Window well installation in Etobicoke typically costs $800–$2,500 per well, including excavation, the corrugated galvanized or polymer well, gravel backfill and drainage connection, and if the well serves a basement bedroom, the window above it also has to meet Ontario Building Code exit sizing, which often pushes the job into egress window territory ($4,500–$8,000). Every figure here is a starting range, not a quote: the final cost varies a lot depending on depth, soil, access, and whether drainage has to be rebuilt.
What a window well installation includes
A proper Etobicoke window well is a below-grade structure, not a piece of landscaping. Our standard install covers:
- Layout and exit sizing check, we measure the existing window opening against OBC 9.9.10.1 clearance requirements before any digging starts, so you know whether a well alone solves your problem or whether the window needs resizing.
- Soil excavation by hand or mini-excavator, depending on how tight the side yard is. Most Islington and Rexdale lots have 1950s–60s postwar homes with narrow setbacks, so hand digging is common.
- Well supply and setting, galvanized steel, polymer, or precast, sized to the window and to the depth of the sill below grade.
- Drainage, clear gravel, filter cloth, and a connection to the weeping tile or a dedicated dry well. This is the part that decides whether you get water in March.
- Grading and restoration, soil reinstated and sloped away from the well, sod or gravel finish.
We also replace rusted-out steel wells, raise shallow ones so the window sits a safe distance above the grate, and repair wells that leak at the seam.
Pricing in Etobicoke
- Window well installation: $800–$2,500 per well
- Window well covers: $300–$900
- Window well drainage and waterproofing: $500–$3,000
- Window well replacement and repair: $500–$2,000
- Window well raising: $800–$1,800
- Leak repair: $500–$2,000
- Egress window installation: $4,500–$8,000
- Basement door installation: $2,500–$6,000
- Basement waterproofing: from $1,200
Final cost varies a lot depending on job size, scope, and site conditions, depth of the sill, whether the well needs a concrete collar, how hard the soil is, and whether drainage has to tie into existing tile. We give you a written number after a free site evaluation, within 48 hours.
How the process works
Free site visit
We check the window, the sill height, the soil, and where water goes during a thaw
Written scope and price
Exit sizing, well type, drainage plan, and what happens to the permit process if the window has to change. Most window well work doesn't need a permit; adding or enlarging an egress window opening does, and we handle the City of Toronto submission
Install
One to two days for a standard well, longer if a lintel or window opening has to be cut and reinforced
Backfill, drainage test, cleanup
We run water against the well before we leave
Why Etobicoke homeowners call us
Etobicoke sits on heavy clay in places and has a high water table close to Humber Bay, and the freeze-thaw cycle here is hard on shallow wells that were never designed for it. We build drainage for that from the start rather than coming back to fix it. Egress Window Pros Toronto is a family-run basement contractor with 12 years of below-grade work and 400+ egress windows and window wells installed across Toronto and the surrounding area. Licensed, insured, WSIB covered, with a 10-year workmanship warranty on installs.
We install window wells, covers, drainage, egress windows, and basement doors throughout Etobicoke, Humber Bay, Islington, Rexdale, and the streets in between, plus the rest of Toronto and the surrounding area.
Call or send photos for a free quote, most Etobicoke homeowners get a written price within 48 hours.