Egress Walkout Basement Contractor Northern Virginia

After the engineered plans for your walkout basement have been approved by your  County, we will start the project by calling Miss utilities of Virginia. An important step so that we do not disrupt any of the utilities during this process. Typically we will bring in an excavating machine to remove the dirt around your planned egress basement walkout project. Most egress walkouts require a 3-foot landing and 13 steps up to grade. This is a large area, and installing an egress walkout drainage in this area is oh so important. Considering the walls of your egress will exceed 6 feet, they are then considered a critical structure. Following the engineered plans after the area has been excavated, we will install the footing system for your egress walkout project. If your Northern Virginia home project is not located on problematic soils, the footing calculations will change; typically, an egress walkout will require a footing that is approximately 72% of the height of the walls needed to construct your project. As an example, most walls in an egress walkout system or about 8 feet tall; your footing requirements will be about a 5 1/2 foot footing. Once the footing has been excavated to the proper size, we will install the necessary rebar for the first step of inspections. Frequently Fairfax Contractor utilizes third-party inspections to build an egress walkout basement system. When the footings have been excavated, and all necessary rebar has been put into place, we will be ready for our first inspection. Upon completing the footing system for your egress walkout basement project has been approved, we will go on to the next step. The next step is to place concrete into the footing of your egress walkout. At this point, we can either build your egress walkout walls with a cinder block or a poured concrete wall. We have the forms, to build a brick embossed egress walkout system or utilize cinder blocks to create the walls. Most of the time, if we utilize a cinder block for an egress walkout, we will ultimately Those walls with either brick or stone to finalize the project. If you decide to utilize a cinder block frequently, the engineer will require bond beams in this retaining wall and welded wire mesh on all block courses. Once we have constructed the retaining walls for your egress walkout project, we will go to the next stage. That stage in building egress walkout in Northern Virginia includes waterproofing the exterior sections of the retaining wall. Typically most of the engineers that designed egress walkouts will require us to put approximately 12 inches of gravel behind the wall, with the drain system, and inch and 1/2 PVC piping 6 feet on the center that is connected to a drain pipe that will collect the water behind your egress walkout retaining wall. An inspection will be required to check the waterproofing and drainage system behind your egress walkout basement. Once we have a positive inspection report, we will prepare the landing and stair-step system for your egress walkout.

Along with the drainage system that will keep your Northern Virginia egress walkout project from flooding. We utilize many methodologies to ensure your egress walkout system will never flood. Once the drain system has been installed. Fairfax contractor will install the required, gravel, step framing, rebar, and often welded wire mesh. This needs to be inspected by local building inspectors to move on to the next step. The next step is to pour the concrete that will form your staircase to your egress walkout. We typically use a 3500 psi concrete mix to form the landing and staircase that will be finished with a fine broom finish. After the concrete staircase and landing have been finished, we will cut into your basement foundation wall to install a door of your choosing. When we got the concrete for your foundation, we need to reinforce the header to support the removed concrete by utilizing either steel or a concrete lintel. This needs to be inspected by a third-party inspector or a Northern Virginia County inspector to ensure that the header corresponds with the engineer’s drawings. The concrete for your door will be cut with the ring saw to accommodate either a patio door or just a 36-inch steel entry door. Egress Walkout Basement Contractor Northern Virginia has completed 40 plus installs.