Window Well Installation Instructions

How to install a window well for your basement window.

Window well installation instructions.

A basement window was leaking because it was level with the ground and water seeped between the foundation and the window frame. I show you how to install a. Set the prefabricated window well next to the house so that it spans the window evenly. It was so close to the awning window that when i was in the basement and opened the window trying to allow fresh air in the bottom of the window scraped in the dirt and barely would open.

Materials purchased from menards. The window well should extend at least 8. Use the instructions below. 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.

Make a digging template. 1 sloped the ground away from the window 2 installed a metal retaining well that sits higher than the surrounding soil 3 installed a plastic window well cover. But it is extremely unlikely that a large amount of water would ever enter the window well if you ve done these other steps. Make sure that the well is large enough for you to safely open the window.

That picture shows the dirt stain on the concrete block wall after i removed most of it in preparation for the window well to go in. Window wells attach to your home s foundation around ground level windows to prevent water and soil from getting inside. There are basically two kinds of below ground window wells. That will prevent water from collecting and running inside the window well.

Window well installation steps step 1. Installed using masonry hammer drill along with concrete anchors and. Step 2 order the materials. Carefully measure your window well.