Denver's basement access specialists.

Egress Denver was founded by a small crew of foundation specialists who got tired of seeing well-meaning general contractors botch the most important cut in the house. An egress window opening isn't trim work — it's a structural penetration through a load-bearing wall, in a city built on expansive clay, freeze-thaw winters, and aggressive snow melt.

Today we're Denver's most-referred basement access company. We work daily with structural engineers, finishing contractors, and the City of Denver inspections department. We pull our own permits. We own our own excavator and concrete saws. And we install hundreds of egress openings a year — not a handful.

That focus is why a Realtor flipping a Park Hill bungalow, a builder finishing a Stapleton spec home, and a homeowner adding a legal bedroom in Arvada all call the same company. We're the specialist's specialist.

Where we work, every week

Our crews are based in the Denver metro and we install egress projects the entire front range — from the older basement-heavy zip codes (80207 Park Hill, 80211 Sunnyside, 80212 Berkeley/Sloan's Lake, 80210 Wash Park) to newer poured-wall builds in Stapleton, Stanley Marketplace, Highlands Ranch, and the foothill walkouts of Castle Rock and Golden. We've cut openings in every era of Denver basement: 1920s brick bungalows, 1950s ranches, 1970s split-levels, 1990s tract homes, and brand-new 2025 builds.

Our specialization is the point

We turn down kitchen remodels every week. We don't paint, don't reroof, don't finish basements. We install egress windows, walkout doors, and window wells — and that's it. The reason matters: cutting a foundation, sizing a header, building a code-compliant well, and tying drainage to a perimeter system in Denver soil is its own discipline. The shops that do it twice a year don't get good at it. We do it daily.

EEAT, in plain English

We're a Colorado-licensed and insured contractor. Every project includes a written quote, a permit, structural engineering when the jurisdiction asks for it, and a final inspection. We carry general liability and workers' comp on every crew. And we publish what we do publicly — the Denver egress code guide, the cost breakdown, and the legal basement bedroom guide are all here for any homeowner who wants to understand the work before they hire anyone.

If you want to talk through your project, get in touch — or read the Denver egress code requirements guide we wrote for homeowners.

Licensed, insured, and Denver-permit experienced

Egress Denver is a Colorado-licensed and fully insured contractor carrying general liability and workers' comp on every crew. We pull permits weekly across the City and County of Denver, Jefferson County (Lakewood, Wheat Ridge, Golden, Arvada), Arapahoe County (Englewood, Centennial, Littleton), Adams County (Westminster, Thornton), Douglas County (Highlands Ranch, Lone Tree, Parker, Castle Rock), and the City and County of Broomfield. We are on a first-name basis with the inspectors who stamp our work.

Code expertise & inspection readiness

"Inspection-ready" isn't marketing — it's how we scope every project. That means IRC R310 sizing on the window or door, an engineered header detail when the wall requires it, a properly drained well anchored to the foundation, and the documentation the inspector needs in the field. Most of our Denver-area projects pass on the first inspection because the install is built to the spec, not to a shortcut.

Safety-first basement bedroom positioning

We frame our work as a fire-safety and legal-bedroom service first — not a remodel. The IRC R310 emergency escape rule exists because basement bedrooms without a second exit have killed people. Every install we do is built so the family upstairs and the people sleeping in that basement room have a real way out — and a firefighter has a real way in.