A shallow egress well caused major water issues during heavy rain.
Got a call from a homeowner recently because they were getting water into the basement around their egress window every time it rained hard.
When we got there, the issue became pretty obvious.
The well was way too shallow. It basically stopped right at the bottom of the window, and there was hardly any clean gravel around it for drainage. So instead of water draining downward properly, mud and water were building up directly against the window area.
We ended up removing the old well, installing a deeper one, adding clean gravel around the well for proper drainage, and resealing around the window.
Honestly it’s kind of crazy how often we run into egress leaks caused by drainage problems like this. A lot of homeowners think they have a major foundation issue when sometimes it’s just the window well setup itself.
Has anybody else here dealt with leaking egress windows before?
If so, how did you solve it? Did the repair actually hold up long term? How expensive was the repair?