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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.

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Have you ever personally witnessed anything weird?

I’m a truck driver and yesterday I was at one of our customers warehouses. While there, I was standing not to far away from a loading dock door that lifted up all by itself. Now there’s no mechanism or anything attached to the door. It has to be opened manually. And I doubt the wind could’ve opened it up as the door has to be lifted open garage door style and is an extremely heavy steel door. And there was no one else anywhere near it when this happened.

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A few things. For instance, I had my telescope out one night to observe Jupiter’s moons, when suddenly a flashing white light flew low over where I was sitting. It moved very fast - fast enough to go from horizon to horizon in a matter of seconds, and made absolutely no noise.

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How do you like my dream?

A swinging light appears to me in pitch darkness, and I get a strange feeling creeping its way up my back spine as I step underneath it. Suddenly everything leading up to this point vanishes from my mind like it was swepted off in the breeze, a breeze so soft yet strong enough to knock me to my feet, I’m left 3 feet under the light and quiver up alone and cold on the steel floor. A tear rolls down my face and I feel the sudden warmth of it as it hits my hand. My eyes watch its tear make it way down my hand, and I turn my palm face up allowing it to follow when I suddenly notice a dark shadow also playing around on my hand. Bending down I realized a small steel door as big as my hand itself standing up on the floor. I knocked my knuckle on it as my first reaction, but knew no answer would come of it because I could see over it as it stood alone against the darkness. I slid my body over completely leaving its shadow when I hear a light drop to the floor. My curiosity is welcomed by a rush of wind brushing past my cheeks, and leaving me feeling swept off with again. I found myself hugging at the cold floor for dear life. Hands traveling the cold steel floor I reach out into the darkness like in hopes for a light to shine through my fingers tips, but I began to feel deserted, not like in a lone desert, but like alone in never discovered light. Dropping my hand in repent I feel a new kind of cold, one of ruff edges and character. I pull it in the light in a moment of terror and excitement meshed together on a quest for survival, or to gain sanity. I pull it forward just below my nose and all at once I gain a new moment of confusion and hope. I study its brass little body before allowing myself to pick it off the ground, and then I look back and forth from the small steel door to the key shaped figure in my hand before I decided to put them together. Hope lead me to forget I couldn’t fit more then my finger through the door, and that it was of nothing but continuing of lost light. The little brass key fitted perfectly in the middle of the little steel door knob, and with a little gentle turn the little door made unusual click sound. I believed it opened, but still it would not budge of movement. I thought try to re-try my steps over in more hope it was just tricky, but as soon as I turned the key back over the door suddenly grew large and curved up, and before I could make the choice to enter it sucked me through it. I was spinning furiously through what appeared as a never ending tunnel when I suddenly was getting closer to a little steel door again, and just when I thought I was getting spit back out I rolled out into pure sunshine with smiley face clouds and polka dot mountains, and Mario and his gang all stopped in shock to look at me as I rolled over on brown belly creatures with fangs. Plopped on top a mushroom I was surprised to see my hero in front of me, and was blinded by such vibrant colors

Answer:

That is a terrific dream, and cheers for recording it.

I mean this kindly and honestly: You owe it to yourself to express your dream in proper english.

I did not finish reading, though the dream was grand, because your grammer was muddled.

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How cheaply could I have a house built using steel construction and SIP panels?

I live in Greenville, TX - about an hour east of Dallas. I’ve seen estimates for a 40 x 80 (3200 sq feet) steel building (like a barn - support steel, roof and walls) for about $20K. I’d like to use SIP panels and enclose half the building for a house at first 40×40 (1600 sq feet). I’d have about 8 windows and 2 exterior doors in this part. Then I’d add on in the other half as money allowed. I’m hoping to find 2 acres of land for around $20K and finish the whole project for around $60 - 80K. This will be a plain house - plain concrete floors, walls just taped and bedded (no paint or trim). I’d need 3200 sq. ft. of foundation poured, electric, plumbing, septic, SIP panels, plus tubs, sinks, toilets, etc. I know this is impossible to nail down - but best guesses will be appreciated. Any advise you have will be welcome. Thanks

Answer:

If you can get building for $20K and land for $20k you could do it. You would have to go very cheap on the doors, windows. cabinets, kitchen appliances. and such. Foundation alone is going to cost $12,000. So basically I believe you could “frame” in the structure you are talking about for $60 to $65K. That leaves you 15K for everything you need inside.

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Pioneer steel,Have you ever buy trussless,arch-style steel building from it?

Has anyone here ever bought a trussless, arch-style steel building from Pioneer Steel?

I am wanting to buy one of their S-series buildings, and use it for cheap housing on a farm. It is 30′wide, 40′long, and 15′ tall. Main questions to anyone who has one of these buildings are:

Is a Pioneer Steel building good quality? Are they easy to keep warm in the winter, if the doors are shut and the building insulated? Do you think 15′ is tall enough to add a second floor?

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i havent bought one but i did put one up in 3 days for a client. assembly was fairly easy with a helper and the use of drift pins to align holes for bolts. if you insulate it i would assume it would hold heat but metal cools quickly. for the size you are wanting– a woodburner or a heater of considerable b.t.u”s would be needed. if its 15 foot tall– i see no problem adding a second floor. be sure that there are supports attached to the floor and not the structure itself.

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Steel Room Riddle?

Imagine that you are recently kidnapped and you are put in a room completely made out of steel (the walls, ceiling, and floor). The only thing you have is a operating phone. You call for pizza, and ask them to hand deliver the pizza to you. You get the delivery, and you eat the pizza. But, the only question is how does it taste.
Hint: There are no doors or windows.
(I’m not sure what the answer is, so good luck)

Answer:

imaginary cause your imaging it all, you didn’t get kidnapped!

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I have a question about oven door refacing!

We are getting ready to replace some of the appliances in our kitchen. The dishwasher, refrigerator and cook top really need to be replaced. The home also has a double oven that is about 7 years old and works fine. We don’t use the oven that much and it would seem a shame to spend $2k to $3k to buy a new double oven that we would rarely use if the current one works fine.

The problem is that it won’t match the new appliances (stainless steel, current oven is white). Are there any companies that can reface oven doors or provide trim to make it match?

Answer:

They make a covering for refrigerators that is like sticky back shelf paper,and is Stainless Steel.They probably make it for stoves too.I think it’s at Carol Writes .com .

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Wherer is the 4″ stainless steel cover?

Search is for !/4″stainless steel cover for the roller rail in sliding glass doors?

I am looking for location close by, need as soon as can be found.

Answer:

Sometimes none of the answers get it just right. If so, pick “No Best Answer”. Voters DO NOT get any points for voting on the No Best Answer.

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Who manufacturer Lowe`s Reliabilt Doors?

We purchased at Lowes the other day a 36# exterior door on clearance. Good price. The problem is the inside windows (plastic) trim is damaged.

I want to find a replacement part however, I can’t find the exact manufacturer of the door. A small label (inspection) inside the hinge side of the door frame uses the Jeld-Wen name.

The product number on the door and on my receipt from Lowes matches a Reliabilt door on the Lowe’s website.

So I called Jeld-Wen and asked, who made this door. I was told that Lowe’s rebrands using the Reliabilt Doors and Windows name on Jeld-Wen doors.

Now how does that figure. lol. Anyway I was told that I’d have to order via Lowe’s the replacement trim piece.

I wonder though if Jeld-Wen parts can be ordered elsewhere. Can’t order directly from Jeld-Wen.

Also what is the best method of painting a steel door? What type of paint is recommended computer desk fro sale?

Answer:

You paint with any exteriour paint china factory. try calling a millwork or door company, usualy they have connection to JeldWen

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Is steel perhaps for this?

Looking for ideas for closet doors to give a loft an industrial look? Steel perhaps?

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If you want a really heavy industrial look …. I would find some tin and cut with tin snips to fit the door. Find someone with tin press to make the doors the size you want. (They use these to put siding on houses.)

Then you could screw in some big bolts and hardware to hang things from the outside of the doors.

Also….if you are into recycling…..You could turn aluminum cans inside out and bend and shape them to make a sheet that you could then screw onto the door facing individually. This would keep the door very light weight. You could also take a hammer to ‘dent’ the aluminum to achieve a very textured look.

Another way to go is to use paint. They sell stainless steel paint for appliances for repairs or to paint white appliances to look like ’steel’.
I would use the paint…. then wrap the doors in heavy gauge wire in interesting patterns. This would give you the opportunity to be very artistic within the realm of the industrial design concept. Making the doors appear to have a very ‘heavy’ look… without actually being heavy.

Covering the door with pieces of metal ‘flashing’ in a wild and weird design would REALLY make it pop visually. You can buy ‘flashing’ in boxes of a dozen or so. They are really cool looking and come in many different colors and types of metal.

Look at the hardware store for these items.

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