I have just purchased a house that hash a finished basement, that does not have an egress for the basement. I was looking at putting in a egress window, and I wanted to ask the folks on this forum about possible alternatives. A Bilco egress will be a big hole in the wall, and a deep hole in the outside ground to support the 45" inches wide, and the depth from the ground of 45-55 inches to allow it to be the right height in the basement. It seems like a very large hole, and I get the need for it. The one thing that someone else said I could do to make it a smaller footprint, but would still allow adults or kids to get out is to just put a bigger window in there. The current window is 15x30(~), and he was saying that I could put in another 15x30 underneath it(meaning one windows 30x30), and it would provide a 30x30 opening. It would have to be some sort of window that would fold in, so that in case of an emergency, I could open the space. I know that it is not an egress, but it is providing a good size opening to have someone get out, and it won't cost nearly as much as an egress.
Hopefully I won't get flamed for trying to divert the use of an egress, but I wanted to see what folks think.
Sony,
Hopefully I won't get flamed for trying to divert the use of an egress, but I wanted to see what folks think.
Sony,