Turn a closed off basement into a true walk out level with a code compliant egress doorway, excavated, framed and finished by one crew.
If you are using your lower level for living, you need at least one way to get out. An egress window satisfies that requirement, but a doorway does something a window never will: it gives you full sized, everyday access to the basement. Groceries, furniture, gym equipment, a home business entrance, a rental suite, a straight shot to the backyard. Our team breaks ground, cuts the foundation, builds the stairwell and hangs a door that looks like it belongs on your house, not like something bolted on later. For many homeowners it is the single change that turns a basement from usable into genuinely livable, and it adds real value to the property.
An egress doorway is a bigger project than a window, and it needs to be engineered rather than improvised. We evaluate your foundation type, your grade, your drainage and your setback before we ever put a shovel in the ground, then build the opening, the stairwell and the drainage as one system so water never becomes your problem later.
Wisconsin’s Uniform Dwelling Code (SPS 321.03) sets the dimensions here too. At least one exit door in a dwelling has to be a swing type door measuring a minimum of 80 inches high by 36 inches wide, and other required exit doors have to be at least 76 inches by 32 inches. Stairways serving that exit have their own width, rise and run rules. We size the whole assembly to those requirements and confirm anything extra your municipality wants before work starts.
Door, stairwell and landing dimensions built to Wisconsin's Uniform Dwelling Code and signed off by inspection.
Structural support, masonry and finish work done by tradespeople who do this every season.
Workmanship warranty on structure, waterproofing and the door assembly itself.
Drainage, frost depth and door sealing engineered for Wisconsin winters and spring thaw.
The two things that make or break an egress doorway are structure and water. Cut a foundation wall wrong and you compromise the house. Build a stairwell without proper drainage and you have created a well that fills every spring. We plan both before we dig, so what you get is a dry, solid, everyday entrance you never have to think about again.
