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DIY & Home Improvement

quakerboy

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18. Just gonna throw this in

Reply to seaglass (Original post)

Wed Sep 30, 2020, 10:52 PM

Sep 2020

How long does the fix need to last?

I know someone who had a similar problem. They knew the building had issues, no foundation, etc. But they were buying for retirement, knew what they were doing, and basically planned to ride the building into the ground.

The end result was a lot of spray foam. It filled all the gaps, and the animals ate into it over time, but when they realised there was no hole behind to get to, and spray foam doesn't taste good.. and the owners could just buy a can of gap fill and periodically touch up any holes.. the attempted intrusions fell off. It also stabilized some joists that would probably have had to be replaced due to being in long term contact with wet earth in some areas.

Would I buy that house from them? Absolutely not. Did it work as a comfortable tidy place for them to live until they were ready for a different stage in life? yes.

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Help! crawl space question [View all] seaglass Sep 2020 OP

I live in the woods and critters are a given. Zoonart Sep 2020 #1

Thanks! seaglass Sep 2020 #4

Make sure they understand that you want an insulated door to the crawl space. Lars39 Sep 2020 #5

So far it seems that this isn't going to work out. One company that does the encapsulation called seaglass Sep 2020 #6

A structural engineer might be needed. Lars39 Sep 2020 #7

Sort of. There is a "cape cod" basement that is accessible via a bulkhead. It does have cinder seaglass Sep 2020 #8

Are the crawlspaces of the additions the same level as the main section? Lars39 Sep 2020 #9

TBH I don't even know if there is crawl space or just dirt. I just had a conversation with someone seaglass Sep 2020 #10

Gets complicated quick doesn't it. Lars39 Sep 2020 #11

Yes. I'm hoping there will be some good news. I haven't had him do any work for us yet so we'll seaglass Sep 2020 #12

I hope it works out for you. Lars39 Sep 2020 #13

Thanks! So we decided to let my daughter and son-in-law live at our current home and just pay seaglass Sep 2020 #14

We're helping my son do pretty much the same thing, Lars39 Sep 2020 #15

It's hard to tell what people want. I think we wouldn't have as easy of a time selling ours just seaglass Sep 2020 #16

Thanks, seaglass Lars39 Sep 2020 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author Cicada Sep 2020 #2

Gladstone, see also Palmerston Cicada Sep 2020 #3

Just gonna throw this in quakerboy Sep 2020 #18

I'm not sure though I would want my kids to either use the house or get the value from it once we seaglass Oct 2020 #19

With enough work virtually anything is possible quakerboy Oct 2020 #20

For foam insulation on a large scale look for icynene installers csziggy Oct 2020 #21

Just an update here. It turns out that my husband left the bulkhead open because seaglass Nov 2020 #22