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Are Bilco doors worth it? or too inconvienient?

I’m planning the building of a new home. The way the land lays I have 2 options for basement access. I’m having a full basement. No outside access (local code doesnt require) or using one of the bilco doors with the steel doors ontop of the stairs. I dont plan to finish the basement and the location i’d have to put the doors would be on the side of the house that really wouldnt be used that often. I’m afraid i just would never use the doors and it’d be a waste of money/eyesore. Does anyone have any input on these?

How do they work in a nutshell?
Latched from the inside?
Lock on outside?
how big is the opening in the foundation?
I’ve never really even saw one in person?

Answer:

We bought a house with a Bilco door and we are so glad we did! I didn’t think we’d have much use for it, but is so convenient when you need to get something big in or out of the basement. We used it to bring down a refrigerator, and every season we use it to move patio furntiure and the snow blower into the basement.