A crawl space provides support for the living areas above, and a buffer between the house and ground below.
Skunks Under the House
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A crawl space provides support for the living areas above, and a buffer between the house and ground below.
Could have an issue with plumbing, such as a clogged pipe. The only way to deal with stuff that is to crawl under the house. My husband very recently had to do that for one of his rental houses.
Our house has two hatches for accessing under the house.
Our house has two hatches for accessing under the house.
A crawlspace is basically just an above-ground basement with a ceiling height of about 2 feet, giving a convenient place to run pipes, cables, etc. without requiring that a deep basement be dug.
Esox, you must have those in England. What do you call them?
Without skunks, do you have critters invading those spaces? You know...badgers...hedgehogs...hobbits...?
Esox, you must have those in England. What do you call them?
Without skunks, do you have critters invading those spaces? You know...badgers...hedgehogs...hobbits...?
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Husband had to get under there to place blocks/jacks to shore up the floor joists when we set up the 300 gallon tank.
Not a shallow "area" to run pipes and cables, no. Our houses, modern ones anyway, are built on thick concrete plinths, never a problem having a huge aquarium on a ground floor house over here. Older houses may have cellars which, typically, can be quite spacious, just like your basements. Electrical cables are run through studded wall cavities and such.
From what I can gather, especially after watching "Breaking Bad", crawlspaces are certainly good for one thing......storing your ill gained rewards from some dodgy deals....and what a bonus if some stinky critters decide to live down there to give added "protection" against nosey parkers, lol.
So, all waterpipes, HVAC ducts, electrical cables, data cables, etc. originate in a room somewhere on the main level in the house and then run through walls and ceilings to reach their terminus points?
Quite a different way of doing things. Do the concrete slab floors contain pipes or conduits to facilitate running wiring across the length of the house, or is it all in the walls?
Only just caught the edit on the end of your message, lol. In reply to critters setting up home in our houses, we are blessed really.
Uncleanliness will attract mice and rats, as is the case anywhere, but other than that nothing really. In summer we might get the odd unwelcome wasp nest. Birds nests in eaves, the odd grey squirrel may find a hole big enough in the eave to squeeze in and make a nest in your attic/loft. Honestly, I find it intriguing the amount of in your face wildlife that some of you guys experience, lol.
Hobbits are from New Zealand aren't they, lol.
The concrete slabs are solid except for areas where bathrooms are going to be, then there will be drainage pipes in the plinth, which lead out into the sewer system in the road outside.
The electric, gas and water, and just lately fibre-optic cables too, all come from underground main pipes outside. They lead to a main control point, and from there are channelled throughout the property through walls and in-between floor joists.
Probably completely different to you, but this is the UK, lol.
Meh...hobbits, trolls, ogres, fairies, pixies, elves, sprites, leprechauns, orcs, dwarves...dang pests, all of 'em.
In terms of critters actually invading houses here, I don't think we have that much to worry about. In the fall there are field mice and voles that attempt to access the basement, and the occasional shrew. I know some folks get the odd garter snake, and I have once or twice brought fire wood inside which concealed a tree frog. That's about it. Oh, and some folks have bats in the attic.
Skunks are pretty big; they only get in when there is a large-ish access point, such as F FMA4ME 's open ventilation grate. We also get groundhogs and ground squirrels whose digging may damage foundations if left unchecked...so we don't leave 'em unchecked...
Now if I could just keep the bears away from the birdfeeders in Autumn, I'd be all set. This year saw such an influx of bears in rural residential areas, caused by a long dry summer that impacted berry crops, that I and many others were forced to curtail or discontinue our bird-feeding activities until the bears went to sleep for the winter.
In terms of critters actually invading houses here, I don't think we have that much to worry about. In the fall there are field mice and voles that attempt to access the basement, and the occasional shrew. I know some folks get the odd garter snake, and I have once or twice brought fire wood inside which concealed a tree frog. That's about it. Oh, and some folks have bats in the attic.
Skunks are pretty big; they only get in when there is a large-ish access point, such as F FMA4ME 's open ventilation grate. We also get groundhogs and ground squirrels whose digging may damage foundations if left unchecked...so we don't leave 'em unchecked...
Now if I could just keep the bears away from the birdfeeders in Autumn, I'd be all set. This year saw such an influx of bears in rural residential areas, caused by a long dry summer that impacted berry crops, that I and many others were forced to curtail or discontinue our bird-feeding activities until the bears went to sleep for the winter.
That's the part that would drive me crazy; all that support stuff concealed in the floor with no easy access for service or modifications. It's nice to be able to go into your basement or crawlspace and have easy access to most of that without having to tear up floors.
