My 1920s House Has A Door In The Basement Floor

In many older homes floor drains are part of the basement design built in to prevent water damage to the house and its contents.

My 1920s house has a door in the basement floor.

The basement has a floor drain in it. Here s a peek inside. They have of course been refinished a few times over the years so i don t know what their original finish would have been. Well different houses used different flooring materials but i ve lived in two houses from that era.

My current house from the mid 1920 s has 2 1 4 quarter sawn white oak floors throughout the house. Well i live in a 1920 house in buffalo ny and the kitchen floor is on the downward slope going all the way down. My sister lived in a 1920 s house that was just full of surprises. I wish i had the money to fix.

There is a second set of holes about 2 toward the middle exactly the same. Image courtesy of thirteen wnet. Floor drains are an effective way to remove excess water from a home. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our website.

Here s why old homes have a tiny iron door leading to the basement. The drain has a sewer odor coming from it. There was no place in the tiny kitchen for a refrigerator so it was kept on an enclosed porch outside the side door. I have yet to come across a solid wood floor that couldn t be repaired.

The largest room in the 1900 house is more for looking than living. This is an access door the ice delivery man used to use. Floor plan of the 1900 house. The holes are about 1 1 25 and are spaced apart about 3 4 within 6 of the walls.

Many new homes also utilize these types of drainage systems. The landlord is a slumlord who wont fix anything. Located in greenwich a suburb of london england the 1900 house from the popular british television series is a late victorian terraced townhouse. The same is almost never true for tile laminate vinyl or even engineered wood floors.

Probably one of my favorite jobs restoring a floor was this 1920s heart pine i came across. She wants tile down here and there are holes drilled in the concrete floor around the perimeter. Old floor drains work passively their design based on principles of physics. I have an old house and there is water coming up in my basement from a box that has a trap door in the floor that answered by a verified plumber.

As america moved into the 1900s notable change began happening on the home construction and architectural scenes. The floor is rotting and the foundation has to be repaired which could cost in these homes about 150 000 or so give or take. Access was created for this door on the exterior allowing for the delivery of fresh ice to the house without coming inside. I live in a 1913 row house.

Doing a job where there is a cement floor in the basement of a 1920 s home. Homes had an area in the pantry or kitchen dedicated to the icebox.