Guides for Fort Collins homeowners
What things cost around Fort Collins, when to do them, and the local rules that apply. Written for Colorado conditions, not general advice.
- Can you install an egress window in winter in Fort Collins? Frost line, freeze dates and the smart off-season plan
Can you install an egress window in winter in Fort Collins? The 30-inch frost depth, May 1 and October 6 freeze dates, and the off-season plan that wins.
- Expansive clay and window wells: why Fort Collins wells heave, flood, and how to build one that lasts
Why Fort Collins window wells heave, flood and pull off the wall: Pierre Shale, bentonite clay, high groundwater near the Poudre. How to build one that lasts.
- Renting to CSU students: what makes a basement bedroom legal in Fort Collins after U+2
Renting to CSU students after U+2? What makes a Fort Collins basement bedroom legal: egress opening, basement finish permit, rental registration, sill chart.
Fort Collins Egress Windows