Fort Wayne Egress Windows About Fort Wayne Egress Windows
Fort Wayne Egress Windows is a locally operated service that does one thing: code-compliant basement egress work across Fort Wayne and the surrounding counties. Concrete cutting, egress window installation, window wells, covers, and drainage — installed by licensed, insured local crews who do this work week in and week out.
We are not a general remodeling company that “also does egress.” Cutting a structural opening into a foundation, sizing the lintel correctly, and building drainage that survives northern Indiana’s clay soil and 36-inch frost depth is specialized work. Specializing is how you get it done right, priced fairly, and passed through inspection without drama.
How we operate
One free visit, one flat number. We come out, measure, check your foundation type and joist direction, look at grade and drainage, and leave you a written flat quote. No four-hour sales pitch, no “today-only” pricing games. Our ranges are already published on the pricing page — the visit just turns a range into an exact number for your wall.
Permits handled, honestly. Every foundation cut needs a building permit and a final inspection. In Fort Wayne and unincorporated Allen County that’s the Allen County Building Department at 200 E Berry St; in Auburn it’s the city’s own building office; in Columbia City it’s the joint Whitley County department. We pull the permit, coordinate 811 utility locates, and schedule the final inspection. What we won’t do is guarantee an inspection outcome — the inspection belongs to the county, and our job is to build to IRC R310 and the Indiana Residential Code so the inspection is a formality, not a gamble.
Exact code, not vibes. The numbers matter: 5.7 square feet net clear opening, 24-inch minimum clear height, 20-inch minimum clear width, 44-inch maximum sill height, 9-square-foot wells at least 36 by 36 inches, ladders in anything deeper than 44 inches. If someone quotes you an “egress window” without talking net clear opening, be careful — plenty of windows marketed as egress only comply in certain sizes and styles. Our code compliance upgrades page covers the most common ways existing basement bedrooms fall short.
Drainage is part of the job. Fort Wayne sits on heavy glacial clay at the junction of three rivers. Water does not politely soak away here. Every well we install gets a real gravel drainage bed, tied into the footing drain tile when your house has one. It’s the least visible part of the install and the part that matters most five years from now. More on that under well covers and drainage.
Why we publish prices
Because almost nobody in this trade does, and we think that’s the tell. A full egress install here runs $3,500–$6,500 in typical conditions. A well replacement runs $1,000–$3,000. A basement window replacement in an existing opening runs $400–$1,100. If a company won’t say numbers until they’re sitting at your kitchen table, the price depends on you, not the job.
Where we work
The hub is Fort Wayne — every neighborhood from the 1910s blocks of North Anthony to the newest sections of Aboite. We also serve New Haven, Huntertown, Auburn, and Columbia City, and we know which permit office covers which address, because in this corner of Indiana that genuinely varies by town.
What we won’t claim
No invented review counts, no “35 years in business” banners, no fake credentials. We’ll tell you plainly: the work is performed by licensed, insured local contractors, the code citations on this site are exact, the prices are real ranges from real jobs, and the permit process is handled for you. If you want to check our knowledge, read the FAQ — it’s the same straight answers we give on-site.
Ready when you are: request a free on-site measure and we’ll put an exact number on your project.