How to Install an Egress Window
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ต.ค. 2024
- How to saw the hole, frame the opening and set a basement egress window in order to bring your home up to code.
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Top quality installation. Really nice to see how to do a proper job and not cut corners.
Oh, WOW! That's the King of Egress Windows. Nice job. Thanks for the Video/Info.
Badass. I’ve got my hole dug. Final measurements tonight, cutting the hole tomorrow. Nice job.
How'd it go?
Lol, did the same after watching this video, no plastic or fiberglass well for me, great job on this build. The excavator was the best part of the job.
Wow! Really amazing job. As I am renovating an old concrete barn, it was difficult to find info about how to do window bucks properly. So on top of a beautiful light well, you've shown me other extremely useful info. Your explanation of the steps are just what the doctor ordered. Thank you!
I think you did an outstanding job in completing the project! You deserve my five joyful dolphins. 🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬
Thanks!
Hey thanks for the video! Super helpful. Can I ask what the budget/ expense was for this project?
You didn't skimp on any step, awesome! Curious why you didn't install the window prior to installing the retaining wall? It looks like it was tight down there, it might have been easier to maneuver the chain saw with another foot or so of space on all sides.
That is some quality work my friend!
I love the ladder idea as well.
You could have almost put in a door instead! 🤔😬🙂
I reno'd my basement for renting. I needed this too. I simply used a U shaped corrugated galvanized sheet, cut out the cement installed the window and drip rail. Weekend job done!!
I'm thinking along the same lines as I have a metals store nearby which can even give me the perfect size. The cost of off-the-shelf window wells are depressing.
What an incredibly thorough job!
Umm..... this drian pipe step looks pretty important, thanks for showing that hook-up installation 😢
Best video I could find on this subject. thank you!
Good install 👍🏻 like the steps
*meant steps to the ground level
Great video! My existing timber wall is rotting away and I am contemplating replacing it. The culprit is probably my neighbor's house downspout is only about 3 ft away from my timber wall and my own downspout right next to the wall. I can see the dirt behind the rotted wood so there is probably no rocks or geotextile fabric behind the rock . I can't ask my neighbour to direct water away from my window well but I can modify my downspout to direct water away from that area. I wonder if I build a timber wall, will it rot away like the existing wall? Should I consider using other materials such as cinder blocks and concrete. If I use cinder wall I am afraid water might cause pressure to build behind the wall and eventually cause it to collapse. Should I use pipe drain behind the walls and drain water to the inside of the wall (since there is already a drain there)? Please help!
Very nice job
You didn't show how the window drain pipe tied into the drain tile on the inside of the basement?
Yeah! My thoughts exactly. This seems like a pretty crucial step so your not just pumping water under your house.
Your house gets water under it regardless if there's a window. If you have drainage in your basement it guides water under your house hopefully into a sump pit then pumps is out. So it doesn't tie in, it just is guided to your ground water line and then your drainage does whatever it does.
How much does this cost
Cost about 8k thru a professional.
Its crazy what it cost to have these done. Thankfully I could do it myself, and I still spent $2000
how much would something like this cost?
Around my area of northeastern Kansas it's about $5000 to $6000 per egress. - to have it done professionally, not DIY.
You should have insulated the sides and bottom of the excavation. You're letting the cold penetrate much deeper, not just against the house, but also all around the sides of the pit and the bottom of the pit, which is much closer to the footings that it was before.
How long did that take and how much did that cost? Estimated cost
Never use timber.. or Any type of wood or plastic. Fiberglass will be the only type off well that will last the life of the home
Wow! Beautiful!!!!
Will you come and do this at my house?
FANTASTIC JOB!
I thought the point of that saw was to keep water OUTSIDE of the house? Lol nothing works the way you think but heck of a job on this window well!
What is the average cost to have this done, materials, labor, and all. Ohio
bout tree fiddy
$5k
I'm in Ohio doing it DIY, after the timber, rentals, stone and window I have 1200 into it, think I'll be under 2k said and done.
going into business, my goal is compleating every job 1 day start to finish,via mini ex /ring saw would it work out 3K profit in a day LMK egress windows
What was the insect mesh used???
this fella's gotta be from the twin cities. accent and stucco finish are strong tells.
Anddddd just saw the Reddy Rents logo on the concrete saw! YES!
Egress for each bedroom
what exactly is the point of the foam board?
He stated it was to provide some insulation to the block wall of the basement.
Might as well of put a door at that rate
Also no paper where you removed the stucco? run into any drains in the stucco?
Annoying this channel bumps content to get "new activity blue dot" in my subscriptions and I look and there is no new video. Unsuscribing if it keeps happening.
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your city wants water to go under your foundation and under your footing? they need to go back to civil engineering school and I hope your building does not have problems in the future. best of luck
15K later, not worth it....
Where are you getting 15k from?
$5k professionally installed. $2K DIY.
Doing this to my basement right now for around $2,000. Would probably cost $4K-$5K to have it done professionally.
Cost of the lumber, rental of equipment, window, easy 8-10k or you can install a fiberglass well for egress windows + the window at half the cost. The cedar plus the big #1 grade 6x6s make this an 8-10k job all day long. Not worth it. Some of the new fiberglass wells look really good.
Probably overkill....water will drain to the existing drainage built with and under the house....didnt have to excavate so deep
He said it was required by the city, so maybe he did?
Exactly. The well won’t fill up with water for such a small area. The internal weep tile will take care of it