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Pastaboy62
05-31-2009, 10:59 AM
Below are pictures of a project involving putting a full size window in our basement. For the wall we used Allan Block. Neither of us has ever built a wall like this before and I think it turned out pretty well. It is also really neat to feel a breeze when you are sitting in the basement.
Pastaboy62
05-31-2009, 11:02 AM
Here is the window.
ProTouch Groundscapes
05-31-2009, 11:35 AM
looks good, i hope you guys have some good drainage around and at the bottom of the wall.
2brothersyardcare
05-31-2009, 05:20 PM
looks good
MileHigh
05-31-2009, 06:35 PM
nice stripes :drinkup:
nnj18
05-31-2009, 07:39 PM
looks good, i hope you guys have some good drainage around and at the bottom of the wall.

yeah i hope so to haha
hvphotog
05-31-2009, 08:02 PM
did you put some drainage down in that window well>?
flatlander42
05-31-2009, 08:03 PM
ditto to the questions....other than that, Yes it does look Great!
Pastaboy62
05-31-2009, 09:27 PM
There is adequate drainage in the well. We put a tarp down over it when I jackhammered through the wall. Also, there is about 5 inches from the bottom of the well to the window. Thanks for the compliments.
93Chevy
05-31-2009, 09:49 PM
Looks good, really open the downstairs up.

Nice stripes on the ping pong table.
vaham
06-01-2009, 12:47 AM
What did you do for a header, or were the joists running parallel to the wall you put the window in? If they weren't, I see a treated piece of wood, but to me that looks like the sill plate under the bandboard/rimjoist. My mark II eyeball scale says that is probably a 3/0 5/0 approx. window, so probably at least one joist ties into the bandboard over top of the window, meaning that a bearing load is over the window.

The SRW window well looks really good. For peace of mind, I think I might have hand dug down the extra 2' and tee'd a drain directly into the draintile.
riverwalklandscaping
06-01-2009, 09:00 AM
stripes on the table?
Pastaboy62
06-01-2009, 09:03 AM
The joists are running parallel to the window but we put a header in as well. The vertical supports for the window are 2x12 so they are also supporting the wall. The window is a 3046, you were close. Basically, everything you said is what our situation is. Below is a picture of the header. That ties into the window's box outside.