Time to Man Up and Go Under My Crawl Space

[Holic]

Re: Time to Man Up and Go Under My Crawl Space

We bought our house in 2003 for a very good price, understanding it was going to need some work. It's an older home, built in the early 1940's. Now, the house is solid and framed in oak. However, through time things have worn down and sometimes I find that I have to go underneath the beast and address some issues.

I hate it. In fact, I'm afraid of doing it. For one thing, we have what they call camel crickets. They look like spiders but they jump all over the place with no aim or direction. The next thing of course is it's dark under there. Dark, cool and quiet. Any noise sets me off.

Needless to say, I have to gear up to go down there. I put on a long shirt, jeans..making sure my whole body is covered. Heck, I'd even wear my son's Iron Man helmet if it fit.

So, I can relate if you have done this. If you have no issues with it, you are a bigger man then me. The only thing I find is the more I do it the more I build my confidence. But just yesterday one of those camel crickets jumped on me and I poured my whole neighborhood a tall glass of profanity that is probably still echoing through the greater Charlotte, NC area.

I was just in my crawl space a few weeks ago and had one of those bastards jump right on me. LOL! Summer time is by far the worst time to be under there in my opinion.

[Buckeye]

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If one of those things jumped on me, I'd slap myself so hard that it would be a knockout.

^LOL I would freak if one of those things jumped on me.

[elgreazy1]

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We bought our house in 2003 for a very good price, understanding it was going to need some work. It's an older home, built in the early 1940's. Now, the house is solid and framed in oak. However, through time things have worn down and sometimes I find that I have to go underneath the beast and address some issues.

I hate it. In fact, I'm afraid of doing it. For one thing, we have what they call camel crickets. They look like spiders but they jump all over the place with no aim or direction. The next thing of course is it's dark under there. Dark, cool and quiet. Any noise sets me off.

Needless to say, I have to gear up to go down there. I put on a long shirt, jeans..making sure my whole body is covered. Heck, I'd even wear my son's Iron Man helmet if it fit.

So, I can relate if you have done this. If you have no issues with it, you are a bigger man then me. The only thing I find is the more I do it the more I build my confidence. But just yesterday one of those camel crickets jumped on me and I poured my whole neighborhood a tall glass of profanity that is probably still echoing through the greater Charlotte, NC area.

You're a better man than me. We have a house built in the same time frame and had to do some looking ourselves when we first got it. Luckily, my big *** can't fit under the house so the misses had to go in. hehehehehe

[Scottdau]

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Damn Jack that is some scary crap there. When I bought my house I had some guy come in there and lay down this plastics covering, so when I go down there it is safe and dry.

[Cyros]

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I am so not buying a house with a crawl space.

[allBthere]

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I would wear a full painter's suite that covers the head and figure something out for my face too...probably rain boots and tape the part where pants/boots meet.

I just hate ship like that...and being in the confined space makes it X1000

[Gotmadskillzson]

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I am so not buying a house with a crawl space.

Majority if not all houses have some type of crawl space. Whether it be under the house or upstairs above the ceiling or both places, like mines.

[Cyros]

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Majority if not all houses have some type of crawl space. Whether it be under the house or upstairs above the ceiling or both places, like mines.

Well, I meant the lower crawl spaces.

[DaveDQ]

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Well, I meant the lower crawl spaces.

Many homes are built on concrete slabs now. I'd like a home with a basement. One thing I have learned is that owning a home has its challenges. It has been encouraging to read the responses and see how others had to deal with them.

Just watch out for these freaks...

[Gotmadskillzson]

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I have a basement and still got a freaking crawl space under the house.

[deaduck]

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Well, I meant the lower crawl spaces.

I hate me some crawl spaces too but to be honest...it makes repairing plumbing and such alot easier.

And yeah, when my big butt goes in there...I got coveralls on, tucked into boots and gloves...goggles and a vapor mask.

It's war under the floor.

[Holic]

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I have a basement and still got a freaking crawl space under the house.

Full basement or half basement w/crawl space?

[Gotmadskillzson]

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Full.....but the crawl space under the house don't go that far back though, maybe 4ft or 5ft.

[Aggies7]

Re: Time to Man Up and Go Under My Crawl Space

We bought our house in 2003 for a very good price, understanding it was going to need some work. It's an older home, built in the early 1940's. Now, the house is solid and framed in oak. However, through time things have worn down and sometimes I find that I have to go underneath the beast and address some issues.

I hate it. In fact, I'm afraid of doing it. For one thing, we have what they call camel crickets. They look like spiders but they jump all over the place with no aim or direction. The next thing of course is it's dark under there. Dark, cool and quiet. Any noise sets me off.

Needless to say, I have to gear up to go down there. I put on a long shirt, jeans..making sure my whole body is covered. Heck, I'd even wear my son's Iron Man helmet if it fit.

So, I can relate if you have done this. If you have no issues with it, you are a bigger man then me. The only thing I find is the more I do it the more I build my confidence. But just yesterday one of those camel crickets jumped on me and I poured my whole neighborhood a tall glass of profanity that is probably still echoing through the greater Charlotte, NC area.

Thanks Dave make me feel a lot better about myself. I am the same way just bought me house last fall. Which was nice with winter coming I did not have to many spiders and such. I bought the house under the impression I would have to get under there in a year or so to put down a new moisture barrier. Well its coming up on a year and I hate spiders but I reckon I will have to be getting under there soon...Let me know how it goes please. And good luck.

[superjames1992]

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I've never seen one of those camel crickets under my house and hope I don't ever see one. Those don't look too nice...