Egress Window Installation in Andover, MN
Your Andover basement is getting finished and the new bedroom needs a code-compliant way out.
Reply within one business day. Or call / text 763-204-2099.
Egress window installation in Andover MN, usually for a 1980s or 1990s basement being finished into a bedroom: utilities located, the yard dug, the foundation cut or an existing window enlarged, the egress window and well set, backfilled and trimmed inside. JMB Builders checks the permit with the City of Andover building department and pulls it. Priced per window, quoted from photos or a free in-home estimate.
- Priced per window
- Timed with your basement finish
- Permit through the City of Andover
Andover grew fast through the 1980s and 1990s, and a lot of those basements were left unfinished. Now they are becoming bedrooms, and a bedroom needs an egress window. The usual starting point is a small basement window set high in the foundation wall, which gets cut wider and lower and fitted with a well outside.
Lot size helps. Andover homes tend to sit on generous lots, so there is room to dig, run the saw and pile the dirt without crowding the neighbors. What gets in the way is usually closer to the house: a deck, an AC unit, a gas meter, a sprinkler line or landscaping. We look at all of it on the site check and pick the spot with you.
Timing with the basement finish matters. If the window goes in before framing and drywall, the returns get finished with the rest of the room; after, it gets wood jamb extensions and casing. Most cities require a permit to cut a foundation wall; we check with the City of Andover and pull it. We have installed in Andover this year, and also work in Ham Lake, Anoka and Ramsey.
Get a written quote for this job
Three photos and a sentence is enough: a reply within one business day, or ask for a free in-home estimate. Or text the photos to 763-204-2099.
What you supply
- Where the bedroom is and where you would like the window
- Photos of the wall inside and the yard outside, including anything near the house there
- Where your basement finish stands: not started, framed, or drywalled
- Window style (casement or slider), color and well choice
What JMB supplies
- Site check, Gopher State One Call locate, and the City of Andover permit
- Excavation and wet-saw cut, concrete hauled away
- Header over the opening where the wall needs it
- Treated buck and egress window in a sill pan, flashed and sealed
- Well anchored on drainage gravel, backfilled and graded away from the house
- Returns or jamb extensions and casing, timed with your basement finish
- Photos of the finished window and well in your job folder
How it is priced: per window
Quoted in writing from your photos, with a reply within one business day. What moves the number:
- Enlarging an existing basement window vs. a fresh cut in solid wall
- Poured vs. block foundation and how deep the cut goes
- Decks, AC units, meters, sprinkler lines or plantings near the dig
- Well size and type, with or without a cover
- Finished, framed or bare basement wall on the inside
- The city's permit fee
Send the inside and outside of the wall and tell us how far along the basement finish is; it changes how the inside gets trimmed.
How long it takes
Two to three days on site for one window in most Andover basements, plus the inspection. The wall is closed up the same day it is cut.
How your project works
- 1
Photos or a free in-home estimate
Send photos or have us out. We reply within one business day, look at the wall, the yard and your finish plan, and quote per window.
- 2
Permit and locate
We check the permit with the City of Andover building department, pull it, and have utilities marked before any digging.
- 3
Dig, cut, set
Outside dug, wall cut wet, header in where needed, window set in a pan, well anchored on gravel, backfill graded away from the house.
- 4
Inside and inspection
Returns or jamb extensions done now or once your drywall is up, then the city inspection.
Egress Window Installation in Andover, MN: questions, answered
Do I need an egress window to finish a basement bedroom in Andover?
A basement room used as a bedroom needs an emergency escape opening that meets code, and that is almost always an egress window with a well. It also matters when you sell, since a room without one should not be listed as a bedroom. We check the dimensions against code before cutting.
Who issues the egress window permit in Andover?
The City of Andover building department. Most cities require a permit to cut a new or larger opening in a foundation wall; we check what Andover needs for your house, pull the permit and schedule the inspection. The fee is listed on the quote.
Should the egress window go in before or after I frame the basement?
Before is easiest. With the wall open, the window returns get finished along with the rest of the drywall. If the room is already finished, we cut the drywall back around the opening and trim it with wood jamb extensions and casing.
Can you enlarge the existing basement window instead of cutting a new one?
Usually, and it is the common version in 1980s–90s homes. The old window comes out, the wall is cut wider and lower to egress size, and a new window and well go in. It keeps the light where it already was and saves cutting a second hole.
How do you keep water out of a new egress window well?
The well sits on a bed of drainage gravel so water soaks down instead of pooling, the window is set in a sill pan with flashing, and the backfill is graded away from the house. A cover keeps snow and leaves out, as long as it opens from inside without tools.
Do you install egress windows in Ham Lake and Coon Rapids too?
Yes. We work across the north metro from Zimmerman, including Ham Lake, Coon Rapids, Anoka and Ramsey. The permit goes through the city the house is in.
Recent JMB work, from our job log
59 installs recorded across 30 Twin Cities communities since Dec 2025. Window and door installs for homeowners and the builders we work with. Counts come straight from our job log; no customer names.
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