BASEMENT ENTRANCE / EGRESS
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BASEMENT ENTRANCE ORDER FORM
NEW PRECAST EGRESS WINDOW WELL
BASEMENT ENTRANCE PHOTO GALLERY
STEEL DOORS
Increase the value of your home!
- Our pre-cast basement entrance meets the international code for egress.
- Increases the value of your home!
- Provides a direct way out in case of an emergency.
- Opens up valuable space for family activities.
- Eliminates tracking through first floor rooms.
- Saves damage to upstairs walls and woodworking.
You Supply The Wall Opening - We Do The Rest
The Metal Door:
- Rugged 12 gage steel throughout
- Neat, Trim appearance
- Torsion bar door operators
- Inside locking device
- Automatic door catches
- Flanged, water-resistant construction
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- A Size For Every Home
footing to grade
How to Order: (refer to the diagram below)
1. Determine the height from footer to grade.
2. Refer to the Basement Entrance chart and select the size to assure the top the unit will be 2"-6" above the finished grade.
A practically perfect dig out for our
basement entrance.
Job Requirements: (refer to the diagram below)
1. Width of opening in foundation wall maximum 41" for all types.
2. When foundation is backfilled leave minimum work area for Basement Entance installation as shown.
3. After basement Entrance installation you will need to backfill.
Special job requirements for type E and F units:
The Type E and F units are heavier and require special consideration when it comes to the access area needed to install the unit in your yard. These diagrams seem a bit complicated, do not hesitate to call us so we can walk you through them.
We also have 1, 2 and 3 Riser units that are installed with a 10 Riser Type D unit if you cannot get our Truck close enough to your hole.
OUR NEW PRECAST WINDOW WELL FOR EGRESS!!!!! To see the installation of one click here.
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Egress - we also carry ......Wellcraft window wells.
* Accommodates all egress window from
32" to 48" wide.
*Complies with IRC 2000 Egress Code
*Increases natural light in basement
*Light weight & easy to transport.
* Easy assembly and installation
* Maintenance Free - rust free
* UV stabalized
*Durable structural foam construction
* Snap-together connection system
* Built-in ladder/steps with non-slip surface
* Single part modular system
* Back-fill bracing not tequired
* Patent Pending
go to wellcrafts website www.wellcraftwells.com
Egress Code
International Residential Code (IRC) 2000
Egress code for one and two families:
Definition of egress as described in IRC 2000 (Section R310) as it pertains to windows below ground level:
Windows:
Sill height of window above floor: Not to exceed 44¡±
Minimum opening area: ¡Ý 5.7 sq. ft.
Minimum opening height ¡Ý 24¡±
Minimum opening width: ¡Ý 20¡±
Window Wells/Area Wells:
Required where window opening sill height is below ground elevation.
Horizontal dimensions: ¡Ý 9 sq.ft. (width x projection)
Horizontal projection: ¡Ý 36 ¡°
Ladders:
Required on window wells deeper than 44¡± and must be permanently attached.
Ladder may encroach into well up to 6¡±.
Step distance between rungs: ¡Ü 18¡±
Rungs:12¡± wide or greater and must project a minimum of 3¡± away from wall but maximum of 6¡±.
Grates:
Shall be removable without special tools.
Code sponsored by: The International Code Council (ICC), the Building Officials Code Administration (BOCA), the Uniform Building Codes (UBC), and the Southern Building Code Congress International (SBCCI).
724-443-7205
Hampton Concrete Products, Inc.
1435 Pittsburgh Road
Valencia, PA 16059
