Building a Trapdoor to the Basement 

Sorry about the stupid ending. I think I spent more time playing around with the video editing than I should have!

Greetings from Australia. Just about to build a trapdoor from a room in my house to the underground cellar. Currently the entrance is a door from outside the house that is quite low and then down stairs to a wine cellar with 2.7 M ceiling. Thanks for posting. I don't understand why 120 people have down-voted your excellent video. An up-vote from me.

So what do you do, just hop down into the basement? Did you affix a ladder? Stairs? I stumbled upon your video because I am interested in closing up one hole in the floor crawl space access and creating another elsewhere in the house.

Ha you got me at the end mate. Nice job on the door.

That's one way to keep wife and kids out of your workshop! Nice work and video!

I used 1980s Cadillac hinges ,one that lifts up and then pulls away. 1950s and sixties hinges should work. I was able to flush mount them to the bottom to keep them hidden

Awesome door! Semper Fi brother

Cool door. I know an old neighborhood that has a lot of houses that could use something like this. Why did you make the lift ring off center?

I am planning to have a small ‘safe’ room under my small house (224 sqft). I was wondering how to hide the trapdoor, and your cupboard idea is excellent! 👍 🇵🇰❤️🇵🇰

Hahahahaha Don't be sorry for the ending... I loved it!

That thing in the cellar is not my mother! Excellent work, sarge. Thanks for the inspiration.

SgtDonovan, could you respond to the questions about the hinges? Great video, ending was hilarious.

Wonderful!!!! You created the trap door between the joists? -- what were the final dimensions?

Couldn't find the link or list of hardware you used. Are they soss hinges or some other brand of hidden hinge?

I Jumped when I saw the monster !!!! I was waiting to see what stairs you had put in. SCARY. What did you do for stairs anyway?

A thought for the part of the ladder that is most difficult (the topover) is to have a pull out extension to operate as a handrail on one side. Could be something as simple as a pipe in a pipe. Doesn't need to be overly complicated to still make a huge difference in ease of access. Heck, could even use a heavy duty drawer slide with a wood support, and a wood rail. The ideas are pretty endless. I even thought of a mini elevator with some linear actuators hahaha. Then I technically wouldn't even need hinges or anything. Just drop it straight down. Really pulleys and some synthetic rope would work better... still. so many things one could do. That'd be way to slow obviously for only 7 feet of travel, and then needs manual redundancy or disconnect for power and mechanical failures.

Sgt, this is Captain Alistair Kirk, veteran of the Royal Marines, 43 Commando Fleet. I was looking for a way of creating a trapdoor in my shed, to allow easy access to a sewer drain, situated right beneath my shed, in case it ever got blocked. Watched your video gave me some great ideas. But, yeah that ending was unnecessary, I nearly shit my pants mate...😂😂😂

great video... L may have missed it... but how large is the opening?

What type of hinges did you use?

What type of hinges are those ? No link in description

That is a very creepy end to an excellent video

Hilarious! I tell my husband there's a little girl who lives in our dank 1890s cellar - it creeps him out. :D I'm going to send him this video. Did you build stairs or do you use a ladder to get up and down?

What kind of concealed hinges did you use?

Where can I find a flush hatch pull the I can get 4 fingers in, not just 1 that you have? I have a similar project and I've looked on line and called but can't find what I need....

How big is the space btw joists that you could do this

Hi, I am also wondering what hinges you used. Thanks.

My husband is not handy would come and build one for us? lol great job, it looks amazing.

OMG the ending was not what I expected! Geez man! Great video though - this helped w my project.

What did u put in before u sanded the last time?

I can't keep my mind off evil Dead after seeing this

0:34 where did you build that?

Great job! Ending was very cool!!!

I’m in need of something similar but I know my vision won’t be as easy as this. Is there a way to email you for questions? I’d like to send a picture to explain what Im trying to do.

I have a similar project this. Wonderful idea. However that demon ending in video wasn't cute.

Great videos, man. I see you haven't uploaded in a while -- I hope all is okay and it's just RU-vid burnout or whatever :)

Hey dude jump scare was cute but I was watching this with my son (planning a trap door for his treehoyse) and this scared the stuff outta him. :(

😎yay yay iam i. am. so so exited about this dumb vido so so cute cute??😎

Excellent video. The music is horrible.

Aaaaaand that made me not want to build one.... 🤣🤣🤣

Stupid ending. How about showing us how you actually use it, or do you just dive headfirst to the concrete floor below?

Nice work but now my kid is traumatized by that ending. Thx dude 👎 this vid needs a warning at the beginning

Woodglut plans are amazing!

Isaac, trembling in fear, found a trap Door to the basement hidden under his rug, isaac without hesitation flung open the hatch, just as his mother burst though his Door, isaac jump down, into the unknown depths... Below...only tboi fans will understand

Ha ha ha

I loved the end 😂😂😂😅 i don't want a house with crawl space anymore 🫤

I have never left a hate comment but this deserve it, the ending is absolutely not okay. Not cool at all. Not funny.

Very brilliant I like it❤️👍👍🤣🤣🤣👈🏻