---- John Innis <jdinnis@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm envisioning a switch (like for a security system) that will tell
> you when the door is open, hooked up to a big red flashing light.
Me too, except a big light shining up out of the hole should be sufficient. I
wouldn't want to have to have a flashing red light all the time that anyone is
in the basement doing laundry.
I didn't understand from your description if the hole is accessible from the
side opposite the trap door or not. If so, another possibility might be a
cable or similar, fastened to the door so it forms a barrier in the bedroom
directions when the door is open.
Yet another approach might be to ring the opening with light beams, and sound
an alarm when anyone walks too close to the open hole. I can see problems with
that, but it should help. Maybe a recording that plays "Danger, Danger, Will
Robinson" <g>
I suppose there is no chance that the laundry could be moved somewhere else?
They make washer/dryer combos now that will fit in a closet and even leave room
for clothes or shelves above it.
Eg,
http://goo.gl/XkD28
Randall
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