Secondary Suite Egress Windows & Compliance in Cochrane
Bedroom windows brought up to what a legal secondary suite needs. We start from the inspection report, check each basement bedroom against it, and replace or enlarge only the windows that fall short.
Suite Egress Compliance for Cochrane homes
Two things shape a Cochrane suite. First, suites here are reviewed by the Town of Cochrane, not Calgary; we work from the report or letter the Town has given you and describe nothing of its process here. Second, the soil. Most basements are modern reinforced concrete, set in compact till with cobbles and, further west, bedrock near the surface. Digging the wells for suite bedroom windows, or a stairwell to a suite door, can cost more than the openings themselves, which is backwards from the usual pattern.
The usual Cochrane client is a commuting family adding a basement unit for rental income or a relative, in a house built within the last few decades. With so many sloped lots, giving the suite a grade-level entry door is a real possibility rather than a wish. What a Cochrane suite quote needs most is an honest look at the excavation early; better that you hear the digging is the costly part while you are still deciding than that we find rock with a crew already on site.
From first photos to finished install
Send us the report
Forward the inspection notice or your suite application. The written wording from the City decides the job, not a summary over the phone.
Check each bedroom
We measure the window in every suite bedroom for clear opening, smallest dimension and sill height, and point out the ones that already comply.
One scope, one permit
All the windows that need work go into a single scope, alongside the permit application and whatever structural drawings it calls for.
Windows and wells in
Openings enlarged, lintels placed, new windows and wells fitted, in an order that keeps the suite unusable for the shortest stretch we can manage.
Ready for the inspector
The finished work is left open to inspection, with the paperwork your suite file will ask for handed over.
Permits for this work come from Town of Cochrane, and we check your wall in person before recommending a window or door or giving a quote. We don’t list prices here; see what affects the cost , or read the full service overview .