Permentry is a pre cast concrete stairwell with steel or maintenance free polyethylene basement doors.
Building a basement door.
There are many prefabricated options for basement bulkhead doors but wood doors are durable and can last many years with good care.
This a step by step process on replacing a cellar or basement door with treated lumber.
The dimensions of the door are not critical and the construction is unsophisticated.
There is one last thing to do to finish my shop renovation and that is to put a door at the back stairs that go down to the basement.
It must only be large enough to cover the bulkhead.
Outside entrances allow basements to become apartments workshops or alternate entrances.
Allow room for hinges on the side but extend the top and bottom of each door to cover the frame of the opening.
Both doors must be the same height and width with a 1 4 to 1 2 inch gap between them.
I could have went out and bought a new hollow core door but decided to make my own.
It s easiest to preassemble the 8 ft.
Building an exterior entrance to a basement can help to expand your home s functionality.
The doors will be installed on top of the frame so water will shed off the opening and onto the ground.
The direct basement access can be installed by a bilco dealer in a few hours.
Steps to finishing a basement.
Plywood strips to the depth of the soffit and screw 2x2s even with both edges with 1 5 8 in.
Long soffit side sections and screw them to the bottom of the floor joists.