11-12-2020, 01:59 PM
(11-12-2020, 01:52 PM)Apoc Wrote: Not that you want to spend the cash, but it's very common for Seattle basements to be dug out to full height and then concrete poured.
The issue in the Carolinas, and why you don't see a lot of buried basements in general unless they're on steeper walk out lots, is that the soil is mostly clay so it makes it really hard to waterproof buried basements. I'm sure his crawlspace doesn't have a drain tile or sump pump system, both of which would be necessary and a massive expense to add after the fact (not to mention excavating out the floor level)
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