Misfitmorgan's Journal - That Summer Dust

[Bruce]

Yeah they make window well covers.
Yeah they are plastic, yeah they break.
Yeah they are difficult to seal against the weather. ESPECIALLY if you expect to move them when you NEED to exit through that window.

But clearly raising this house is out of the question. It was just a thought. Minimally, if there IS slope away from the house, I would put a drain in the bottom of the window well. At least that way any water that does get in will drain away rather than down the foundation wall. If you do that, you can skip the well covers other than during snow season.

 

[misfitmorgan]

They actually now have all sorts of different types of wells and covers for them....not just the old metal pipe looking stuff and a thin plastic space ship looking thing. Most of the better one have plexiglass and frames, hinges, and rods like the kind that hold up your car hood for you. They have come a long way.

Definitely cant lift the house lol. Ideally we would be putting 4-6" of gravel in the bottom of the well hole which would be graded and on top of graded dirt, then the well, a few more inches of gravel, then back fill. The top of the gravel would be a few inches below the window sill.

 

[misfitmorgan]

They accepted our offer on the house. I signed and returned the papers a little bit ago. New closing date is September 19th i believe.

 

[Mike CHS]

Let me be among the first to say Congratulations!!!

 

[misfitmorgan]

Thank you @Mike CHS

 

[CntryBoy777]

WOW!!!.....way to Go....hoping it takes place without a single hitch, too.....

 

[promiseacres]

super excited for you!!!

 

[Hens and Roos]

that's great!!

 

[Bruce]

Whoo hoo! May the wind be at your back on this one! I think all the financial institutions have "approved" appraisers they use, hopefully the CU doesn't use the same fool as CB.

 

[farmerjan]

Congrats and with all the background work you have done in the past, hopefully they will be able to do their job in a professional manner and you will be able to QUIETLY go about your business and get this done. Get moved and be able to get things in some sort of order before you get into cold weather.