MattyJ
New Member
Hi,
I thought you might enjoy seeing my take on the TV batman batpole. It was a tough job trying to find a place where this would work in my two story garage where it was not noticeable downstairs and worked OK upstairs.
Its not as cool as the real TV one but you have to work with what spaces you have THEN you have to convince your architect and builder to do it LOL!
Here is the (now not so secret) secret entry area. Note Shakespeare bust on shelf. Ideally if I had room I would have had that sitting on a desk but it just didn't work out that way:
Here are a few close ups of the Shakespeare bust, One in closed position, one open and one with the button being pressed (showing that the light works which was not an easy feat to achieve!!)
When the button is pushed it activates a mag lock door keeper release for approx 20 seconds.
I'd like the shelving (that is actually a secret door) to "pop" open a bit when I do this but I haven't managed to work out how yet.
Car door poppers work with the door under pressure to open but if you apply pressure to the latch the door will not release as the latch is pushing against the release. Any ideas appreciate
Here is looking into the pole cavity. As you step in there is a motion sensor that activates the red LED lighting strips to light up the pole cavity. They stay while there is movement and shut off after 1 min of non movement so I don't end up having a light left on upstairs while I'm at the bottom of the pole:
I have a cheap batman cowl on a bust inside for a bit of a laugh.
As you can see, due to the angled roof you can't stand up in here. What is good is that you can sit next to the batman cowl and it is the perfect position to reach the pole and slide down (which is a long way down!!)
The pole cavity is lined with brushed stainless looking MDF paneling.
Looking down the pole
This is looking back out from inside (with door almost closed). Note pull handle on inside to allow you to pull the door closed behind you before sliding down the pole.
This is the bottom of the pole. I decided to go with the old school TV Batman colours and logo. I had an upholstery guy make this up out of a foam mattress using boat quality squab material to take hard landings. It has velcro holding the two halves together. Unfortunately the pole was not centred in the cavity due to the angled ceiling (so it had most space on the side you would slide down) so the logo doesn't look as good as hoped.
This is the exit area downstairs:
In the closed position....
and in the open position...
There is a sliding door handle on the inside you use to slide the bookcase open to get out. I was thinking of adding a hook latch to lock it closed so you slide down then unlatched it and slide the door open. I then realised that once you were out and slide it closed you can't latch it in the lock position DOH! so didn't worry about that idea
So yeah, that's my take on the batpole with what I had to work with. The really good bonus with it is that is acts as a fire escape too should the stairs be blocked in the event of a fire. Well that's what I told my wife it was for anyway...... lol!
Cheers
Mat(man)
I thought you might enjoy seeing my take on the TV batman batpole. It was a tough job trying to find a place where this would work in my two story garage where it was not noticeable downstairs and worked OK upstairs.
Its not as cool as the real TV one but you have to work with what spaces you have THEN you have to convince your architect and builder to do it LOL!
Here is the (now not so secret) secret entry area. Note Shakespeare bust on shelf. Ideally if I had room I would have had that sitting on a desk but it just didn't work out that way:
Here are a few close ups of the Shakespeare bust, One in closed position, one open and one with the button being pressed (showing that the light works which was not an easy feat to achieve!!)
When the button is pushed it activates a mag lock door keeper release for approx 20 seconds.
I'd like the shelving (that is actually a secret door) to "pop" open a bit when I do this but I haven't managed to work out how yet.
Car door poppers work with the door under pressure to open but if you apply pressure to the latch the door will not release as the latch is pushing against the release. Any ideas appreciate
Here is looking into the pole cavity. As you step in there is a motion sensor that activates the red LED lighting strips to light up the pole cavity. They stay while there is movement and shut off after 1 min of non movement so I don't end up having a light left on upstairs while I'm at the bottom of the pole:
I have a cheap batman cowl on a bust inside for a bit of a laugh.
As you can see, due to the angled roof you can't stand up in here. What is good is that you can sit next to the batman cowl and it is the perfect position to reach the pole and slide down (which is a long way down!!)
The pole cavity is lined with brushed stainless looking MDF paneling.
Looking down the pole
This is looking back out from inside (with door almost closed). Note pull handle on inside to allow you to pull the door closed behind you before sliding down the pole.
This is the bottom of the pole. I decided to go with the old school TV Batman colours and logo. I had an upholstery guy make this up out of a foam mattress using boat quality squab material to take hard landings. It has velcro holding the two halves together. Unfortunately the pole was not centred in the cavity due to the angled ceiling (so it had most space on the side you would slide down) so the logo doesn't look as good as hoped.
This is the exit area downstairs:
In the closed position....
and in the open position...
There is a sliding door handle on the inside you use to slide the bookcase open to get out. I was thinking of adding a hook latch to lock it closed so you slide down then unlatched it and slide the door open. I then realised that once you were out and slide it closed you can't latch it in the lock position DOH! so didn't worry about that idea
So yeah, that's my take on the batpole with what I had to work with. The really good bonus with it is that is acts as a fire escape too should the stairs be blocked in the event of a fire. Well that's what I told my wife it was for anyway...... lol!
Cheers
Mat(man)
