Wellcraft window wells installation

Attractive appearance lets in natural sunlight and protects children or pets from falling down the well. Egress systems require a lead time ranging from 4 - 14 business days depending on stock levels. Please call for an accurate shipment lead time. Enter search words and press enter. Skip to content. Egress Window Installation Basement egress windows provide a safe, code compliant exit from your basement. We offer both a casement style and slider style window installation.

Both Wellcraft and Rockwell products are options to be installed with your egress window. RockWell window wells have a stone texture that truly looks and feels like real stone, adding great curb appeal and an aesthetically pleasing view from inside and outside your home. Pick either a plastic or steel window well for the most durable materials.

If you have wells on other ground-level windows, get a matching well for the new one that you're installing. You can buy window wells from your local hardware or home improvement store.

Dig a hole that's slightly wider and deeper than the well. Start your hole next to your home's foundation about 6 inches 15 cm from the side of your window. Shovel the dirt into a wheelbarrow or tarp so it's easy to transport away from the hole. Continue digging around the window until the hole is about 4—5 inches 10—13 cm deeper than the bottom of the window sill and 6 inches 15 cm wider than the well.

Contact your utility companies before you start digging to check for any power, gas, or water lines where you plan on putting the window well. Use an auger to bore through the ground to the gravel under your foundation. Augers are large drills that help dig straight holes in the ground. Position the end of the auger in the center of the hole you just dug to place your drain.

Turn the auger on and push it slowly into the ground so it bores down about 1 foot 30 cm. Pull the auger out from the ground to clean off any dirt on the blades. Continue digging out 1 foot 30 cm at a time until you reach a layer of gravel under your home. Put a perforated tube with a drain cap in the hole so the well can drain. Look for a perforated tube with a 4—5 in 10—13 cm diameter at your local hardware store. Measure the depth of the drain hole and get a tube that's the same length.

Place the tube in the center of the drain hole and drain cap on top so dirt and gravel can't get inside and clog it. If you can't find a pipe with perforation, then cut 2 in 5. The drain tube will help divert water out of the well toward your home's weeping tile, which is the underground drainage pipe that moves water away from your home. Backfill the hole around the tube with gravel. Make sure the tube is centered in the drain hole and hold it in place.

Pour gravel around the outside of the tube to provide better drainage for the well and to hold the tube in place.

Continue packing gravel into the hole until it's level with the drain cap. Part 2. Set the window well against your foundation so it's level. Put the window well in the hole you dug and push it firmly against the walls of your foundation.

Make sure that the edges of the sides of the well are about 3 inches 7. Set a level on top of the well to see if it's straight, and pack dirt underneath the lower side if you need to.

If the window well is closer than 6 inches 15 cm to your siding, dig your hole deeper until you have a 6 in 15 cm buffer. Mark the location of the predrilled holes on your foundation with a marker.

Hold the window well tightly against your home and use a marker to put dots on your foundation in the center of each hole. Check that the window well doesn't shift around while you're making your marks or else the holes won't line up when you try to attach the well later on.

After you draw all of the marks, take the window well out of the hole. If your window well doesn't already have holes drilled in the sides, then you may need to make your own holes.

Drill 2 in 5. Hold the drill bit straight against one of your marks on the foundation and turn it on to cut through the concrete. Make the holes about 2 inches 5. Continue drilling holes at each of your marks along the foundation wall. You can use a regular rotary drill, but it will take longer and may damage the machine.

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