West Jordan Window Replacement provides professional egress windows and window wells in West Jordan, UT for residential and commercial properties across southwest Salt Lake County. This is the job West Jordan actually needs. Valley houses are built over full basements, those basements get finished, the finished space becomes bedrooms, and the windows that came with the foundation were sized to admit daylight rather than to let a firefighter in and a teenager out.
The requirement is plain. Basements and every sleeping room need at least one operable emergency escape and rescue opening. A below-grade opening has to deliver 5 square feet of net clear area. Nothing narrower than 20 inches, nothing shorter than 24 inches, and the sill no higher than 44 inches over the finished floor.
Every one of those numbers is measured clear of the sash. You cannot satisfy the height minimum and the width minimum separately and assume the area follows, because 24 by 20 inches works out at only 3.3 square feet. The area, the height and the width are three tests and a compliant window passes all three at once.
Then the well. Its horizontal area has to reach 9 square feet, projection and width both at 36 inches, and it must let the window open fully. Deeper than 44 inches, a fixed ladder or steps is required and has to stay usable while the window stands open, 12 inches across and set 3 inches clear of the wall.
There is a route that avoids all of this and most companies will not mention it. When you are simply replacing an existing window, the code lets the existing hole stand where the new unit is the biggest standard size a maker offers for that frame or rough opening, in the same operating style or one that opens wider.
That exception is why we measure so carefully before quoting. Getting the biggest legal sash into your existing hole is a one-day job. Cutting the hole bigger is a saw, a lintel, a new well, a drain, a permit and an inspection. We are happy to do either. We are not willing to sell the second when the first is enough.
Where the cut is genuinely needed, the details are what make it last. A cast lintel or steel angle carrying the wall above, the cut kept square and the edges dressed, the well anchored back into sound concrete, and a gravel sump inside the well tied through to the footing drain so meltwater leaves rather than pooling against your new sill.
Utah has also written accessory dwelling units into the escape provisions, which matters if you are creating a basement apartment rather than a bedroom. Bring us the floor plan before the framing goes up. Choosing the opening at that stage costs a conversation, and choosing it after the drywall costs considerably more. Either way the finished clear opening figures go on the estimate, which is where an inspector looks first.
Our licensed and insured team brings the right materials and equipment to every job — net clear opening measured clear of the sash, crank-operated casement with a folding handle, low expansion perimeter foam at the shim points, warm-edge insulating spacer with argon fill, heat-welded vinyl corner joints, pultruded fiberglass frame profile — and backs the work with a written workmanship warranty. We serve West Jordan and nearby communities including West Valley City, Taylorsville, South Jordan, Riverton.
What We Handle
Everything our egress windows and window wells in West Jordan covers
One crew, one point of contact, and the full range of egress windows and window wells work in West Jordan, UT. If it is on this list we do it in house rather than handing it to a subcontractor:
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- five square feet clear opening
- cutting foundation for egress window
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- window well drain to footing drain
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- emergency escape and rescue opening
- window well cover egress
- egress casement basement window
- concrete cutting basement window
- daylight basement window enlargement
Not sure which one describes your situation? Describe it in plain words and we will sort it out — or browse the rest of our West Jordan services.
Materials, equipment and how we do egress windows and window wells
The difference between egress windows and window wells that lasts and egress windows and window wells that gets redone in three years is almost always preparation and materials, not the finish you see on day one. We work with net clear opening measured clear of the sash, crank-operated casement with a folding handle, low expansion perimeter foam at the shim points, warm-edge insulating spacer with argon fill, spec them to the job instead of to the invoice, and write the material grades into the free estimate so you know exactly what you are buying.
Every West Jordan job runs the same way: site walk and measurements, written scope and fixed price, protection of the surrounding area, then the work itself with a daily clean-up. Years of window work in southwest Salt Lake County means we have already met whatever your property is going to throw at us — awkward access, older construction, an HOA with opinions.
Where we do egress windows and window wells outside West Jordan
West Jordan Window Replacement covers West Jordan and the surrounding communities of southwest Salt Lake County. Crews run out to the same nearby cities every week, so an out-of-town job does not mean an out-of-town price.
- Egress Windows and Window Wells in West Valley City, UT — Salt Lake County, population 140,230
- Egress Windows and Window Wells in Taylorsville, UT — Salt Lake County, population 60,448
- Egress Windows and Window Wells in South Jordan, UT — Salt Lake County, population 77,487
- Egress Windows and Window Wells in Riverton, UT — Salt Lake County, population 45,285
- Egress Windows and Window Wells in Herriman, UT — Salt Lake County, population 55,144
- Egress Windows and Window Wells in Bluffdale, UT — Salt Lake County, population 17,014
Start on the West Jordan Window Replacement homepage for a free estimate, or call (844) 511-2320 and describe the job.
Why West Jordan Chooses West Jordan Window Replacement
- ✓We measure net clear opening before we price a single unit. The number that matters in a sleeping room is what stays open after the sash swings, and it is never the number printed on the box.
- ✓Concrete cutting, lintels and well work are separate lines on our estimates. Nobody should discover that a foundation cut was folded into a per-window price after the saw is already running.
- ✓We price glass-only repair against full replacement on the same page. A fogged sealed unit in a sound frame is a glass job, and pretending otherwise is how people end up buying eleven windows to fix two.
- ✓Operating style is chosen by geometry first and taste second. Casement, slider, awning and double hung give four different clear openings out of one identical hole, and we show you all four before you choose.
The standards behind egress windows and window wells
Quality here is not a matter of opinion — it is written down. The egress windows and window wells work we do in West Jordan follows published industry standards: NFRC sets the U-factor and SHGC ratings on every window label, and ENERGY STAR defines the efficiency thresholds by climate zone. If a contractor cannot tell you which standard a detail comes from, that is worth asking about before you sign.
Every egress windows and window wells project in West Jordan gets the same attention, whether it is a single room or a full commercial job. We show up on schedule, keep the site clean, and stand behind the work — the estimate is free and there is no pressure.
Ready to get started? Call (844) 511-2320 for a free egress windows and window wells free estimate in West Jordan, or request a quote and we'll get right back to you.