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   jjwalters | Apr 19, 2002 12:51pm | #1

   I'm assuming that you want to put the door to the front of the house (where the white pipe is)  and that the block showing is backfilled (cause you said the existing basement door is above grade 15') If that's the case and you're dealing with wood framing that is probably still uncovered (since the house is new) it should be pretty easy....................frame in for the door using a dbl. 2x12 for the header.......when you're all done with the framing cut out the siding and put the door in..........but to be safe have someone who knows double check it  before you do anything.  

   There are fast carpenters who care..... there are slow carpenters who care more.....there are half fast carpenters who could care less......
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   Piffin | Apr 19, 2002 01:00pm | #2

   As a general rule, I would agree, not hard.

   but

   I see a vent stack (for a cleanout?) from the ground that hints that maybe there is a waste stack IN the wall right where you are going. Or who knows (maybe the onsite builder) whether there is a key structural component or a bundle of wires running in the wall right there. Sometimes a thousand dollar job can become a twenty thousand dollar job to move everthing else around.

   What you don't know CAN hurt you.

   Excellence is its own reward!