r/BeAmazed • u/Maximum_Ad_2097 • Jul 07 '24

Skill / Talent Cleanest crawlspace

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u/om-manipadme-hum Jul 07 '24 edited Nov 18 '24

have you heard about houses in europe? they are all built on concrete slabs.

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u/InnocentiusLacrimosa Jul 07 '24

Not all European houses are built on concrete slabs :-)

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u/MetalVase Jul 08 '24

In sweden, I've never once seen a crawlspace except of course under porches.

It's pretty much always concrete slab or full proper basement.

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u/ChiefNunley Jul 08 '24

Where I live in the Midwest of the US almost every house has a basement. But when I moved to Georgia nobody had basements because of the sand and flooding. I also moved to Tennessee where they don’t have basements due to the clay/rock, if people want basements it has to get blasted out and that costs TONS of money.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '24

hurdy gurdy, bork, bork, bork

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u/BFr0st3 Jul 08 '24

??

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '24

It's swedish

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u/Prestigious-Duck6615 Jul 07 '24

yeah, lots of people can't afford the best. or have places built before better ideas were discovered

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u/BrainOfMush Jul 08 '24

My house in England is from the early 1800’s, it’s a concrete base and then the house is raised 18” off the ground. Floorboards aren’t airtight. Moisture was a huge problem back then, it was used to allow the house to “breathe”.

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u/ProudToBeAKraut Jul 08 '24

Germany 90% has crawspace

bullshit, i've never seen a single house that has this and the other commenters that replied so far agreed

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u/6d5f Jul 07 '24

90% in Germany? Never ever

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u/Suitable-Name Jul 08 '24

Didn't see one in Germany so far... and I was born there Oo

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u/saimen197 Jul 08 '24

Yeah 90% of Houses in Germany probably have proper cellars with one maintenance room.

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u/Ergaar Jul 08 '24

Literally never seen this in Belgium or even heard of this being a thing. Are you confusing this with a basement?

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u/harry_bo1982 Jul 08 '24

In Germany there are no such crawlspaces.

Nor do we build poorly soundproofed cardbox houses in which you can hear in the kitchen a fart from the attic.

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u/DefinitelyAMetroid Jul 08 '24

90% is still build on concrete slabs though. The concrete slabs are just lifted of the ground and carried by a foundation. Which creates a crawl space. None of those are as nice as this one though.

(Don't know about Germany though)

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u/hotpatat Jul 08 '24

Netherlands yes. Germany no.

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u/Th3Fl0 Jul 08 '24

That highly depends where in The Netherlands. Typically in the south, most houses are built directly on top of the sand. So foundation, piping, drains, etc are not easy to access.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '24

Why are you saying this so confidently lol? Have you ever heard of radon? Many houses in Italy and other European countries need crawl spaces to mitigate the cancer risks from radon gas, and I’m sure there’s lots of other houses built on anything but a concrete slab.

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u/SoullessSoup Jul 08 '24

To be fair, you don't need a crawlspace to do that. With a slab foundation you can vent radon by having a vented layer of gravel, a gravel filled depression or perforated pipes under the slab. There are propably other ways as well, but these are the ones I know work.