I’m looking for ideas/suggestions on an access door from the interior of the garage to the outdoor layout. Thanks.
*** Dale
GR did an article with several pictures of this a few issues ago, dont remember which.
Maybe ask Rene?
Saw one on a layout in Ontario, Canada that had a mountainside built up alongside the outside of the garage. Inside, a simple sliding guillotine type arrangement that the owner could close to prevent critters from getting in the garage.
Mark
I saw the article, thanks. I should have mentioned that it would ideally be remote controlled or at least a push button operation.
Thanks for your reply, Mark.
Would a flexible plastic dog door work?
I’d be worried about scratching the paint, or worse, taking some of the detail parts clean off… hmm, on the other hand, that would be one way of starting a spare parts collection [}:)]
Just a quick thought.
Go to your local lawnmower repair parts facility. (or a bicycle parts store) get yourself the longest “sleeved cable” (i.e. Lawnmower throttle cable). Install a simple sliding guillotine type door way and attach the cable and then fabricate some kind of handle.
OR
You could just go back a few pages in this forum to a question I put out about keeping dog droppings out of my tunnel. Pooper Scooper Car??? One of the forum members, Wd8jik, provided me with a complete set off plans and photos on how to build and “automatic” sliding door.
Look for his article at http://users.stratuswave.net/~wd8jik/door/door.htm
Over the last few weeks I have discovered that almost everything you could think of has been discussed somewhere on the forum. I have spent the last week doing nothing but “back reading” the older topics. Well maybe not everything, but there is tons of info on these pages just for the reading.
Pretty clever.
Yogi, is what Wile E. Coyote always wanted to be “Super Genius!”
A simple enlarged mousehole would do the job pretty well. Also what about making a tunnel out of 200 mm storm water pipe and running your track through that.
very soon i will have the same problem but my door is a roller door and i will put a stop on it coming down right on the track giving a short circuit.rgds ian