Who builds custom window well covers in Chicago, IL?

CoverUp Window Wells measures, builds and installs custom window well covers in Chicago, IL. The installer builds each cover in the work truck to fit your well, using Lexan polycarbonate over aluminum cross supports that hold up to 800 lbs. Covers open from inside for egress, carry a lifetime warranty, and nobody needs to be home.

Window Well Covers for Chicago Homes and Suburbs

Chicago homeowners with egress wells can choose an interior lock, which keeps the cover shut from outside and opens from inside when you pull the pins. From the city out to Naperville, Aurora and Joliet, we also offer escape ladders for deep basement wells.

Chicago Window Well Cover Replacement, City and Suburbs

Chicago-area covers, measured and built at your home

In many Chicago bungalows and suburban houses, the basement windows sit below grade and rely on a window well to keep soil away from the glass. A cover keeps that well clear of leaves, rain and snow, and still lets daylight and air into the basement. Our Chicago crew builds the cover in the truck parked at your curb, sizes it to your well, and leaves it removable from inside. If there is a fire or other emergency, the family can get out through the egress window, and firefighters can get in.

Getting a Chicago basement through the winter:

Patch foundation cracks: Repeated freezing and thawing pushes small cracks wider every year. Walk around the house in the fall and fix what you find.

Wrap exposed pipes: Lines on exterior walls are the first to freeze when the wind comes off the lake. Insulation helps keep them intact.

Check for standing water near the house: After a summer downpour, look for puddles that form against the foundation.

Shovel away from the walls: After a big snow or an ice storm, clear a strip along the foundation right away so the melt runs off into the yard and stays out of the basement.

Cover the window wells: A fitted cover keeps snow and ice from packing into the well and melting toward your basement window.

Why Chicago homeowners pick CoverUp

NO OPEN WELLS TO TRIP INTO
A SAFER YARD FOR CHILDREN
WEATHERPROOF AND CRITTER-PROOF
800 LBS OF SUPPORT
KEEPS OUT SLUSH AND LEAVES
NO MORE CLEANING OUT WELLS
LESS WATER IN THE WELL
WELL-INSULATED COVERS

Installed on site in Chicago and the suburbs

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Custom Basement Window Well Covers for Chicagoland

Our covers attach to the well with stainless steel clips or an inside lock, never to the house itself, which keeps them code-compliant for egress.

All the work happens in your yard, so we never need to come inside your Chicago home. CoverUp Window Wells installers wear uniforms and drive company-marked trucks that double as the workshop for your covers. We are locally owned and operated and can make the trip to Chicago-area neighborhoods outside our usual routes on request.

Lifetime Coverage on Every Chicago Install

We use the same U.S.-made materials on every Chicago job: unbreakable Lexan polycarbonate, aluminum cross supports and stainless steel rivets. Each cover carries a lifetime warranty, and our team is a phone call away if you have a question later.

Polycarbonate Covers for Chicago Egress Wells

Lots of Chicago-area homes have basement egress windows set below the yard, fronted by an old metal well. Those wells catch dirt, leaves, snow and rain, and sometimes an animal, which is the last thing you want blocking a way out. A clear, custom-built cover keeps the well clean and makes the basement brighter at the same time.

How a cover helps a Chicago basement:

Keeps mice and chipmunks out of the well
Catches leaves before they pile up
Lets daylight and fresh air through to the basement window
Opens from inside for a quick exit in an emergency
Comes off from outside when the well needs cleaning
No snow piled up inside the well
Window wells around Chicago range from galvanized steel to composite, and some are oversized. We size each cover to the well in front of us.
Chicago winters are cold and snowy, so each cover is built with thicker cross supports and a double main support against the foundation.
Need more than a cover? We also install new window wells, replace rusted ones, and repair covers that have cracked, yellowed or come loose. Our Chicago crews can handle the whole job.