Thanks Guys for the info. I do not think I have ever seen one of these window wells, but we do not have a lot of houses with basements here either. I have a slab foundation so I do not think I have one. Please tell me if that is not right.
Jennifer ----- Original Message ----- From: Lee A. Stone To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 4:59 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Window Wells Jennifer, I am sure by now this has been answered but let me give you my take on this. Our home sits on somewhat of a flat piece of property and we have a high water table . when this house was refurbished in 1978 by the previous owner all new basement walls had been constructed and back filled but I thought we were still having to much water laying or even running in by our cellar windows. so we bought what I call a metal window well. It is a half moon shape and this well. has sort of a flange on each side which sets flush with the concrete on each side of the window. I am guessing now but I think it is about 16 inches tall . but I'll measure it one day this week. Okay now with this metal well se up against the wall of the house it in fact forms a well, between the inside edge of what I just installed and the basement window. . with this done we can now add more soil around it, thus helping with an angle or sloping of the soil to in effect drain water further from the house. . what the original question was is how do I clean out this well. at the base of my well is just soil and some small pea stone but others may have concrete. Now a slight twist to this is what else can be done to help drainage but in another way it can be used as a decoration to offset a garden which might surround a basement window. I might have made this even more confusing and if so just call me and I 'll give you a great suggestion like to go a Lowes or HOme depot or something similar and tell them you want to see one of their window wells. . with all that said. Have a great day. Lee -- "It's a summons." "What's a summons?" "It means summon's in trouble." -- Rocky and Bullwinkle Come and chat with me at #quietzone on irc.newnet.net [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
