhead metal track, the carriers that get bolted to your wooden door(they have ball-bearing wheels in them) The ones I am refering to are heavy-duty and can easily hold and move a large wooden door usually constructed from numerous pieces of wood all bolted or screwed together, there are smaller, cheaper ones made for household installation for sliding closet (hollow core) doors, but you do get what you pay for so consider the weight of your door(s) and the amount of abuse they may have to suffer, sliding and banging back and forth.
If you install the track at an angle, versus "Level", the door will slide shut by itself in the direction of the low end, maybe a good thing, sometimes not if you didn't imagine that happening.
If you use the barn door hardware you should build a very strong support system for it, the barn door hardware I have seen is specifically made to fasten to a 2 by 6 or so it seems to me.
I made a steel door, with a pipe frame, welded together from small pieces , then installed the trolley on the 2 by 6 but made the 2by6 a teeter-totter controlled via a hydralic cylinder to open & close the door through an air valve and two motion control switches.
It always seems to impress people.
It's at The Ravens Grin Inn, Mount Carroll, Ill. hauntedravensgrin.com

I wasn't referring to a secret passageway, although that sounds pretty cool. It was more of a creative way to use a small space. I think it actually reused some of the "rooms", you would go in on one side, go down a hall and loop back, and go back through the room from a different side, but because of the pivoting doorways it looked a little different. The L-shaped doorway was actually like two doors connected in a right angle, with a pivot point in the middle of the L. I don't remember, I just remember it was a really cool layout. I was hoping I sparked some recollection!!

sorry... NO CLUE! maybe you ARE going crazy...

I know what you are talking about, let me search real quick



EDIT: OMG, I think I might be going to the looney bin with you, I know exactly what you are talking too. It was a a maze or labyrinth the was in a garage. They used a mix of sliding doors, pulleys, a hanging frame, and some weights on strings to move doors. When the went into a room it created a new wall to make a hallway. When the went through another door, it did the same. It was really cool, and I can't seem to find it for some reason.

I know the one you are talking about too arj.
If Biggie can't find it, I may have it in my favorites at home. I was looking at that when I was planning my garage last year.
Rick.