Help with door design on closet

If you were making an airtight door directly behind your closet’s 3 foot wide double door, how would you build it? The door frame itself has an interior lip big enough to fashion a frame in to, or something less permanent like panda film + zippers?

Friend is a visual individual having a hard time deciding the best way to go about this.

Im a carpenter,If an outside door will fit then thats my choice.If not Id build one either sliding or swing.

Sliding barn door style

I'd look at a couple of cheap tarps and some adhesive backed velcro strips. Hang the tarps on the inside of your door frame overlapping them 50%, that will be your entry way, seal using velcro strips.

Autodoctor said:

Sliding barn door style

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Would this seal up tight though?

sonnyjim said:

I'd look at a couple of cheap tarps and some adhesive backed velcro strips. Hang the tarps on the inside of your door frame overlapping them 50%, that will be your entry way, seal using velcro strips.

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This is the easiest to visualize for sure

myke said:

Im a carpenter,If an outside door will fit then thats my choice.If not Id build one either sliding or swing.

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Long term this is a better route

nuskool89 said:

Would this seal up tight though?

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if you made it like an exterior sliding glass door it would

Why not find a tent that would slide in closet

Autodoctor said:

Why not find a tent that would slide in closet

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considered that. If there was a 7 foot by 2 foot by 9 foot option it could work. Though friends goal is to have a few different cabs inside to have veg/flower/clone capability

I use magnets

nuskool89 said:

considered that. If there was a 7 foot by 2 foot by 9 foot option it could work. Though friends goal is to have a few different cabs inside to have veg/flower/clone capability

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That's the exact same size as the closet I'm growing I made a 2x2x6 in one of the corners going to do it on the other side that way apartment inspection if they decide to open my bedroom closet they can't see I got about a pound growing right in front of there eyes

nuskool89 said:

If you were making an airtight door directly behind your closet’s 3 foot wide double door, how would you build it? The door frame itself has an interior lip big enough to fashion a frame in to, or something less permanent like panda film + zippers?

Friend is a visual individual having a hard time deciding the best way to go about this.

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I would go about a large sheet of plastic with thumbtacks and duct tape covering the whole entrance probably take a curved zipper off a junk tent duct tape it in place all the way around open the zipper and take a blade and slice the plastic then take a stapler and staple around the zipper bam you have a 99%sealed entrance and use painter's tape to seal up the zipper I gave it a lot of thought already

I just use a sheet of mylar (good quality stuff, like black and white but one side reflective, one side white). Velcro strips all around the edges. I have a 1" frame on the inside of the cabinet door, put the "fluffy" bit of the velcro strips all around that. It's quick to make, easy to open and close, and it helps reflect light inside. Not a perfect airtight seal, but good enough - stops light leaks and the extraction fan creates negative pressure so no or very small odour leaks.

Sliding doors.

access to both sides.

You are either going to make custom sliding doors using aluminum profile along the whole inner edge and weather strip seal stuff

Or you use a hinged door and do the same thing

Or you buy the cheapest grow tent on ebay and use it's skin to make a zipper door, this is by faaaaaaaaar the cheapest, easiest and most light poof door you can get

Even a 2x2x2 clone tent is big enough to cover that door, you just need a cheap ebay one


Just have to mention I've made a few cabs over the years, the actual best thing to do is just put tents inside , by the time you calculate costs to seal the interior, paint it or mylar/panda film it, plus the door is always a nightmare, all ty screws and tape and glue and how heavy the can gets

Especially seen as you keen on doing a multi-chamber. Just get cheap ebay tents

Black Plastic sheeting with some Velcro.

Why over do it?