Just as important, these windows totally eliminate the " dungeon feeling " that many, if not most, basements have.
Even finished basements can have stale air and primarily artificial lighting. With egress windows, you can have fresh air in your basement to improve your home's overall ventilation, as well as increased natural light to brighten the space and make it much more pleasant. On this site you'll find all the information you'll need to create a finished basement - from product reviews to information on where to start.
Are you a self-sufficient do-it-yourselfer? Our step-by-step installation guides and videos will practically hold your hand through the process. Not the DIY type? You can find an Installer who can do it for you.
Regardless, you'll find the perfect product for your situation. If you are doing a renovation of your basement, you will have to meet the current egress window code, even if the windows that were previously in place did not meet code. However, if you are not doing any renovations, you will not be required to update your basement windows. Tempered glass is a hardy type of glass that has been treated with thermal or chemical processes. In most cases, if the egress window glass is within 18 inches of the finished floor then it must be tempered.
Consult your building inspector or your local building code to get exact specifications for your area. No, but there must be a minimum of one egress window in designated areas of your basement. You can use non-egress basement windows to facilitate lighting and ventilation in the rest of your space. Browse our non-egress basement windows here.
In most cases, when you install an egress window you are adding another legal bedroom or livable space to your home. This adds incredible resale value to your home. This is much less than the price of your egress window. The interior sash is inset from the upper sash, allowing one or both windows to move up or down to open.
With a single hung window, only the lower sash moves up or down to open the window. A double-hung window allows both sashes to move, allowing you to open the top or bottom of the window. This type of window, which is popular in large rooms, swings outward like a door using a crank with a rotating handle. With their crank-style mechanism of opening the window, casement windows are easy to operate for those who struggle to open a standard single or double-hung window.
And, with their slimmer frames, they allow more light in than any other style of window. Per their name, in-swing windows, which look similar to a casement window, open into the room instead of outward.
Rather than a crank, an in-swing window typically has latches that hold it closed. When the latches are released, the window swings inward into the basement. This type of window is ideal for below-grade egress windows that may have well prevented a casement window from opening outward. Building code also requires a smaller well for an in-swing window than a casement window. With a casement window that swings outward, the width of the well is measured from one side of the well to the inside surface of the window, as opposed to the side of the well the window opens toward.
This stipulation requires the well to be bigger to accommodate the open casement window. With an in-swing egress window, there is no window that swings out into the well, so you can use the entire well to meet IRC requirements. This design allows you to use a well as small as 36 inches wide with a inch projection and still meet IRC requirements. If you do choose an in-swing window, you must make sure there is enough clearance inside the basement to allow the window to open inward.
In addition to traditional in-swing windows, there are also in-swing double-hung windows. This type of window consists of a double-hung window with two sashes that open and close in the same manner as a standard double-hung window.
However, with a swing-in model, the entire window sits inside a second frame. The double-hung window is attached to this frame via hinges on one side and a latch on the other. The bottom of the egress window opening can't exceed 44" from the finished floor.
The minimum opening area of the egress window is 5. The minimum egress window opening height is 24" high. The minimum egress window opening is 20" wide. Egress window wells are required where the bottom of the egress window is below ground level. The egress well must not interfere with the egress window fully opening. The distance from the egress window to the back of the Egress well must be at least 36" The minimum area of the egress well must be 9 square feet.
Egress ladders and or steps are required on window wells deeper than 44" and must be permanently attached.
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