I would want to wear a full protection suit and use a respirator in these crawlspaces. So glad I opted for a poured concrete walled and floored walkout basement when I had my home built 3 years ago near Raleigh, NC. Basement is 100% unfinished for now.
+ Really you want to go in this cursed cave full of old loose wires, decaying isolation panels and whatever that actually lives in this place? - Absolutely yes.
The only reason that crawlspace hasn't rotted away completely is it was framed with old growth lumber then available in 1960. Never the less, nasty, but fixable.
@@Chris__UU The first fix, as you say, was just a bandaid. Typical overspan back in the day lead to saggy floors, but certainly fixable done correctly. Humidity control is key👍
Living in the northeast and looking at houses in SC. Really appreciating my northern basement after binging on this channel. Are crawlspaces generally as awful as I see here or are these exceptions?
I can vouch on this. Unfortunately in NC crawlspaces are generally awful, especially the further you get out of major metro areas in the South. I'm lucky to have bought my home with a encapsulated spacious crawlspace. Fought tooth and nail for that contract tho. People generally do NOT take care of their homes as they should. My advice for you is to inspect your potential home on-site.
Consider carrying some electrical tape and an electrician’s “power sniffer.” Just in case you come across an exposed squirrel / rat chewed wire / H2O situation,
You know; Halloween is coming up soon! Why not pull a Tom Sawyer and the white washing fence deal by putting up a sign saying “ Haunted Crawlspace this way ➡ …. Candy hidden in the insulation… collect insulation and candy comes with it! “
Do you file a report after your inspection? It would be interesting to know what your official recommendations are and expected costs to remediate the problems.
I suspect that is the property of the people who pay him to do this work. You'd have to ask the house owner for such a report and they probably would not give it to you.
What do you use as protection from animal attacks? If you ran into a racoon, I would think it would rip your face off because there is very little you could do to get away.
Don't feel that you have to constantly be talking. I'd rather you just describe what you see as you come to it. I just want to see crawl spaces other than my own. Your channel is very educational. Also, I really do wish you'd use a respirator; I've seen videos where they talk through respirator and it's okay.
Ha..my fat as got stuck under a duct for a second in a crawl like that. Ain’t been the same since You sure are opening up a can of worms posting videos of crawlspaces, in my 30 years experience it sure seams like what happens in crawlspaces stays in crawlspaces. Building inspectors don’t even venture in them
I would want to wear a full protection suit and use a respirator in these crawlspaces.
So glad I opted for a poured concrete walled and floored walkout basement when I had my home built 3 years ago near Raleigh, NC. Basement is 100% unfinished for now.
Your videos on really informative. I thought about the crawl space before, but i didn't know that they could be that bad. Thanks for all that you do.
This house includes its own box of matches.
so glad i have a basement, cinderblock walls and cement floor, that was a scary one,
+ Really you want to go in this cursed cave full of old loose wires, decaying isolation panels and whatever that actually lives in this place?
- Absolutely yes.
It would be interesting leave trail cameras in some of these crawl spaces for a couple of months.
@@jdmather5755 good idea
The only reason that crawlspace hasn't rotted away completely is it was framed with old growth lumber then available in 1960. Never the less, nasty, but fixable.
It was already "fixed" once (sistered joists) and extra beams but the root cause was never addressed so now the repairs are rotting/rusted.
@@Chris__UU The first fix, as you say, was just a bandaid. Typical overspan back in the day lead to saggy floors, but certainly fixable done correctly. Humidity control is key👍
Living in the northeast and looking at houses in SC. Really appreciating my northern basement after binging on this channel. Are crawlspaces generally as awful as I see here or are these exceptions?
me too,
I can vouch on this. Unfortunately in NC crawlspaces are generally awful, especially the further you get out of major metro areas in the South.
I'm lucky to have bought my home with a encapsulated spacious crawlspace. Fought tooth and nail for that contract tho.
People generally do NOT take care of their homes as they should. My advice for you is to inspect your potential home on-site.
@jeanapolo8960 thanks for watching
Consider carrying some electrical tape and an electrician’s “power sniffer.” Just in case you come across an exposed squirrel / rat chewed wire / H2O situation,
👍
You know; Halloween is coming up soon! Why not pull a Tom Sawyer and the white washing fence deal by putting up a sign saying “ Haunted Crawlspace this way ➡ …. Candy hidden in the insulation… collect insulation and candy comes with it! “
Do you file a report after your inspection? It would be interesting to know what your official recommendations are and expected costs to remediate the problems.
I suspect that is the property of the people who pay him to do this work. You'd have to ask the house owner for such a report and they probably would not give it to you.
@@virginiamoss7045 The buyer and the seller have full access to the report regardless of who initiate the inspection.
What do you use as protection from animal attacks? If you ran into a racoon, I would think it would rip your face off because there is very little you could do to get away.
Racoons aren't violent unless they are rabid. A healthy one would want to get away as fast as it could.
Don't feel that you have to constantly be talking. I'd rather you just describe what you see as you come to it. I just want to see crawl spaces other than my own. Your channel is very educational. Also, I really do wish you'd use a respirator; I've seen videos where they talk through respirator and it's okay.
this crawlspace should come with a sign: no fat ppl allowed inside
@johndonovan7018 🤣🤣🤣i know a few husky inspectors and wonder🤔
@@homeinspecting some things are better left unexplained and to the imagination
Yikes!
Ha..my fat as got stuck under a duct for a second in a crawl like that. Ain’t been the same since
You sure are opening up a can of worms posting videos of crawlspaces, in my 30 years experience it sure seams like what happens in crawlspaces stays in crawlspaces.
Building inspectors don’t even venture in them
You maybe not wanting to wear a respirator because it sucks and you can talk in the video without it, but how about making videos with a voice over?