JFD, I should clarify that the last two pictures were just generic ones I found online. I was just using it to illustrate the drain line options from the window well. Unfortunately I don't actually have any exterior drainage system at all.
Thanks for the suggestions. My drawing is not to scale so the level of the window well is not very far below the window itself. This combined with the poor draining clay soil is a bad combination. So in addition to deepening the well you're both suggesting that I do something like this?
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In the two years that I've owned my house, I've had two issues where heavy rain has resulted in water entering the the unfinished basement via the slatted jalousie windows. The windows are below ground-level and when the surrounding soil becomes saturated, the exterior window well (even with a...