Hamilton & Ancaster Egress Window Installation.
Basement egress window installation, legal basement bedroom upgrades, window well installation, and basement waterproofing serving Hamilton, Ancaster, Dundas, Stoney Creek, and Waterdown.
Serving Hamilton, Ancaster & Surrounding Area Hamilton · Ancaster · Dundas · Stoney Creek · Waterdown · Flamborough · Grimsby
Hamilton Homes. Masters-Level Work.
Older Home. New Standard.
Hamilton's housing stock skews older than most of Southern Ontario. Pre-1980 construction often means narrow basement windows, outdated drainage details, and layouts that don't meet today's bedroom egress code. Whether you're finishing a basement suite in the lower city, upgrading an Ancaster estate's secondary space, or simply adding light and safety to a Dundas century home — the technical demands are real.
Egress Masters handles the full scope: precision concrete cutting, window well installation, and drainage stone work. We build to Ontario Building Code egress requirements and back every installation with a 3-year water-free warranty.
- Legal basement bedroom compliance — minimum 3.8 sq ft opening, maximum sill height met.
- Precision concrete cutting and block removal with no damage to surrounding foundation.
- Galvanized or custom window well, mechanically fastened and filled with drainage stone.
- $5M liability coverage, 3-year water-free warranty, and one crew who owns the job start to finish.
3-Year Warranty. Weeping Tile or Not.
Many Hamilton homes — especially those built before 1970 — have no weeping tile, failed tile, or drainage systems that haven't been touched in decades. Most contractors walk away from warranty conversations the moment weeping tile comes up. We don't.
Our mini dry well technique replaces the need for existing drainage infrastructure at the window well. We excavate to the footing, remove all native soil, and backfill the entire bowl with ¾" clear drainage stone. The result is a 4-foot-wide by 30-inch-deep primary well sitting on a 24-inch mini dry well that runs the full depth to the footing. Water entering the well disperses naturally into the stone — and it would need to rise 48 inches to reach your sill.
That's why our 3-year water-free warranty holds even when there's no weeping tile.
- Excavated to footing — native soil fully replaced with ¾" clear drainage stone.
- 4 ft wide × 30 in deep primary well sits above a 24 in mini dry well.
- Water must rise 48 inches inside the stone bowl to reach the window sill.
- 3-year water-free warranty applies with or without existing weeping tile.
Safer, Brighter, Basements.
Every service we offer in Hamilton and Ancaster is done by our own crew — no subcontracting, no handoffs. From the initial cut to the final stone grade, the Masters way means one team owns the job start to finish.
- Egress Windows Concrete cutting, block removal, window well, and egress window installation. Legal bedrooms and safer exits. →
- Basement Walk-Outs Engineered permanent structures built the Masters way. Ideal for Ancaster and hillside lots. →
- Basement Waterproofing Wall preparation, sealing, and below-grade detailing for older Hamilton and Dundas foundations. →
- Window Wells Galvanized and custom well options, mechanically fastened and filled with drainage stone to the footing. →