Installing Egress Window Header

When the basement stairs are blocked by a flaming television true story or fire and thick black smoke are racing down a hallway toward a dead end bedroom windows that are large enough for you to escape and for firefighters to enter become.

Installing egress window header.

Use concrete screws to anchor the sides of the frame to the concrete walls. But if you install the window in a load bearing wall perpendicular to the floor joists. The egress window must open into a window well outside the foundation that must be at least 36 inches wide and provide at least 9 square feet of space when the window is open. There should be at least 6 inches between the windowsill and the bottom of the window well and the well needs to be equipped with a ladder if it s more than 44 inches.

Complete a basic egress window well in about eight hours. Over the last four years we ve in stalled more than 600 egress windows. Then set the window aside and apply a generous bead of caulk to the box perimeter. Partially drive 3 in 7 6 cm deck screws into the bottom of the frame and push them into the wet concrete below.

It s all we do. Place the window in the opening and have a helper on the inside center and level it while you drive galvanized nails through the mounting fins and into the surrounding box. To install the window first fold the fins out. We install about three units per week and work year round.

The old saying always leave yourself an out is especially true when it comes to home fires. Wide in a wall that runs parallel to the floor joists you probably won t need the extra support of a header. While i prefer sunny 60 f days with a light breeze we also work in feb ruary when it s 10 f out and the ground is frozen. Photo 2 consult a structural engineer or architect to determine the header size.

Egress window logic and the building code.