Archinect - News 2024-12-22T08:41:17-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/5193980/your-one-stop-shop-for-hidden-stairways-and-secret-crypts Your One-Stop Shop for Hidden Stairways and Secret Crypts Paul Petrunia 2011-05-04T17:28:22-04:00 >2011-05-04T18:30:19-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/2c/2c57e2c4391ed2f9a7e66c437b3e13ee?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>If you want to lace your house with cool hidden passages, you can&rsquo;t simply add hinges to a bookcase and shout, &ldquo;To the Batmobile!&rdquo; You have to account for shelf sag, and you have to build something sturdy enough to work hundreds of thousands of times. &ldquo;My history in robotics helps,&rdquo; says Steve Humble, founder of Creative Home Engineering&mdash;the only company dedicated to making hidden rooms and secret doors.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html>