Basement Renovation Ottawa
Egress Windows Ottawa: Make Your Basement Bedroom Legal and Safe
Egress windows for legal Ottawa basement bedrooms, meeting 2025 code for clear opening, well size, and access. Safe, permitted, properly drained. Get a quote.
Typical Ottawa cost
Roughly C$2,400–C$5,100 installed
Window well usually adds C$1,050–C$2,000; cutting a new opening adds about C$700. Includes waterproofing and well drainage.
Permits
Pulled on every job
We pull every required City of Ottawa permit and manage the inspections, documented, insurable work.
Built to code
Confirmed before we build
Every install is sized to the City of Ottawa’s current egress code and permitted, so it counts toward a legal bedroom or suite.
Egress Windows & Ottawa’s 2025 Code
An egress window is the difference between a room you store things in and a legal, safe basement bedroom. It’s the emergency exit that lets someone climb out, and a firefighter climb in, if the stairs are blocked.
Under current code, an egress window for a bedroom must give a large enough clear opening to climb through, must open without tools or special knowledge, and, if it sits below grade, needs a window well with enough clearance to actually get out. We size and install to those rules exactly, because an undersized window is the most common reason a basement bedroom fails inspection.
Egress Window Options
Most jobs mean enlarging an existing small basement window into a code-sized opening, adding a properly drained window well, and (where you want it) a clear cover that keeps out rain and leaves while still opening from inside. If your goal is to make a bedroom or suite legal, the egress window is usually the keystone piece.
Enlarged windows
Window wells & covers
Basement bedroom legalization
How Installation Works
Cutting concrete sounds dramatic; done by people who do it routinely, it’s controlled and clean.
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Cut the opening
We saw-cut the foundation wall to the new, code-sized opening.
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Set & waterproof
We set the window and re-seal and waterproof around it, so the new opening never becomes a leak.
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Drain the well
The window well gets its own drainage so water and ice don’t collect against the glass over an Ottawa winter.
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Permit & inspection
Permitted and inspected, so it counts toward a legal bedroom or suite.
What Egress Windows Cost in Ottawa
A typical installed egress window in Ottawa runs roughly C$2,400–C$5,100, with a window well usually adding about C$1,050–C$2,000 depending on depth and finish. We give you the full number up front, including the waterproofing and drainage, not a teaser price that grows once the saw comes out.
Explore Our Services
Why choose us
Why Choose Us
In a market where most competitors hide behind “call for quote,” these are the moves that earn trust before we ever see your basement.
Permits pulled on every job
We pull every required City of Ottawa permit, no off-the-books work.
Published price ranges
Real, labeled cost ranges up front. No “call for quote” runaround.
Credential proof before work begins
Licence, insurance, and WSIB documentation must be verified with the contractor before launch and provided before work begins.
Written warranty
2-year written workmanship warranty
24/7 flood response
A real emergency line that gets answered, day, night, weekends.
Ottawa flood rebates
We help navigate the compassionate grant & protective-plumbing rebates.
Real Ottawa basements
Before & After: Egress Windows
Same homes, transformed. Placeholder renders for now, swap in real project photos as jobs wrap.
Helpful guides
Read Up Before You Decide
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Your next step
Get an egress quote
2025 code, permitted, properly drained
What happens next: a real person responds, we book a no-pressure visit, and you get clear answers, feasibility, cost, or a 24/7 crew, before you commit.