Slab or Crawl-space
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Comments (4)Re: "I thought the general rule was for every foot you dig under the original foundation you need to come away from the foundation one foot." - You got this right. What you've said is the civil engineering rule of thumb for worst-case foundation conditions, that is, loads are transmitted down and outward at a 45 degree angle. So, one foot down and one foot out. It typically is better than this, but this is the worst case possible. Most construction is based on this to be safe. Just be sure to not disturb the soil that is supporting the existing foundation and pour a concrete retaining wall against the existing soil wall after excavating to hold everything in place. I'd probably place a slab on top of the remaining soil ledge and try to work some sort of storage or mechanical equipment into the space. Good luck!...See MoreDo you agree with these figures?
Comments (3)I think it isn't a terrible baseline but there is so much variability. I just built $250k (roughly) Permits - 3% (included water tap-in) Septic - 7% Roofing - 3% Siding - 3% (vinyl) HVAC - 4% Drywall -2% Floor - 5% Windows - 4% (but relatively very high for this house) Plumbing - 3% Foundation - 5% (pilings) I've spent 10% on others. So I think that is a pretty low number but not bad for basic house. So the numbers aren't terrible. I don't know who separates out "rough labor". The roof cost $7500 and that was labor included. Ditto with the siding. I definitely think the drywall is a little high. I've built with appliances at 1.5% and 5% so there is a lot of variability there. Cabinets (and tops) can also be more like 7% on a nicer home. But 4% isn't bad for basic stuff. These numbers are for a basic house, generally, and things like well, septic, permits, excavation are very local....See MorePlea to reators, slight rant
Comments (12)The new "man cave" is your crawl space"? Thats pretty funny! From some descriptions there seem to be some crawl spaces that are almost sort of low ceilinged basements? And then there are the others like secsteve has been contending with. One would certainly be more appealing that the other. A lot of MLS websites look fairly similar, so I have to think the software is fairly similiar across the country and is probably bought and or run by one or two vendors. So I wonder how it is that someplaces they can somehow bypass a foundation entry? Could it be possible that it is a requreiment but there is some other feature that allows it not to be included on the public MLS? Except that the realtor who check on the property I called on looked on the MLS and didn't seen an entry either....I assume she was logged on to her realtor account but maybe she just did a quick public look. Who actually runs the MLS and the rules for inputting? I.e. Who do I email and plea for a change? I emailed a realtor on another property with no foundation entry asking "slab or crawl"? and he replied that it was on a slab and that he would be happy to do a search for me for properties on a crawl space. ???????? How is that going to work if realtors LIKE HIM aren't putting it in the entry? I did recheck the listing and he has added it now so good on him. Mary For fun a did a search of one area, ranch style and got: 3 crawl or crawl/partial slab, 1 partial, 6 slabs, 1 walkout, 2 Full and 5 with no foundation type listed. Obviously most ranches in my price range seem to be on slabs and you can kind of guess basement vs. slab/crawl space based on price. But I don't like to guess and I can distinguish btw slab and crawl space based on price. akkw - I don't know what price range you were in but in Michigan I found that 80-90% of houses seemed to have basements and pretty decent windows. Did you also find that there were these cheap metal framed windows in a bunch of houses? I was so puzzled and appalled at the first ones I saw - metal frame? Isn't that what storm windows have? But have seen it again and again. It just seems like construction here in general does not compare to what I'm used in the same age, type, price market as Michigan and Nebraska and apparently Iowa. The woman wasn't so rude, I just got the distinct impression from her words and tone that she didn't understand why I was insisting on the info which makes me feel like I have become an "irritational problem person" and that just gets a little exasperating because I really don't want to be....See Moreinstalling hydronic radiant heat/retrofit
Comments (2)There is warmboard. It is not cheap but it is 1 1/8" thick. The Rehau Rauboard are 1/2". Neither of these option is cheap but they will help in your situation. Upnor also has a product but I don't know much about it. Good luck!...See Moremusicgal
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