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Until this afternoon, my knowledge of crawl-spaces was limited to the grimy point of entry; dirty little hatches from which swearing emerged, followed eventually by my father.
Citing his already vast experience, my father declined to see the underside of my house-to-be. "I've been in more crawlspaces than I can count, and the nastiest places in Oregon State University. Have fun!" He then set about to some serious relaxation, with two plastic yard chairs pulled up under the maple tree, and binoculars in case an interesting bird flew by.
The inspector was surprised and a bit pleased that I was planning on following him under the house. He helped strap on theDarth Vader face respirator, and I tested it.
"Bill."
*heavy breaths*
"You are my father."
"Yup. Have fun!"
I emulated the inspector's slithering under the house technique. The "crawl" in this crawl-space is a marine crawl. I sympathize with gastropods. I am in touch with our brothers the snakes. I am now convinced that plumbers who work in 18 inch crawlspace deserve their exorbitant fees. Aside from the filth, I didn't actually find it that bad -- I'm reasonably compact and maneuverable -- but I wouldn't want to turn my face up to the insulation and work. Maybe with goggles.
The underside of the house looked just fine, and if I ever have the opportunity to go caving, I know I'll be able to face small chutes without a qualm. "What, it's just thousands of ton of rock over me? Not insulation dust? Let's party!"
There were a few issues with the house, but nothing too nasty. I have some negotiating to do around the giant water-damaged spot in the living room floor. We think someone spilled rather a lot of water, then they finished the floor without letting it dry, then covered it with a throw rug. It definitely didn't come up from underneath. We pulled the rug off to help it dry off, and we'll ask about what happened there. Water balloon fight? Kiddy-pool for a home birth*? Localized internal weather system?
*I always thought home-birth sounded painful. I mean, babies heads are big enough - have you seen the size of the average American HOME? Holy SHIT, passing one of those can not be pretty!
Citing his already vast experience, my father declined to see the underside of my house-to-be. "I've been in more crawlspaces than I can count, and the nastiest places in Oregon State University. Have fun!" He then set about to some serious relaxation, with two plastic yard chairs pulled up under the maple tree, and binoculars in case an interesting bird flew by.
The inspector was surprised and a bit pleased that I was planning on following him under the house. He helped strap on the
"Bill."
*heavy breaths*
"You are my father."
"Yup. Have fun!"
I emulated the inspector's slithering under the house technique. The "crawl" in this crawl-space is a marine crawl. I sympathize with gastropods. I am in touch with our brothers the snakes. I am now convinced that plumbers who work in 18 inch crawlspace deserve their exorbitant fees. Aside from the filth, I didn't actually find it that bad -- I'm reasonably compact and maneuverable -- but I wouldn't want to turn my face up to the insulation and work. Maybe with goggles.
The underside of the house looked just fine, and if I ever have the opportunity to go caving, I know I'll be able to face small chutes without a qualm. "What, it's just thousands of ton of rock over me? Not insulation dust? Let's party!"
There were a few issues with the house, but nothing too nasty. I have some negotiating to do around the giant water-damaged spot in the living room floor. We think someone spilled rather a lot of water, then they finished the floor without letting it dry, then covered it with a throw rug. It definitely didn't come up from underneath. We pulled the rug off to help it dry off, and we'll ask about what happened there. Water balloon fight? Kiddy-pool for a home birth*? Localized internal weather system?
*I always thought home-birth sounded painful. I mean, babies heads are big enough - have you seen the size of the average American HOME? Holy SHIT, passing one of those can not be pretty!
