Doors and Windows - Inerting a door in stairway....

Hi I'm moving into a new home and I have a lot to do. First I need to install a door at the bottom of the basement stairs. It isn't any frame work or anything just wall and space. But I need to close it off for my recording studio.
It's not an even space so I'll prob have to add drywall and I'll have to frame. Is there anywhere I can find step by step video preferrably. I'm completely green on but I'm patient and willing to do the work.

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Doug Aleshire
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DUH!!! maybe it would be better to put it at the top of the stairs? I just thought it'd look better at the bottom.

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if you put it at the top of the stairs, you may have to set it back away from the stairs a certain amount. Check with local building authority to find out how much or even IF you have to do this. I'm pretty sure here we have to set back 3 ft. (idea being, you don't want to open the door and immediately be at the edge of the stairs...i.e. - FALLING DOWN the stairs)especially if the door opens away (over the stairs)...most people expect to have a landing and, at least I, would be surprised by the lack of one...just MHO. None-the-less, check with local auth., thats not just MY opinion, but the opinion of many I've seen on this forum. :)

Regardless of whether you put the door at the top or the bottom of thw stairway, you'll have to have a landing, minumum 3' X 3'!! Confirm that with your local bldg. dept. though -- they may be enforcing a different set of codes than I build under.