Cellar Doors Steelway Cellar Doors has been making custom steel cellar doors and pre-fabricated steel cellar entrances since 1963. By remaining focused on the cellar entrance business, Steelway has become the authority on custom doors and leads the industry by providing the best fitting doors for each and every job.

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• Clear access for boom truck (101” wide, even surface)
• The width of the hole must be no more than 41” for poured walls and 41” for block walls
• Hole excavated 8’ wide down the footer, back from the footer 3’ then graded up at a 45° angle
• Hold back any foundation coating 12” from the hole on all sides
• If the wall is block, the last three cores on each side of the opening must be filled with concrete – not mortar
• If you pour the slab prior to setting the stairs make sure there is no ‘over pour’ out the opening and no wood in the doorway
• If you have a poured wall and you have the opportunity,  pour 12” high across the opening IN THE SAME POUR AS THE WALLS .
• This leaves no cold joints and after the slab is poured, this becomes your first step.
• The outside surface of the wall must be smooth and plumb.

Things that will void the waterproof guarantee:
Block walls that don’t have filled cores
Floor slabs not poured prior to setting the stairs
Floor slabs poured too short or out the doorway

Things that cost extra:
Return trip fee if the site is not ready
Digging fee if the site is not dug out properly
Replacement fees if the wrong size unit was ordered

 

• Steelway Custom Cellar Doors
• 290 E. Church Road
• King of Prussia, PA 19406


• Tel: 877-553-2610
• Fax: 610-277-1440
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