if they didn't want to buy another door AND didn't want to ruin the "design"

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Jul 31, 2024
10:06:02am

SalmonOfCapistrano All-American

which would look really weird if they chopped off the bottom 6 inches.

(obviously I don't agree with this logic for numerous reasons, but maybe)

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But why?

sethj250 Just happy to be here! TDC

Jul 31, 9:54am

📸 shop

Dark Forest Green

Jul 31, 9:56am

That makes my engineering brain hurt, and my whimsical heart happy. 🤣

LeftOfNormal

Jul 31, 9:57am

Unless your name is Sybil, I have serious doubts those two sides can even exist

JimmyZ

Jul 31, 10:36am

There's little enough in there that the pressure won't build to explosive levels

LeftOfNormal

Jul 31, 11:25am

It makes my ankles hurt!

DiamondMo

Jul 31, 10:37am

Only thing I can think of is that is a door into a theater room and they built a platform for tiered seating.

Tokolosh

Jul 31, 9:57am

Could be but why not just install a shorter door to fit the raised floor?

BleedCougarBlue2

Jul 31, 10:04am

if they didn't want to buy another door AND didn't want to ruin the "design"

SalmonOfCapistrano

Jul 31, 10:06am

Certainly wouldn't just cut off the bottom 6", I'd make a custom door; same

BleedCougarBlue2

Jul 31, 10:08am

then it comes to not wanting to buy anything. Cheaper (excluding labor) to

SalmonOfCapistrano

Jul 31, 10:09am

oohh, maybe there's some kind of contraption on the door itself that needs to be

SalmonOfCapistrano

Jul 31, 10:12am

That would look really bad from the hallway where you can see norm height doors

bluesloth

Jul 31, 10:15am

Probably to avoid raising what is on the other side of the door. Either way it was poor planning.

fldnstrm

Jul 31, 10:12am

Now I want to see what's behind that door.

Eddie

Jul 31, 10:08am

Judging by the lock placement, most likely the hallway.

bluesloth

Jul 31, 10:17am

I’m not sure I could have gotten that past our local inspector

jxncoog

Jul 31, 10:20am

That is beautiful workmanship

Unibro

Jul 31, 10:28am

Finally a solution! I hate it when the door smacks into the closet door

DirtyWater

Jul 31, 10:32am

Just because you can, does not mean you should

Born2Fish

Jul 31, 11:11am

You have to do it that way or the door will look short on the other side.Obvious

TailgateU

Jul 31, 3:46pm

If so, why extend the platform into the closet (or whatever the other door is)?

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