Crawlspace access in floor

Many homeowners ask us, "What is the best way to insulate my crawl space?" That depends, is your crawl space open or closed?

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As we begin to work on our basement (again), we thought it might be fun to rewind back to ’06 and revisit the metamorphosis that has already taken place. So here goes. When we bought our home in ’06, it came with a finished basement. Yep. Something like this: A built-in wardrobe, hunter green carpet […]

Whenever people move into different homes, they sometimes get carried away by the excitement of the new environment that they forget to secure the crawl

Learn what crawl space solutions can help you turn the square footage immediately below your home into a safe haven for belongings you want to keep but don't frequently need access to.

hatch doors for basement | The basement hatch

Learn what crawl space solutions can help you turn the square footage immediately below your home into a safe haven for belongings you want to keep but don't frequently need access to.

My house does not have basement stairs, so I decided to add an inside access hatch. This is a pictorial walk-through of that project. When I decided to undertake this I found few comparable hatches in my searching online, so I hope my documenting this will help someone else some day. The location for the hatch was selected based on convenience and the existing floor structure. The opening was made between two floor joists such that none needed cutting or reinforcement. Prepared the area. Cut…