Bulkhead leaks can come from rusted doors improperly sealed joints and cracks in the concrete foundation surrounding the bulkhead.
Bilco doors leaking.
09 26 2011 05 29 pm.
Look for holes in the doors cracks in the surrounding foundation or leaks in the joints where the bulkhead meets the concrete.
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The air is coming from the cracks at the door hinges and around the doors themselves.
To properly treat the problem you must first determine from where the leak is coming.
The inside of my bilco doors the concrete that covers the frame is cracking and needs to be redone.
My first thought was just clean it up and put some fresh concrete over it.
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I called them a bilco door.
The house is about 2 1 2 years old.
Alot of older farm houses had them years ago.
I ve got a bilco door with the cement steps that leads into my basement.
It s the french door style slanted doors you go down and then there s a regular door that goes into the basement.