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The typical process for diagnosing and replacing a failed basement window block in Minneapolis homes. If you own an older house in the Twin Cities, you probably have at least one glass block or old block-style window below grade. Maybe one is cracked, foggy, or leaking, and a home inspector just flagged it. This guide […]
If a home inspector just flagged a cracked or foggy block window in your basement, you need a straight answer fast. Basement window blocks in Minneapolis fail for reasons that have less to do with the glass and more to do with what sits around it: frost, clay soil, and decades of grade settling against […]
If you are getting quotes for basement window work in Minneapolis, the terms pile up fast: egress, window well, glass block, rough opening. This basement window blocks glossary explains each one in plain English so you can read a quote line by line and know what you are paying for. Use it to talk with […]
Your basement has those thick glass block windows. One is cracked, or fogged up from the inside, and now you are trying to figure out what to do about it. Repair it, replace it with new block, or cut the opening bigger for a real egress window. The answer depends on two things hardware store […]
Cracked or foggy block windows are one of the most common problems in older Minneapolis basements, and hardware store kits rarely tell you what you actually need to know before you buy one. If you want to install basement window blocks in a finished basement correctly, you need three things the kit box does not […]
Your basement window blocks are cracked or foggy, and the hardware store sells a glass block kit for less than a tank of gas per block. So why do contractor quotes come back so much higher, and why does everyone keep mentioning egress window installation cost when you just want the old block window fixed? […]
