We do sometimes. It depend on how far below grade it is and how busy we are. We are doing one in a few weeks after the door arrives and when the weather next allows.
I'm working in a similar job site where a guy with a mini excavator showed up and he did a bunch of digging without a real plan and I'm fixing his mistakes
I had a neighbor who put a egress window in and the well filled with water during a storm and flooded his basement. What do you do in the install to prevent this from happening?
We dig down to the exterior drain tile with an old school posthole digger (wooden handles). We then fill that column with #57 gravel extending the drain into the bottom of the well.
@@JacksonEgressWindowsColumbus thanks for your reply. Would you have someone that you could recommend? A company that won't break the bank. I had a estimate from window nation and they quoted 3000$ for 2 medium windows and 8000$ for a door.
@@frogmanpipes9561 Can you send me a private message on our Facebook page? I'll send you a recommendation but I don't want to give out their phone number publicly and have them get a bunch of spam calls.
We do our drain differently. Long ago we used a pipe but a pipe stinks up the well. We posthole dig down to the gravel the exterior drain tile is bedded in and then fill that space with #57 gravel. It basically extends the perimeter drain into the bottom of the well. We also slope the bottom of the well toward the gravel drain.
The first saw is a partner saw. The second saw is a ring saw. The partner saw better transmits force from engine to blade because it has a bolt tying them together. That bolt reduces how far you can cut by slightly over half. The ring saw uses spinning rollers to turn the blade. It loses a lot of power between the engine and the blade with that transmission system but the advantage is you can plunge cut 10 inches so completely through most foundations from the outside. For 12 inch foundations we use a cut and break saw. That's a very slow process but again allows all cutting to be done from the outside which keeps dust and carbon monoxide out of the house. The foundation in the video did not require the cut and break saw.
@@rogerhodges7656 I believe Partner saw is actually a brand name that became synonymous with the type of saw it is. Similar how Kleenex is used for tissues that are not Kleenex brand. A cut off saw would be the same thing. Ring saws are not very common because they are about four times the cost and require a lot more maintenance. We go through two to three per year not counting repairs to keep them in service during that time. A partner saw lasts multiple years.
We dig down to the gravel that the exterior drain tile is bedded in with a post hole digger. We then fill that space with a column of #57 gravel extending the system into the bottom of the well. We also slope the bottom toward the drain. You can also use a pipe but sometimes a pipe will bring up a nasty smell from underneath so using the column of gravel is better. We switched from a pipe to a column of gravel around eight to ten years ago.
I am loving what you had done and the look of the egress window, however, I am in Atlanta and would love to know the name of that model egress that you used. Many thanks
Love the video! definitely great way of approaching things. yall should really wear some impact gloves swinging the hammers lol. To each his own, I've just seen people nearly lose fingers before and now I never take mine off.
Great video. We are up in Canada and here we need to dig down to connect a pipe with the weeping tile. Is it because of the lack of rainfall in where you are or because you used a cover?
We use a posthole digger to go down to the gravel that the exterior drain tile (weeping tile) is bedded in. We then fill that space with a column of #57 gravel. The gravel that the pipe is bedded in is designed to wick the moisture to the pipe. We extend that system into the bottom of the egress well. This offers two benefits. One, gravel is self filtering. Two, if a pipe goes dry it channels a nasty smell up into your window well. Gravel prevents that odor during dry spells.
We run a twelve inch column of #57 gravel down to the exterior drain tile. The exterior drain tile is comprised of a slotted pipe bedded in #57 gravel to wick the moisture to it. We are extending that system into the bottom of the egress well. We have put in thousands of egress windows and they do not flood.
They should be wearing safety goggles. I don't know if the camera went to the head of the guy trimming the well or what. James, the foreman was wearing them.
If you go to www.jacksonegresswindows.com and hit the click for a free quote I will send you over all of the pricing and options. This video shows a Quarryview well with horizontal slider window. I don't put prices on this because they go up over time.
If you go to this link I can send you over all of the pricing and options: www.jacksonegresswindows.com/Contact_Us.html This video shows a Quarryview with Horizontal Slider window. Prices tend to go up over time and if I tell you the current pricing in the comments someone will be mad a year from now that it costs more.
Hello! What is the average cost to do the installation in this video? We have 2 that need done in Hoagland, Indiana. Also, would you guys come that far?
Go to www.jacksonegresswindows.com and hit the click for a free quote. I'll send you the exact pricing. If you don't see a response from me within an hour check your spam folder.
Thanks for the question. We caulk the space between the window and frame. Making a larger opening just to add insulation would be counter productive. That requires removing more wall which means a bigger hole. The wall and earth around it is a better insulator than the insulation would be. We also install a poly carbonate thermal hinge cover on every one of these wells.
Jackson Egress just finished up installing at my house and they were friendly, efficient, and the installation only took about 6 hours and everything looks great!
