Contractor larry landers builds a trapdoor to enable access to the old bulkhead from outside.
Building a basement bulkhead door.
Lucigold offers a light weight all aluminum alternative to your heavy steel basement bulkhead door.
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Douglas moore s wooden basement doors offer an attractive alternative.
The bulkhead is made from metal and installed flush against the home.
A basement bulkhead is used to provide access to walk up basements.
The dimensions of the door are not critical and the construction is unsophisticated.
It must only be large enough to cover the bulkhead.
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Sheet lead flashing and an ice and water barrier are used to waterproof the trapdoor.
Remove both doors then use the grinder to grind off the screw heads from the brackets that secure the bulkhead to the foundation.
After the door is built you can install it with a prefabricated base.
The term bulkhead can mean several things inside the home but a basement bulkhead is primarily used as a load bearing structure.
How to replace bulkhead doors to replace your existing bulkhead doors start by cutting through the hinges on the old bulkhead doors using a right angle grinder fitted with a cutoff wheel.
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Prefabricated metal bulkhead doors do the trick if you don t mind their industrial look loud clanging noise and eventual rust.
Lucigold knows one size does not fit all cellar doors so we ll custom design a basement bulkhead that is right for your home.
Bulkheads usually have doors to protect the basement from pests rain or.
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The basement door keyed lock kit is available for all steel basement door models and is not available for ultra series basement doors at this time.