Pouring Concrete to Seal Basement Stairs

[byggalitehursomhelst]

Hi, We have an outdoor basement staircase that we would like to "close" up. The idea is to build a wall where the door has been and then fill in the stairs with concrete, or are there other smart ideas that we haven't thought of?

 

[sunqan]

Building up the door opening and removing the staircase, as well as completing the drainage at the former door opening and filling in the stairwell with "soil" is usually the norm.

 

[byggalitehursomhelst]

Building in the doorway and chiseling away the staircase as well as completing the drainage at the former doorway and filling in the staircase hole with "soil" is probably the norm.

Today, the basement stairs are connected to the house at two points, but maybe it involves chiseling away the whole thing... I had a thought of cutting it down a bit below ground level and then sealing it with concrete.

 

[Okarlsson]

Do you need to cast? Can't you just block off the door opening, seal the outside somehow just in case, and fill with mass?