How Do You Build A Walk Out Basement?
With a walk-out basement, part of the basement is below ground and the wall where the door is located is above ground. Walk-out basements are built on sites that are on hills or steep slopes. Call your municipality’s building department to check for basement requirements. They may require a specified number of outside exits for the basement to be considered habitable. Find out what the footer and foundation requirements are. Measure the height of the foundation, footer, floor and basement space. Measure the slope of your lot. Calculate the change to the topography. Draw up a topography plan. Draw up plans. Bring them to your building department when you apply for a building permit. Schedule inspections. Excavate to the required depth. Pour the concrete for the slab. Decide whether to use concrete or cinder block for the foundation. If using concrete, build a form for basement walls that includes a door entry. Attach it to the concrete according to your building department’s requirement
