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   calvin | Aug 06, 2003 05:47am | #1

   Once salvaged out an old drugstore of all it's cabs/display cases to use in a new store in an old bldg.   In the back was an oak door each side of the pharmacy area.  We took the two oak doors and their respective wall panels and used them for side by side dressing rooms.  Removed the upper recessed panels and installed tempered frosted or safety glass.  Looked good, almost a little bit confessional.  These dressing rooms we made about 8' tall.  Added a floor to the top, they used that for a display (14' ceiling). 

   Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.

   Quittin' Time

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   FastEddie1 | Aug 06, 2003 06:52am | #2

   Be sure you put a dense carpet on the floor, one that will trap straight pins, making them impossible to vacuum up, but perfect for keeping the sharp points exposed.  Also, don't put too much support under the seat, leave it a little sloppy so the patron thinks it's about to collapse.  Two rooms?  then be sure only one has a working doorknob.

   Do it right, or do it twice.

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   NannyGee | Aug 06, 2003 07:28am | #3

   Just did a project just like this for a little "trendy" store started on a shoestring (no money).

   I went for ultra simple, knowing that they would be painted and dressed-up with fabrics and nic-nacs.

   2 dressing rooms:

   3 sheets 3/4" BC plywood cut into six 40x48" panels

   12-14 10' 2x4's cut as follows:

   8 pc cut at 7' at a 45 degree - 3' leftover pc gets lap jointed with the 7' pc to form a "j" shape. Join two of those in mirror image and you get a mini-house shape with a 12:12 roof . You have 4 of these "house" outlines now. Two get a plywood panel tacked to fill in the middle area and they become the backs of the dressing rooms. Two remain open and become the fronts, where fabric will be draped to act as a door. Then each of the four remaining plywood panels get a reinforcing pc of 2x4 on the top and bottom and then become the sides of each dressing room. There is a 24" gap at the bottom which shows people's legs to just above the knee but also keeps shoplifters discouraged. The tops of the panels are at 6'

   The remaining plywood was used to provide a 12" wide "seat" in the back of the dressing room (reinforced with a 2x4) and a couple of little 45/45/90 triangles placed in the corners for shelves and as a reinforcement to keep the "box" square.

   Finally, some 48" scrap 2x4 was stripped into 1x2's and run on the "roof" from front to back to give it the feel of a lattice or arbour-style top.

   The finished dressing room only weighs about 80lbs and can easily be moved from place to place as store layouts change.

   (I could go into more detail about exact dimentions and joints, etc, but that may be too much information)

   The store owners loved them and called them their little "huts". They cost $80 in materials, took about 6 hours to build (unfinished) and I charged them $250 because I'm not a pro and they are friends.

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   Bersch1 | Aug 06, 2003 11:38pm | #4

   Stan,

   I work in retail construction.  Is this job permitted?  If so, you may have to build an A.D.A. compatable room as well.  If you do, you will have to have a 2' deep bench 18" high across one end of the room. The mirror must be on the wall opposite the bench. You will also have to have a 5' diameter clear area in front of the bench to provide room to turn a wheel chair.  The door swing cannot impinge on the turning area.  You also need 18" from the door jamb on the latch side to any partition or obstruction.  The lockset must be a lever type.

   All our fitting rooms are framed and rocked with doors. standard construction.

   Hope you don't have to do this, but you may.