Outside look at the old basement door in Middletown, DE
This photo shows the old basement door of this Middletown, DE home, before we turned it into a new egress window.
Side view of the old door
See how far it sticks out? The odd dimensions and placement of this rusty bilco door is one of the main reasons our homeowner wanted it gone.
Digging next to the stairs
Removing these stairs was no easy task, there were electric and gas lines close to the door and foundation wall. The entire dig was done by hand.
Egress installation in Middletown, DE
Egress window in the old door frame
Inside the basement
This is what the door looked like from the inside before it was replaced.
Window in and new wall built
Once the window was installed, there was a gap at the bottom. We built up a new block wall to fill in the space and make the window part of the home.
New concrete gets installed
After filling in the hole, concrete is laid and smoothed out.
Side view of the new egress window in the ground
