About 40 years ago, I converted a hole in the floor in our bathroom closet, made by the previous owner, into a laundry chute complete with its own door. I also made a suspended enclosure in the basement to catch the laundry and keep it off the floor. Over the years, my wife used a laundry basket or a large cardboard box to contain the laundry within the enclosure. This past week, she asked if I could do anything about replacing the current cardboard box with something more permanent.
Since we are self isolating, I was limited to the materials I had on hand in my shop. At first I thought I could make a slide out tray, but the existing enclosure didn't support that idea and I didn't have any full extension drawer slides that would be long enough. After some more thought, I came up with home made slide rails under the box. Here is the final result.
With the enclosure door closed.
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With the enclosure door open.
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With the box part way out.
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With box all the way out.
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Front view of enclosure.
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My wife is pleased with the end result, though all she wanted was a simple box.
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Originally Posted by Lee Schierer
