For more than 10 years the clam door has offered homeowners a superior alternative to traditional wooden or steel bulkhead doors that can need replacing every several years.
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How to replace bulkhead doors.
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Type br door from bilco is designed for type br door from bilco is designed for installation on sloped sidewalls of brick stone block or poured concrete which are generally found on older homes throughout the country.
Prefabricated metal bulkhead doors do the trick if you don t mind their industrial look loud clanging noise and eventual rust.
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Details find a local representative the bilco basement doors are available throughout the world and provide for the perfect bulkhead door solution for your home or business.
An alternative is to salvage old exterior wood or metal doors and convert them into bulkhead doors adding new metal hinges.
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Douglas moore s wooden basement doors offer an attractive alternative.
Remove both doors then use the grinder to grind off the screw heads from the brackets that secure the bulkhead to the foundation.
Open stairs and ladder some basements are accessible via open stairways that have doors only at the bottom in the basement wall.
Another newer player on the bulkhead market is the fiberglass clam door emerging on the scene about 10 years ago the clam door company has taken their inspiration from nature namely the clam and their weatherproofing from the marine sailing industry.
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.
In this article the author explains the best finishes and hardware for long lasting basement access.
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For these homes basement door replacement can often be more challenging than newer homes with an areaway surface that is flat or at grade level.