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   rez | Feb 03, 2005 07:59pm | #1

   Greetings Cubswin,

   This post, in response to your question, will bump the thread through the 'recent discussion' listing again.

   Perhaps it will catch someones eye that can help you with advice.

   Cheers

    

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   CubsWin | Feb 03, 2005 09:03pm | #2

   Thanks Rez. 

   I really want to make sure the contrator I hired for the installation doesn't try to install it in unsatisfactory conditions because they don't have a lot of work.

   Thanks for the bump.

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   Piffin | Feb 04, 2005 12:28am | #3

   If your house is built in a swamp with inadequate drainage, no time is right time. You would have to move it to Alaska so the permafrost would hold back the water.

   LOL

   But if the hosue was properly built ( a large assumption from what I ahve heard and seen in some places and has a functional perimeter drain. this job can be done any time iof year. Spring would be hardest on the guys doing it, cause of muddy soil. Dry august is best, but with precautions and planning it could happen anytime.

   I would probably have an excavator dig the area, then tent in over the workspace, cut the hole, reframe with the block work and new header, then set the egress shielding and the window. Have a pile of 3/4" stone nearby to backfill with.

    

    

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   CubsWin | Feb 04, 2005 02:20am | #4

   Thanks piffin.  I was reading some of the threads about perma frost and was getting a little worried. 

   Thanks,

   Brian

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   Piffin | Feb 04, 2005 04:52am | #5

   Personally, I would probably rather do this one in winter. The frozen soil would stay in place in the hole 

    

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