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Posted by eds on July 27, 2007, 1:12 pm
> priorityman> wrote
>> What is the name of those door, often metal, at the back of a house?
>> They lead up from the basement, are horizontal or slightly inclined
>> from horizontal, I think often in a concrete frame. The swing to the
>> side and you generally come up stairs to the backyard.
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>> I am looking for the common name for this feature, if there is a
>> common name for them. If not a more professional terms would be good.
>>
>> This is for a fiction work.
>>
>> Thank you.
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> Try this site: Bilco
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> They have what they call *basement doors* that are like what you've
> described.
> basement?
> cellar?
> who's gonna teller?
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> http://tinyurl.com/39l6gf
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Around here (MA) we call them "bulkhead" doors, but I don't know why.
EDS
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