Recent content by jjacobsen05

No I really appreciate any advice or ideas you and everyone else has given me so thank you for that. The spot in the pictures where the paneling is missing is where a closet was located. It sat over about a 1/4 of the staircase and the other 3/4 of the stairs were open. On the backside of that...

The space that is there now would definitely work but would be a bit tight with all my reloading stuff as well. You can never have a safe room thats too big haha

That sounds like a pretty sweet idea! and if we used this staircase I would consider it. When we bought this house that was the only set of stairs to the basement otherwise walk all the way around to the walk out basement door. We have since has a staircase installed from the main floor of the...

That sounds like a pretty sweet idea! and if we used this staircase I would consider it. When we bought this house that was the only set of stairs to the basement otherwise walk all the way around to the walk out basement door. We have since has a staircase installed from the main floor of the...

So the furnace is on the opposing side of this wall if I excavated anything I'd see about running a duct and return air vent into the room

Yellow line represents approx. What I want to excavate out. I understand about air and all of the safety stuff that needs to be done. There is a block wall between the house side and garage that won't be disturbed. Floor joists on house side will not be affected because they run parallel with...

Thank you for your repsonse. South West Iowa is where I am located. In the pictures I posted it would be the little block knee wall that I would be wanting to remove, make that area where the steps were at wider, pour a footing and re block up a new wall. I just wasn't sure if anyone had ever...

I have a 2 car attached garage with a staircase leading to the basement. House was built in 1967 with cinder block foundation. The goal I have in mind is removing the wooden stairs (which I have already done) installing a safe door at the basement entry point and also pouring a concrete ceiling...