Started framing yesterday and realized that there is only 79.5" under the main HVAC ducts where I need two doors to open into, one into the utility room and another into the bathroom. By the time I frame it, floor it, and hang drywall, I have 5" too little. Here are the only options I can think of:
1. Try and find a 75" door and have it open into the room like usual. Problems with that are that it'll look kinda stupid b/c the exterior of that wall is 10' tall, and how in the heck do you make a 75" door???
2. pay an HVAC person $$$ to flatten the system out by 5" to have a normal 80" door swing under it. This would be really expensive I'm sure, and I honestly just don't know how they could do it given the layout of the basement.
3. use 80" doors that open out into the room. The problem with this is that I'm not sure if this meets code, and I'm concerned about having an 80" door opening into a ceiling that's only 75" tall. Hello head bump!
Anyone offer insight on today's problem???
1. Try and find a 75" door and have it open into the room like usual. Problems with that are that it'll look kinda stupid b/c the exterior of that wall is 10' tall, and how in the heck do you make a 75" door???
2. pay an HVAC person $$$ to flatten the system out by 5" to have a normal 80" door swing under it. This would be really expensive I'm sure, and I honestly just don't know how they could do it given the layout of the basement.
3. use 80" doors that open out into the room. The problem with this is that I'm not sure if this meets code, and I'm concerned about having an 80" door opening into a ceiling that's only 75" tall. Hello head bump!
Anyone offer insight on today's problem???
