Crawl Spaces (was: Re: [Milsurplus] But wait! That's not all)

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

Note that I said "deep south" houses, Tom.

I don't know where you are in TN, Tom,
but brother lives in Tellico Village.  Some
houses have walk-out basements, others
have walk-in space instead of crawlspace.

Most houses here in central Oklahoma are
slab-built.  Basements are possible, but can
be a problem due to water table and shifting
clay soils.  They are possible, but folks don't
want to spend the money needed to make
them work.  I suspect the same in your area.


Mac



----Original Message Follows----
From: Tom Norris <r390a at bellsouth.net>
To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] But wait! That's not all
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 13:13:53 -0600

Not just the less expensive.  In this part of TN because of either  the rock 
or drainage, it's not possible to build a basement and all  the houses have 
a crawlspace.  There are codes requirements defining  crawlspaces.  They not 
just fo' the po'.

Tom

On Nov 1, 2006, at 10:06 AM, D C *Mac* Macdonald wrote:

>For the non-southern folks, "crawl space" is what many
>less expensive houses built in the deep south have under
>the floor.  Foundation top (stem wall) is maybe three feet