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annielee50

placing basement stairwell

annielee50
9 years ago

We are remodeling a house we purchased and need ideas on where to put a basement stairwell. The only floor space available is just beside the front door. There is up to 8 feet along the front wall of the house and about 9 feet out from there. Our issue is the basement ceiling height is only 7'3" so head clearance is where we are stuck. We can build some walls in the basement for floor joint support and trim out some floor joists. Maybe we could do a U-shape? But how? We have considered a landing but still need more head room.

The dotted lines are the floor space available. Any further out would run into the LR or the traffic flow between rooms.

I would love to hear any ideas you might have. Thanks!