What price range do published Ontario pages give for window wells with drains?

A window well with drainage is about $1,600 to $3,800 per well in published Ontario contractor pricing.

Ask what the quote assumes for depth, access, the drain and where it runs. Ontario's Building Code requires every window well to be drained to the footing level or another suitable location (9.14.6.3).

A fair quote for this work should spell out how the well drain connects and where it discharges, whether the window itself is being replaced or only the well, and who pulls any required permit. Enlarging or relocating a window, or adding one where none existed before, is on the City of Ottawa's permit list. Replacing a well at an existing window of the same size is not named on either the permit or the exempt list, so ask the City's Building Code Services before the work starts. If any digging is involved, Ontario Dig Authority asks for a locate request at least 5 business days before excavation begins, and on a hired job the contractor is the excavator who submits it.

The City of Ottawa lists windows among the ways overland water gets into a house and advises sealing window wells. Its Compassionate Grant is not provided for basement flooding due to a leaking window well.

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