Terracing our well eliminates the ladder requirement.
Basement window well installation.
Window wells attach to your home s foundation around ground level windows to prevent water and soil from getting inside.
Carefully measure your window well.
How to install window wells.
This projects falls under the category of i never planned on doing this when we bought the house oh well.
I show you how to install a.
Use the instructions below.
Ensure that the top lip of the basement window well is well above the ground.
Then you ll need to cut through the foundation wall to create a rough opening that s the correct size to install the window.
If you re not sure how to plan basement window wells look around your local area.
There are basically two kinds of below ground window wells.
February 1 2014 by smartgirl 20 comments.
So please note that we already had the dirt dug to the size we needed to fit the new window well.
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.
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.
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.
That will prevent water from collecting and running inside the window well.
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.
After we got water pouring in through our basement window i decided it was a must do project.
This is how we installed window wells after expanding our basement windows.