Basement Stairs No Door
We have a large basement that you can access from an outside door and from a staircase inside the house.
Basement stairs no door. They are typically found in older homes. A door at the top of the basement steps is pretty common around here but there are times when people dont have doors as well. This provides access to the basement or cellar at ground level without the need for grade excavation.
5 Where locking is required for doors of smoke-free lobby fire lift lobby or exit staircase on the re-entry floor they shall be fitted with an electro- mechanical locking device complying with Cl239k1. Our basement is partially finished with 3 bedrooms. A fire door in the stairwell bottom is not enough security for this installation.
This also helps cuts down on all the clutter by the main entrance of the house. Penrose stairs dont count However if youre going to put in glass block you may have to provide extra structural support at that point. Would that wall not be needed to support the bedroom level staircase that is directly above the basement stairs.
Currently our basement stairs are accessed from a door exiting the kitchen then step down to a small landing. In fact as you can see the not fire-rated door has been left ajar. If playback doesnt begin shortly try restarting your device.
If you leave the door at the top of your basement stairs open you allow air to flow up the stairs from the basement in response to the stack effect. Right now the basement stairs are behind a door. Fortunately the basement of yesterday is a far cry from the basement of today starting with the very steps.
I want to remove the door and the cement block stair enclosure to open up that space so that when you walk down from the open stairway upstairs you descend an open stairway into to the basement no doors or walls. The main way we go in and out of our house is through the basement door as it leads directly to the garage. Removing the door to the basement and opening the enclosed stairway created a light airy feeling in this passage to the subterranean living space.