budderfly
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Welp, lost a couple hours. Cut my finger to the bone cutting duct work and had to run to the ER for a few stitches. It's not a project until you draw blood - that's what I always say. :)
I would hinge the outter wall if possible, or a section of it anyways, so it swings out enough for you to get in. Thats how mine was.
That last pic looks great! Looks like load bearing wall. Does your stealth door push in or pull out? Either way, you could add shelves to the whole entire wall including , at least one, to door. The one on the door could double as a handle/grip to help open/close door. Then you fill the shelves with what evers; only place a couple of (light/don't mind moving) items on the door shelf. Better yet, glue the items to the shelf like a coffee can(s) ect. you know stuff you'd normally see in a garage or basement. Talk about stealth then!! Just an idea. I know you have more work to do.
Keep it going , growing, and happy harvesting!
Budder, the project is really coming along very nicely. I am excited to see how the final product comes out. The space only looks a bit different than how it was originally arranged. Did you have to shift where the water heater lives? And did that involve any change of piping?
I did not have to shift the water heater. It's a bit snug to squeeze through, but not so tight to be a tell. That is, you wouldn't be like jeez what the heck this is so close (unless you were pushing 300 lbs, so like 60% of the local cops, lolz).
I may move it later just to give it a little room, but before moving it entirely I can gain back several inches by eliminating some of the black pipe feeding gas to it - the pipe has some unnecessary bends and stands of the heater quite a ways.
If I do move it, I will of course have to change the water pipes and exhaust chute a bit.
Gotcha, for some reason I thought it was back against the original wall.
How is that finger doing? It was a pretty gnarly gash. But stitches are for wimps, some duct tape would have fixed it up just fine. (Man the internet really needs a sarcasm button).