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Fabricating a Removable Propane Tank Hatch

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What happens here

A removable hatch is constructed to conceal and provide access to the propane tank within the fire pit structure. The hatch is crafted from Thermowood Ash slats, arranged in a vertical batten design to match the other wooden elements. The presenter explains that the goal is to achieve an 'aesthetic and functional' outcome. The hatch is measured (26 and 5/8 inches wide) to fit precisely and will be secured using magnets for a seamless, 'invisible door' effect. The process involves screwing the wooden slats onto a basic frame to form the hatch panel.

Goal: Create a removable and concealed access hatch for the propane tank.

Tools and materials

  • Drill/Driver — Assembling the basic frame for the hatch and attaching the magnetic closures
  • Hammer — Making minor adjustments or tapping components into place during assembly
  • Tape Measure — Measuring the exact dimensions for the hatch to ensure a perfect fit
  • Thermowood Ash Slats Thermowood.com — Constructing the face of the propane tank hatch in a vertical batten design
  • Magnets — Securing the removable hatch in a concealed manner
  • Wood Screws — Assembling the frame and slats of the hatch

What they say

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29 help me [Music] all right so this here is going to be where our propane tank goes um this is going to be the storage for it so we're doing this Thermo wood uh vertical Batten design aesthetic and functional it's going to be solid across these two sides and then on this side we're going to have a removable hatch so it's going to look like it's just built in you're not it's going to be like an invisible door but we have magnets on it and you can pop this out access our propane tank and uh I think it's going to look really great and be functional all right 26 of 5 a so we need to we need to shrink this by like an inch to get it to have full pieces cuz let's see this will be that was 20 and2 Hing okay we need how many more you need seven more I got three so you need is there going to be like an inch Rip is that what you're talking about no we'll be able to the rest of these we'll just shave them down like an eighth of an inch and we should be good so we'll all be the same hold off with that yeah hold off on that so we got you need four more I need seven more so we need 11 more let me just check over here make sure yeah we're good [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] he [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] here we go door magnets metal I think we're going to put I didn't want to put a hole in here for for a little finger grab but I think we're going to have to just to make it a little easier to get in and out but boom super Sleek would you guess that's a door I don't think so I don't think you would it's looking sick [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] 81 and A2 short point to uh straight 81 and a half 81 and a half yeah all right so we've ripped down all this thermal wood it's the thermal wood ash we're doing a decorative design on the ceiling we we want to keep light over here we want more shade over here so we don't cut out all the natural light into the uh you know house we're kind of Staggering it off right around our center point but we're going to have it be random you know kind of end point so it kind of just feathers off and I think as it comes back here we'll start kind of stepping it back a hair so it's like almost a cutaway now we need to figure out all these Cuts we need to split on our Rafters here so what I'm doing is I know you know the measurements that we started with here's your next piece him I'm splitting yep you can go a little little bit more towards you Nick here we go I know what you know a measurement…

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