Basement Window Well Installation

Carefully measure your window well.

Basement window well installation.

There are basically two kinds of below ground window wells. When you want to install a window well start by digging holes around the window for the well and a drain so it doesn t fill with water. Models that allow sunlight through small or medium size windows usually mounted high at the top of the basement wall and oversize egress wells with windows large enough to use as an emergency escape. This projects falls under the category of i never planned on doing this when we bought the house oh well.

Also i searched high and low for the exact size of the window well we needed but i could not find them in our area and shipping cost where outrageous. How to install window wells. Use the instructions below. So please note that we already had the dirt dug to the size we needed to fit the new window well.

February 1 2014 by smartgirl 20 comments. I show you how to install a. For starters you ll need to excavate outside the basement wall in the window location and create a deep window well that will provide full access to the window. After we got water pouring in through our basement window i decided it was a must do project.

Window wells attach to your home s foundation around ground level windows to prevent water and soil from getting inside. Terracing our well eliminates the ladder requirement. If you re not sure how to plan basement window wells look around your local area. This is how we installed window wells after expanding our basement windows.

That will prevent water from collecting and running inside the window well. The primary rules for designing a window well are the code requirements for an egress window the bottom of an egress window well must be at least 3 x 3 ft the well can t interfere with opening the window and you have to provide a permanent ladder if the walls are more than 44 in. Take notice of their installation in other buildings.