Textured ceilings probably help hide things, but why the lines?

  • @count_dongulus@lemmy.world
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    023 days ago

    This is rhe same reason I will never buy a house on slab: gotta hammer up the floor, fix, repour and refloor if you ever need those pipes down below.

      • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠
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        023 days ago

        A lot of contemporary homes are built on hollow foundations with an accessible crawlspace for utilities.

        • @Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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          023 days ago

          Oh, crawl spaces are pretty rare further north because you need to be under the freezing level of the ground anyway so people have basements.

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            23 days ago

            My goofy old house with built with the basement floor on trusses and a roughly chest high crawl space underneath. The main benefit is that you can run duct work under the floor and have full height ceilings. The drawbacks is that you have a wood floor in a basement with clay soil.

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              23 days ago

              Interesting, the basement ceiling must be pretty far outside the ground otherwise that requires a pretty deep hole! Around here is usually 6’ deep compared to ground level with ~2’ above ground and a slab with only the main drain under the slab…

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                023 days ago

                Depends on the side of the house. On the front, it’s completely underground. About 20 feet from sill plate to floor. On the back side of the house, it’s a basement walkout.

          • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠
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            023 days ago

            I’m up north too, but my house is so old it has a cellar foundation instead of a basement one.