A window well holds back the soil around a basement window that sits below ground level. National Asphalte installs it during the excavation, in Laval, on the North Shore and in Montreal. The window keeps its light, and the soil no longer touches the glass. At the bottom, we put clear stone. This crushed stone has no fine dust, so water drains through it to the French drain. The estimate is free.
How we install a window well
- We dig in front of the window. The excavator clears the foundation below the level of the window.
- We fasten the window well to the foundation. It rests against the foundation on each side of the window.
- We fill the bottom with clear stone. Water passes through the stone and drains down to the French drain.
- We fill in around it. The soil goes back against the window well, compacted, with a slope that sends rain away from the house.
- We leave the window well sticking up. Its rim stays a little higher than the ground, and water from the lawn runs past it.
See excavation around the house
The right time is during excavation
If you are redoing your French drain, the foundation is already exposed all the way down. That is the time to replace an old window well that is rusty or too low. National Asphalte installs the drain and the window well on the same job. Both go into the same trench.