Moisture intrusion through a bilco door is a common issue.
Bilco doors leaking.
Bulkhead leaks can come from rusted doors improperly sealed joints and cracks in the concrete foundation surrounding the bulkhead.
Does anyone make a one piece ridged plastic cap to go over the doors in order to keep water from leaking through the steel doors.
I called them a bilco door.
Watch this short video to see a tip on how to prevent some of this moisture intrusion.
I ve got a bilco door with the cement steps that leads into my basement.
Alot of older farm houses had them years ago.
It s the french door style slanted doors you go down and then there s a regular door that goes into the basement.
My cellar gets water in it during rain storms because the bilco basement classic series steel sided doors are leaky.
To properly treat the problem you must first determine from where the leak is coming.
The house is about 2 1 2 years old.
My first thought was just clean it up and put some fresh concrete over it.
We have a standard exterior bilco door that leads to semi finished space in our basement.
We are having trouble with cold air coming in during the winter months and damp air in the spring summer months.
However im pretty sure concrete isnt going to adhere to it too well.
How can we seal this bilco door without creating condensation issues around the door and or seal.
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09 26 2011 05 29 pm.
The air is coming from the cracks at the door hinges and around the doors themselves.
What are my options.