Crawl Space

[Richard A. Hetzel]

Observe and report, I hear.

"Rat should be evaluated by a licensed veterinary professional?"

[arussell]

Hey Brian

I want to know did you write up that exposed "footer" in the second pic. It doesn't appear to be supporting much!

[Brian E. Kelly]

Back to slab on grade today and an air conditioned attic to boot, life is good.

[Barry Adair]

if i ever get to do another one like the one in the link picture
i know i have died and gone to heaven and may have to give them a rebate
the last one like this was 75° RH 39% no gear, no change of clothes just flip the switch and it lit up like the Vegas strip

http://www.southface-energycode.org/...edcwlspace.htm

[Brian E. Kelly]

Originally Posted by badair

if i ever get to do another one like the one in the link picture
i know i have died and gone to heaven and may have to give them a rebate
the last one like this was 75° RH 39% no gear, no change of clothes just flip the switch and it lit up like the Vegas strip

http://www.southface-energycode.org/...edcwlspace.htm

Wow nice Barry.

[kmcmahon]

Originally Posted by clederhaus

I am glad we do not have very many crawl spaces here in Wisconsin. I would rather put up with the spiders in a basement than do a crawl space. You earn your money with those.

Maybe not many of them in Milwaukee, but the rest of WI is "crawling" with them.

[lcapaul]

Originally Posted by dchew

Brian, if you are going to do a crawlspace inspection, wear elbow and knee pads. It'll help you get around. Also, wear a 1/2 face respirator. You never know when you'll run into that asbestos dust cloud from old ducting.

I'm thinking of wearing my CO2 inflatible vest in some, I had a crawl space try to "Eat Me" a few weeks ago. The area is almost solid clay, every house has a sump pump, some of them even work, the one I was in was hard enough to get into, but it was covered in black platic so I didn't think it would be too bad, the trouble was the clay underneath the plastic was very wet and very soft, I started sinking and the plastic started wrapping around me like a body bag, I couldn't back out because my head and shoulders kept sinking the fastest, I had to spread eagle to keep from sinking further and scoot my way around, at one point my legs, ***, and lower back were submerged and wrapped up tight, I had to pull myself out with my arms, I lost my favorite rotten wood poker, and scared the crap out of myself, no client, no realtor. I liked the Raccoons that chased me out of the attic much better.