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Old 12-02-2009, 05:20 AM
 
Location: DC Area, for now
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Yes, we did. We had a motorized winch mounted on the wall above the door hinges and used the winch pulley on an eye bolt on the front edge of the door. She has to avoid tripping on the eye bolt and the cable but it works really well.
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Old 01-11-2011, 05:59 AM
 
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conservatory window openers operated by actutors and brackets My cellar door lifts up with tiles attached like something out of Thunderbirds ! Never fails to impress the ladies!
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Old 01-12-2011, 02:23 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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Eyebolts, rope, a couple pulleys and a hinge. When you have a hinge and the leverage of pulleys and rope, it doesn't take a huge amount of force to lift the door.
I think you are on the right track here. No electricity required. An eyebolt thru the door, attached to a rope that goes up thru a pully mounted on the sidewall above the door with a bracket, the dead end of the rope is attached to a weight that is slightly less then the door. If the door weighs 50 lbs, and the weight is 45 lbs, the remaining effort to lift the door is only 5+ lbs.
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Old 05-25-2011, 01:10 PM
 
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Wink R/E: Flat Basement Door (opener, furnace, ceiling, room)

I have the same problem with the cellar door in my house. I have also been researching this and may have found an interesting solution from a site about wine cellar doors. Below is a URL to the page that you can copy and paste into your browser. One of the things I noticed about all of these doors is that they all open width-wise instead of length-wise, so the weight of the door is more evenly distributed along the length of the door . They slo appear to use some sort of small hydraulic opener. I have to do more research to confirm this. if you haven't found a solution i hope this may be of some help. Good luck.

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