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JES Foundation Repair
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Serving Painter, VA and surrounding areas

Approved (Corporate)

In business since 1993

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Emergency services offered

"I asked JES to inspect our foundation to determine if we had a foundation or drywall issue. Ben did a thorough evaluation and told me that we did not have a foundation problem. I appreciate his honesty and would recommend JES."
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Reaching Beyond the Fence Remodeling
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Serving Painter, VA and surrounding areas

In business since 2016

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Reaching Beyond the Fence is a company owned and operated by Jim Weeks Jr. local to Hampton, VA \nWe do everything from fence installation & repairs, carpet, laminate flooring, hard wood flooring, vinyl siding, replacing subfloor, basic electrical (have a licensed electrician on hand when needed and foundational contractor), plumbing, drywall insulation and repairs, wallpaper, interior painting, deck building & repairs, lawn care and more. You name it, we do it, for the most part, except for roofing, foundations work and AC. Licensed and insured.

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Egress Windows questions, answered by experts

Basements are generally required to have windows for your safety. At a minimum, windows should provide an egress in the event of a fire. But basement windows do more than offer a way out; basement windows also offer natural light and ventilation in an area of your home that is otherwise dark and musty.

Most professionals can install a window well in two to three days, depending on the size of the well and the window you want inside it. If you’re just replacing an existing window well, the work is much less intensive, and most experts can get the job done in just one day. Connecting the window well to a drainage system or installing a custom concrete window well will naturally take longer, but even the most complicated installations shouldn’t take more than three days.

Because egress windows are meant for emergency exiting and entering, they need to be an accessible size. The smallest an egress window is allowed to be is 15 inches in width and height, with an opening of around 4 square feet.

The proper way to install a window well is to measure the window, dig a hole deeper and wider than the window, place a drainage tube and cap, anchor the well to the foundation, caulk the seam, and backfill the hole. The job requires tools such as a hammer drill and auger and some heavy digging. Proper placement and window well installation are critical to preventing water from leaking into the window.

You install a window well 8 to 12 inches deeper than the base of the window sill. After filling the well with drainage rock, the well should sit 3 inches below the bottom of the window. The top of the window well should also be at least 3 inches higher than the surface-grade ground. The window well should be about 6 inches wider than the window opening.

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