Putting in Bigger Basement Window/Outside Window Well - General Questions

Hi Guys,

I am getting ready to have a crack fixed in my foundation and to add a bigger window so that I can have a legal bedroom in my basement. I will have to add a window well, and I know nothing about this, so I'm looking for advice.

I am going to need to put drain in the window well, but I dug down to the footing yesterday and did not see a french drain. Am I supposed to add a french drain pipe (the one with the holes in it) to the window well and just direct it under the footing?

Also, my house is built on clay. I was told I shouldn't fill the hole back up with the clay I took out of it and use sand instead. The issue I see with this is that if the rest of the soil around the house is clay, and I fill the hole I made around the window with sand or something that drains better, I will end up creating a place for ALL the water to drain to, which I worry would lead to problems.

Any advice will be much appreciated. I posted a similar post in the waterproofing section about 3 days ago and got no answers.

Thanks
Nic

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Putting in Bigger Basement Window/Outside Window Well - General Questions

Hi Guys,

I am getting ready to dig out my foundation in order to have a crack fixed and to add a bigger window so that I can have a legal bedroom in my basement. I will have to add a window well, and I know nothing about this, so I'm looking for advice.

I was speaking to a guy yesterday, and he was telling me I need to put one of those black drain pipes with holes in it at the bottom of my window well, run it down and basically just make it drain out under the house.

I would also put a mesh of some sort over it and top that with 3/4 stone.

Is this the correct approach/is there anything else I should be made aware of?

Thanks!
Nic

Putting in Bigger Basement Window/Outside Window Well - General Questions

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