topic Re: Hidden Basement Entrance in Home

Hidden Basement Entrance

lolakimono — Fri, 22 Mar 2019 21:48:59 GMT

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PINKdogWOOD — Fri, 22 Mar 2019 21:50:30 GMT

Yep, totally doable.

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LTT1 — Fri, 22 Mar 2019 21:52:15 GMT

@lolakimono @PINKdogWOOD

Looks like a good idea!

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ValuSkr — Fri, 22 Mar 2019 21:53:00 GMT

Very nice!

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Tigriss — Fri, 22 Mar 2019 23:18:30 GMT

I suppose that would be good if you were in need of hiding your husband or kids or just yourself from your husband or kids or both. or....you could put your mother in law down there and no one would know.

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OKPrincess — Fri, 22 Mar 2019 23:43:48 GMT

I wouldn’t care for it. I’m a scaredy-cat so I’d imagine anything and everything of getting in.

For what’s left of my sanity, I say nay!!

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ladycos — Fri, 22 Mar 2019 23:55:47 GMT

Not a bad idea. It would make it easier I guess to get to the plumbing and heat pump ducts etc.

But it reminds me a little of my granny's tater hole. It was at the side of the house with steps leading under the house with similar doors. She kept her potatoes from the garden and food that she canned, green beans, corn,chow chow, jellies etc. She had a pull chain light to turn on when she needed something. It would stay cool in the summer and above freezing in the winter. Mermories !!

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SXMGirl — Sat, 23 Mar 2019 00:00:23 GMT

@lolakimono Not only do I like it, we are getting ready to install bilco doors and I am going to try to get a version of this. I like that you cannot see the doors, which to me is a safety feature.

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Sweetbay magnolia — Sat, 23 Mar 2019 00:18:56 GMT

I'd call that a crawl space. Or a place where there could have been a coal scuttle. Nicely done - the composite decking isn't cheap.

We have a hidden trap door inside the house to get to a place like that. It does duty as a closet that also houses the water heater.

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DREAMON — Sat, 23 Mar 2019 00:35:05 GMT

My neighbor in my previous home has this. She loves it.

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stevieb — Sat, 23 Mar 2019 00:59:17 GMT

Not if it's the only way to get in and out of the basement... If there's an indoor stairway, fine, but no, unless there's no reason to ever go down there, I don't want to have to go outside to get to the basement...

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DREAMON — Sat, 23 Mar 2019 01:09:15 GMT

@stevieb ,

My previous neighbor who has this ...it really isn't a basement. Her water heater and oil tank are down there. It is dug out so you can stand down there. It is on concrete. She stores seasonal outdoor stuff etc. She has a very small home so this is good for storage.

That is the only way down there..no inside steps...Better than no space to store things and keeps tanks, heaters etc out of sight.

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sidsmom — Sat, 23 Mar 2019 01:12:35 GMT

Nice...looks like there would be a little headroom.

But...dang it...I can’t help but think, upon seeing this....

John Wayne Gacy.

Sorry....just conditioned that way! 😬

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Scorpio1971 — Sat, 23 Mar 2019 02:00:39 GMT

This is what we call a bulkhead entrance and is common in the northeast. Normally found on older homes they have the metal slanted flat doors that you pull up and climb down the stairs. This appears to be a way to reuse the entrance by building a patio on top of the entrance using flat doors instead so it serves a dual purpose. This will give you more info and you can get an idea of what is pictured in this and how it can possibly be transformed into a deck similar to OP's pictures.

http://blog.resconsolutions.com/basement-bulkheads-and-cellar-doors-getting-in-and-out-of-a-basement/

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ScenicMaine — Sat, 23 Mar 2019 02:33:35 GMT

Very nice. Practical

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Desertdi — Sat, 23 Mar 2019 02:37:53 GMT

I wouldn't be physically able to open those big doors

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GCR18 — Sat, 23 Mar 2019 02:39:56 GMT

Yes, I've seen/used the bulkhead entrance. Never gave it much thought that they were only in the northeast. Born and raised in the northeast. I want stairs from my garage to the cellar. Not so sure I like the hidden deck stairs. The stairs are probably very steep and hard to climb.

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January121 — Sat, 23 Mar 2019 04:17:45 GMT

DEFINITELY A YES!!!!!

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Bridgegal — Sat, 23 Mar 2019 04:29:59 GMT

@SXMGirl

But you can see the 'latch' to open it. wouldn't that give it away?

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Bri369 — Sat, 23 Mar 2019 13:35:22 GMT

I'd be afraid the doors would close when I was down there and I'd be trapped.

I'll take the traditional way down to the basement, please.