Code-compliant basement egress windows and window wells, cut and engineered properly.
If you are finishing a basement bedroom in the Chicago area, an egress window is not optional. Code requires an opening large enough to climb out of and for a firefighter to climb into, which usually means cutting the foundation wall and setting a proper window well with a ladder.
That is structural work, not window work, so it gets engineered and permitted properly. We are just building this gallery out, and more finished egress projects are on the way.
Sized to meet egress requirements for a legal bedroom.
Engineered and permitted, not just cut and hoped for.
A window well sized for the opening, with a code ladder where required.
A finished basement stops feeling like a basement.
Egress Windows
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Chicagoland Builders offers project financing through Synchrony, with promotional plans available on qualifying windows, siding, additions, and remodeling projects.
No surprises, no vanishing subcontractors — just a clear plan and a team that shows up.
Licensed in the City of Chicago for 17 years, and fully bonded and insured across every municipality we build in.
A detailed estimate before we break ground — no change-order surprises.
Our own carpentry and finish crews, not a rotating cast of subs.
We know the permitting offices, the weather, and the neighborhoods.
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