Project Portfolio: Bespoke Hinged Wine Cellar Hatch & Integrated Ladder

Project Overview

• Client: Oliver, Music & Wine Enthusiast

• Product: Custom-Sized Hinged Glass Floor Access Hatch

• Access Solution: Bespoke Steel Access Ladder (Customized to Cellar Depth)

• Handle Type: Recessed Stainless Steel Ring-Pull (Manual Operation)

• Opening Mechanism: Precision Gas-Strut Actuators for Effortless Lifting

• Glass Spec: Structural Toughened and Laminated Walk-on Safety Glass

• Service: Design, Manufacture, and Worldwide Supply

The Harmonious Wine Cellar Entrance Oliver’s music room required a solution that was visually high-end but physically unobtrusive. Unlike bulky traditional cellar doors, our hinged glass units are designed to sit flush with the finished floor level, making them ideal for high-traffic areas or placement near delicate furniture like a piano.

• Bespoke Sizing & Depth: While we offer a range of stock sizes for immediate dispatch, Oliver utilized our bespoke service to ensure the frame fit his specific floor opening. Crucially, we manufactured a matching steel access ladder designed to the exact depth of his cellar, ensuring a safe and ergonomic transition from the music room floor to the cellar floor.

• Manual Elegance: This unit features a high-quality recessed ring-pull handle. This allows the user to lift the hatch manually, while the gas struts take the majority of the glass weight, providing a smooth, controlled opening and closing motion.

• Ambient Lighting: The walk-on glass allows the music room to "borrow" light from the cellar at night, creating a warm, glowing focal point that enhances the atmosphere during evening recitals.

Technical Expert Insight: Designing Safe Vertical Access for Compact Openings

When adding a steel access ladder to a wine cellar hatch, the angle and depth are critical for user safety. Unlike standard domestic stairs, a cellar ladder must often occupy a much smaller footprint. At Dio-Met, we manufacture our ladders from heavy-duty steel, ensuring they can be made to any specific depth to suit your property’s structural layout. We engineer the rungs with non-slip surfaces and calculate the "lean" of the ladder so that it provides stable, comfortable footing without interfering with the closing mechanism of the glass hatch. By providing both the hatch and the ladder as a coordinated kit, we ensure that the structural fixing points are perfectly aligned, offering a "bolt-on" solution that any competent person can install to achieve professional-grade results.

Why Choose a Dio-Met Wine Cellar Door?

• World-Leading Manufacturer: We are the direct supplier of wine cellar access solutions, shipping fully assembled units nationwide and worldwide.

• Simple Installation: Our hatches and ladders arrive ready to drop into a prepared opening, making them a straightforward task for any competent builder or DIY enthusiast.

• Bespoke & Stock Options: Whether you need a standard unit or a custom-sized "piano-side" feature with a deep-reach ladder, we offer transparent online pricing via our webshop.

Explore More from Dio-Met

• Hinged Glass Floor Webshop: View our full range of standard and bespoke access hatches.

• Electric Wine Cellar Doors: Upgrade to automated, motorized opening at the push of a button.

• See All Projects: Browse our 30-year gallery of bespoke architectural transformations.

Contact the Wine Cellar Specialists Ready to compose your own symphony of style and function? Contact our Sheffield workshop for a technical consultation on your cellar access and ladder requirements.

• Email: sales@diometonline.co.uk

• Phone: 0114 243 9009

• Direct Manufacturer: From our Sheffield workshop to your music room.