30 Aug
2014
30 Aug
'14
10:19 a.m.
On 08/30/2014 08:50 AM, drlegendre . wrote:
But those residential blocks look to have been built
in the late 60s or
mid-70s perhaps. You don't see dirt floors in mid-20th century
constructions, at least not in my USA.
A raised floor over a shallow foundation is still the standard mode of
construction in my parts of the country where full basements aren't
feasible. This leaves a crawl space between the main deck of the
building and the ground below. Very often, this space is also used for
storage.
The blueprints for my own home, built in 1980 include a full basement,
but also specified a 600 square foot "crawl space" to house the
mechanicals for the building. Said "crawl space" turned out to have an
11 foot ceiling with windows. Needless to say, it's no longer a crawl
space. :)
The guy who shot the elevations for the place must have been hung over
on a bad Monday...
--Chuck