Making a Mother Daughter Apartment Safe and Legal TAGS: Adding egress windows | building codes | Egress windows | fixing smelly basements | natural light

When newly single Jess needed to move back in with her mother, she had some ideas to help keep her sense of independence. “You know, I never imagined I’d be married and divorced, all before I hit thirty,” admits customer Jess Mally, from New Hampshire. “It’s a big blow to the ego to have to move back in with a parent – especially when all your friends are buying houses and having babies.” But fortunately, Jess’s story has a happy ending. “When my husband and I decided to get divorced, I thought it was the end of the world. We’d …Continue reading →

Installing a Basement Window for Egress: Cutting the Opening TAGS: Adding egress windows | Installing an Egress Window | Photos

This is the most popular image in the Photo Gallery. It appears that people are very interested in the actual cutting out of the foundation for the egress window opening. In this image it is being done with a cement chainsaw. I will have a future post regarding different types of cutting tools for making this opening. Keep an eye out for it. Tweet

April is Safe Digging Month TAGS: Adding egress windows | Dial 811 | Dig Safe

Whether your basement is beneath a ranch house or a mansion, adding windows to it requires one identical process – digging a big hole! To ensure people dig those holes safely, and to reduce the risk of property damage or personal injury, the Common Ground Alliance has declared April to be “Safe Digging Month.” What’s beneath your feet? For homeowners, the answer could be power lines, cables, gas pipes and sewer lines. As more and more townships beautify themselves, more and more of the essential wiring that keeps our cities ticking has been transferred beneath our feet. For homeowners in …Continue reading →