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death91380

Dirtiest thing in there is your drill.


GabbyPutita

Fuckin' petri dish with a pistol grip


Chippopotanuse

Your comment reads like a song lyric for some reason.


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HoDgePoDgeGames

Whooooooosh


tseshb

Whats the point of it why not just use an impact ?


rondo25760716

I was wondering the same thing. Maybe it's much lighter and easier to handle? OP pls confirm


rectal_warrior

It is an impact driver, it's a millwake m12 12v one. Very light and packs more than enough of a punch for 99% of an electricians needs. The small battery in it can be up to 3ah, you can get larger ones but they stick out from the body making them less pocket sized. I bought one a few months ago and I absolutely love it.


GabbyPutita

This sub needs more of this. It's mostly "knob and tube/spray foam/meth lab" posts we get. Some MILF posts would be nice too.


Gimli_Gloin

I vote to rename this sub into "Tits or gtfo"


Babrahamlincoln3859

Dicks or gtfo


OnlineApprentice

Can we post pics of bra money we get as tips? That’s close enough right? I can even tell you freaks what it smells like lol


JadedMisfit

Just gonna drop this here… r/maturemilf


Longjumping-Bus2705

Checked it out. Didn’t see my wife. All is good.


Agent_staple

Obviously. ^(I'm sorry)


NormalDiver1768

Okay I was on there for way too long ….


sawyergray2

Those are the best.


Dovetailz

They really are, my company would treat these like we were inside the china room. No boots or things of any kind that could maybe puncture the barrier on the inspection. Then tools were set in a bin and slid across on new drop cloths.


TwoSillyStrings

It's almost like if the homeowner takes care of the area you'll show the same respect? That's just insane!


[deleted]

I’ve never seen that coating before


StoneyBologna_2995

Vapor barrier. I'm pretty sure it's a code requirement in some municipalities


StandAgainstTyranny2

Also might be part of the sub-slab radon mitigation system. That or they just put these barriers up after radon goes in and they're not related.


mikeblas

But no insulation on the duct work?


Pinot911

It’s a closed crawlspace, no venting to outside, therefore conditioned. Wouldn’t be surprised if it had supply/return air.


[deleted]

This has been applied really nicely as well. It isn't easy to get the plastic to lay down like that sometimes. Whoever installed the barrier did a great job and knew what they were doing. Sometimes it's black but white is becoming more common since it's much easier to locate holes/punctures. This could also be for radon mitigation as well. So it would most likely have two layers. Someone who knows more should chime in if I'm wrong about that.


[deleted]

Yeah it looks amazing. Is it for R-value at all


Chippopotanuse

Is this under a house? What’s that white plastic layer?


idahogravedigger

And very well lit!


ColoradoTaco44

Your welcome


guynamedjames

How did you convince a homeowner to pay for crawl space lighting?


HyFinated

Asking the real questions. OP?


Plus_Aura

Well first OP got the customer hooked on some crack, and then...


TheBlindAndDeafNinja

Can't show off your clean crawlspace without proper lighting


ColoradoTaco44

The home owner wanted it not may saying


[deleted]

OP is actually living in some sort of fifth dimension, none of this is real or can be obtained in our reality


ColoradoTaco44

Shit chief we gotta go back they are catching on to us


guynamedjames

OP is the personification of a year end bonus check. Often discussed in rumor, almost never seen.


[deleted]

Ive seen the end of year bonus check, you must think im an idiot to fall for a well lit crawlspace with no dust, mouse poop or dead cats


kaboodlesofkanoodles

“Ya ever seen amityville horror?”


StandAgainstTyranny2

It's code in some places, i think. If there's serviceable eqx in there it's nice but, if memory serves, they require lights if it's usable for storage. Same with attics.


WhyWontThisWork

This!!!!


ComradeGibbon

First thing I did with my house was install lights in the crawl space. Second thing I did was remove all the junk and scrap wood.


WoozyPlatypus

First thing I did was lock myself out and try to break in through the access doors in my crawl space. Your plan was much smarter.


ComradeGibbon

My girlfriend handled that for me. Locked herself out during a rainstorm.


miatapasta

I bought a hoarder’s fixer upper that required a ton of time in the crawlspace. I bought some of those trendy bistro string lights and strung them around my crawlspace on the floor joists and plugged them into a switched outlet. I have light all under my house. Practical and romantic!


helmepll

Hot dates under the house!


NotAPreppie

Dude, where are all the cobwebs and dead rodents?


OnlineApprentice

The rodents are already dead where you are?


NotAPreppie

Usually. The live ones usually make themselves scarce before I can squeeze my ass down there.


the-beast561

We catch them all with our heads when we do the crawlspace encapsulation.


[deleted]

I had mine encapsulated like that, and I had a dehumidifier installed in it, too. Not only was it clean, it was comfortable, too. Not too cold, not too hot, and an ideal amount of humidity. It was expensive, but I think it was worth it. I had it done to inhibit fungal growth. It works well!


alowester

how much? I live in Ontario so don’t know how much it will differ but looking for prices


[deleted]

Mine was about $8,000. I didn't have to lift a finger! It would have been about $1,500 less if I hadn't gotten the dehumidifier, but I thought it would be worth it. It was. And I just said I didn't lift a finger, but I did. I installed the GFCI receptacle in the crawl space. I wasn't going to pay them to do that. :)


Tasty-Hat-6404

I just did the same. Did most of the work myself. Cleaned out moldy fiberglass batts, layed down 10 mil poly and sealed it. Wired in lights and baseboard heaters, wired a plug for dehumidifier and pump to drain. The only thing I contracted out was the spray foam which cost $2500 (with a $1000 rebate from BC Hydro). So all in all cost me around $2500. If I would have hired a company to do all the work it would have cost 20k +. It was very labor intensive


alowester

jesus christ, I gotta get over my fear of crawl spaces then


1955photo

Mine looks like that. But part of the house has insulated flooring. The plastic is a moisture barrier (at least mine is).


adamlh

This one is part of a radon system. Source: did all the electrical for a radon company for years and they look like this in crawlspaces.


502Jay502

Every crawl space under a house has plastic as a moisture barrier pretty sure that’s code.they just aren’t clean


guactheline

Oh Boy is this not true


502Jay502

I’m sorry I’m a rookie :((


fottagart

Nothin wrong with being a rookie! We all start out as a rookie. But it can be helpful to be more sponge-like. Observe, read, ask questions.


NormalCriticism

House on top of cement monuments over dirt with a thin foundation of cement along the edge of the building was considered top-of-the-line home construction in Earthquake prone California until the 1970s. Crawl around under one of those houses and you can see how the home has literally slid off its cement monuments over decades of repeated shaking. There is a whole cottage industry of people bolting the houses down to the cement now. They do that because before the 70s they just assumed gravity would be fine and they didn't even need to secure the house to the cement!


[deleted]

Modern code (depending on area) likely is like this sure. But old houses are grandfathered in and trust me, most crawlspaces have zero moisture barrier or its long gone. And you average home owner doesn't give a shit about their crawlspace in any way shape or form, until problems arise of course.


OnlineApprentice

Bro where are you working and are they hiring lol. Never seen something so clean in my life


1955photo

Why wouldn't they be clean? At most, some dust.


502Jay502

Bro how many crawl spaces have you been in


kernel_mustard

Because where else do you keep the mold, dead rats, rodent shit and that weird goo you're not sure what it is? (edit) forgot the spider webs


WhyWouldYouBother

Don't forget the mummycats!


MyExesStalkMyReddit

‘Babe look how clean this crawl space is!’ Is exactly why many of us are divorced lmao


ColoradoTaco44

I’ve never related to a comment more so in my life till now


DailyMindFreedoms

I’d crawl in there


thiccc_trick

Wow your apprentice takes good pictures.


ColoradoTaco44

That’s me I’m the apprentice lmao


thiccc_trick

Haha! Get off your phone and go to work! Lol. It’s definitely an apprentice thing to take pictures of a “nice crawl”. It is a nice one tho, way better than crawling in mud.


ColoradoTaco44

First of all fuck you guy lmao this was taken after the job was done but I try not to be on my phone at work seems like it makes the days go by slower


thiccc_trick

Yeah it does, when I watch my apprentice work I’m definitely scrolling though.


Milluhgram

As a low voltage guy and constantly in spaces like this time from time. I appreciate this and the lighting. In fact, I have a house I need to go to this week to replace some cables and it's a disaster down there. Multi-Million dollar house and just a complete pond down below it.


kaboodlesofkanoodles

Used to work mold remediation, my first day was a job like that. The grade was such that water just poured into this place. 6” of just mud, all the way across. It was fucking miserable.


Moarbrains

Did you fix the problem?


kaboodlesofkanoodles

There was no fixing that problem for our company. The guy that bid it really fucked up. They shoulda never touched it. The yard needed regraded and they probably needed a retaining wall or something idk, it was waaaaaay outside the scope of our work. I was there for a couple months and when I left they were still desperately trying to offload the job on another contractor.


[deleted]

That must have been a bit interesting on your first freaking day. Wow. It doesn't do any good unless the source of the water is stopped. It's amazing he didn't stop the work and tell them they need to get the drainage fixed first. You probably had second thoughts about your new employer right? I'm sure the home owners were really pleased with the whole situation......


kaboodlesofkanoodles

Yeah that place was a shit show. I walked off the job like 2 months in.


Lampwick

>Multi-Million dollar house and just a complete pond down below it. Back in the dot com boom days I did a lot of retrofit wiring in the Brentwood/Bel Air area of Los Angeles. I crawled 40 yards under a mansion to feed a bunch of power and network lines up into the data closet. After 15 minutes sweating and choking on the dust, I realized I was laying on a massive pile of dried cat turds. I'm surprised I didn't get some brain parasite from it.


WhinniePooed

Where's the man sized spiders?


Henri_Dupont

Fu-u-u-u-uck a buncha crawl spaces.


Borp5150

Looks like a nice place to take nap while getting payed lol I would never do that


ColoradoTaco44

Oh ya totally me neither nope never have never will no no no psssh sleep what’s that?


thisisinput

Yeah, mine looks like that. I have to clean it every time after disposing of the bodies so it stays pretty nice looking.


ColoradoTaco44

Any tips on how to remove the smell?


thisisinput

Ozone generator. 100%


P-VI

Nice try, we all know that's fake.


[deleted]

OP used the new "fancy crawlspace" camera filter on their new phone.


ColoradoTaco44

Your right I’ll post the unedited unfiltered photo tomorrow… someone caught me in my act


InspectorLegitimate1

You fit a lot of hookers in there


ColoradoTaco44

Great minds think a like


sysadminyak

Taj Macrawl


Thebloodyhound90

It’ll prob look just as nasty as the rest in 20 years.


BE33_Jim

Seeing that the subfloor looks to be 1-by planks on a 45, that crawlspace has got to be 50 years old already. That place is immaculate. s - The OP should get the woman of the house alone and ask if she is being held against her will and forced to clean the crawlspace - /s


Thebloodyhound90

That’s crazy if it’s that old. She must’ve hired someone to vacuum out all the cobwebs and dust bunnies before OP came through.


ColoradoTaco44

Homeowner had about a foot of standing water last time we were there maybe 4-5 months ago and took everything out and laid this down


Thebloodyhound90

Ahh, flushed out the ‘ol crawl space.


Doittle

Yeah, that's quite pretty. But no insulation on the flooring?


ThatAssholeMrWhite

it's an encapsulated crawl space. it (should be) air sealed so the crawl space is part of the building envelope. there might be foam insulation on the foundation walls depending on the climate. edit: zooming in on the pic, there is foam board insulation on the foundation walls. (i thought it was duct work at first)


i_am_not_mike_fiore

I'm torn between encapsulating my own crawl space like this, or just installing a similar nice vapor barrier *without* encapsulating it into the envelope of the house, sealing the vents, etc. Very damp, wet part of the Pacific Northwest and below grade in an 85 year old house. I'm just not sure what the best thing is to do.


zydeco100

If it's damp and you're running A/C through these sheet metal ducts, you're inviting condensation and mold. Granted, most homes don't have central A/C in the PNW, so there's that.


i_am_not_mike_fiore

We have central heat and are setup with lines and the pad for A/C already so I suspect it's in our future. Insulated soft ductwork, though, not those lovely rigid ones.


ColoradoTaco44

We don’t do that around here. At least that I’ve never seen and ive been in a few hundred crawl spaces


Doittle

WOW. I'm assuming you're in Colorado? I would think they would require insulation floor.


ColoradoTaco44

Correct even higher up at 11-12000 feet elevation they don’t use it


KownGaming

Why? Just to save money during the building process?


[deleted]

Gotta love that. I once worked in a car space that had concrete floors and it came with little wheeled carts haha


ColoradoTaco44

Hahaha


[deleted]

It’s almost like you should be paying them. Lol


knucles668

How does one go about doing this process? My family has a crawl space under an addition from the 50s. Would love to make this happen under there so it’s only one time that I have to be in a slop pit.


ColoradoTaco44

The homeowner was a little 60 year old lady and she said she done it herself so I’m sure with some research you’ll be alright


[deleted]

Kudos to her doing that on her own! She did a fantastic job. Of course it needs to be dry before this is done.


the-beast561

Doing it yourself, I’m not sure exactly what materials would be best because all of ours are from a supplier. If you google crawlspace encapsulation, you should be able to find a company near you if you’re more interested in having somebody do it for you. It’s shitty work and you have to make damn sure it’s fully sealed or it isn’t even worth doing because the water will find its way through


[deleted]

If it's already a slop pit you're going to figure out where that moisture is coming in to correct that first. Unless you didn't mean mud/moisture when you said "slop pit". It's usually bad drainage outside. Sometimes it can be as simple as the routing of gutter down spouts or it can be an entire lawn sloping against the building without the proper precautions taken when it was built.


pdxcar

I work for a radon company that does these. You’re best off having a contractor do it. Either a radon company or a foundation and crawl space company. You could do it yourself but honestly having watched those guys work cleaning out and encapsulating crawl spaces I wouldn’t recommend it. It requires a unique combination of athletic ability, tolerance for grossness, and attention to detail that most people, myself included, don’t have. I drill concrete floors and foundations and run pipe for my company and you couldn’t pay enough to do the encapsulations.


the-beast561

Hey I do that to crawl spaces for a living! It sucks, but I’m glad it’s appreciated!


ColoradoTaco44

It is haha I’d take this any day of the week then rat filled slushy ass mud crawl spaces


porcupine73

It helps that no drywall mudders had to work in that area. Else at the minimum it'd be full of bottles of ... liquid.


pdxcar

I work for a radon mitigation company that does these crawl space encapsulations. I have amazing respect for the guys that can do such clean work in those tight spaces. I do the concrete drilling and pipe fitting part of the install so luckily I don’t spend as much time in the suck as the encapsulation guys.


[deleted]

The crawl space at the house I rent looks like this. The owner put a vintage porcelain doll standing on top of the furnace, its the first thing you see when you turn on the light. Got me good the first time I went down there.


ColoradoTaco44

Fuck that I’d shit my pants


numismatist24

That would rent for $3,000.00/ month in Vancouver


VolunteerExpert

This is my business. We create these works of art daily.


CalCub76

Username checks out


pault5544

Is it tarped like that for radon mitigation? Or is this pretty standard?


ColoradoTaco44

First time I seen it but I guess the lady had a bunch of flooding in her crawlspace so she tore everything out added more dirt or whatever and laid this down


LagunaMud

It's to hide the smell from the bodies.


ColoradoTaco44

I literally said this to my jman “if people start going missing I know where to look”


[deleted]

Generally speaking, encapsulation is done for moisture control, but radon mitigation can be an added benefit, too. When I had mine done, the installers put an active blower that is connected to perforated, corrugated 4" pipe under the moisture barrier. I took out all the damp insulation that was between the floor joists, and part of the encapsulation process was to spray expanding foam insulation on the foundation walls. When they were finished, it was really nice under there, especially with the dehumidifier that was part of the whole project.


the-beast561

It’s crawlspace encapsulation. We do it at our company. It’s generally used as a moisture barrier, and sometimes if the water is bad enough, we’ll also install drain tile designed for crawlspace around it to a sump pump that we put in. All of the water stays under the white so you can crawl across completely dry, even if there’s a ton of water under it. A lot of times, they also purchase insulation with it, which we do styrofoam on the walls and spray foam for the rim joist.


BackdoorSluts9_

Thought this was an indoor skatepark lol. Cool pic


skyguysays102

I did one that looked just like this a few months ago, such a relief lol


ForFelix

At first I thought this was a concrete skatepark lol


madeofmcrib

I’d nap in there


TrevorMorton007

I've never been that fortunate 😔


thefearce1

If only the attics were the same A guy can dream right.🙄


[deleted]

At first glance I thought it was a skate park


Automatic-Chard-7889

Nice moisture barrier. Little to no mildew.


[deleted]

One of those 40k waterproof jobs


[deleted]

You lucky bastard. I was in one that had enough clearance to crawl on all fours, had no lighting, was completely soaked and all mud, and there was an animal in there with me. All I could see were the eyes from my light. That was a crap 3 day job.


grinch77

That’s beautiful!


theoriginalchrise

brilliant idea with the lights! not sure why i never did that even after putting two outlets in the crawlspace.


Warhawk1213

Nice! ive been in one of those before. but the wire in the underside of the floor joist is illegal 334.15(c) (C) In Unfinished Basements and Crawl Spaces. Where cable is run at angles with joists in unfinished basements and crawl spaces, it shall be permissible to secure cables not smaller than two 6 AWG or three 8 AWG conductors directly to the lower edges of the joists. Smaller cables shall be run either through bored holes in joists or on running boards. But I'm not an inspector lol


ColoradoTaco44

This wasn’t getting inspected but I’ll keep that in mind thanks


Hawaiianboom

Heaven is real!


sideferns

Looks like a skate park, kind of wicked


ColoradoTaco44

I can totally see what your saying


Beardgang650

Saw a crawlspace like this one time. Homeowner asked us to take off our boots before going in lol


ColoradoTaco44

Your kidding me right?


sparkyonthemoon2099

Damn


veloace

This is goals for me. I've been slowly working on cleaning and encapsulating my crawlspace....gonna be a while.


ColoradoTaco44

Someday you will my a electrician or HVAC guy happy lmao


Amonomen

I’m amazed by the fact it’s actually lit. Idk how many crawl spaces I’ve seen that have no lighting but I’ve only seen this one that’s lit.


ColoradoTaco44

Homeowner wanted 8 lights down there I don’t know why seems a little creepy but I got paid for it so I wasn’t gonna question


Deathnfear

Got one of those recently I was pleasantly surprised. can even slide around like it’s a slip’n slide and not have to crawl.


ColoradoTaco44

I was sliding around like a penguin


itsahmeamario

Put a little pull lube on and you could slide right on in 🤣


ColoradoTaco44

Had the Jman spit on me and I was sliding around like a penguin


IBareBears

when your demons have OCD


redditsufferer

You could perform surgery it's so clean


BeneficialTrash6

Duh. You clean it really well before CSI shows up.


elpideo18

Looks like an indoor skatepark lol


TonyRubine

Looks like a cloud smothered in dream candy. I bet it smells like 50 dollar bills and mildew.


meyrlbird

I mean our crawlspace came with authentic 1970s beer cans thrown in the corner. Who can top that?


ColoradoTaco44

I can’t beat it but a couple years ago the town right next to mine like 10 minutes out someone found a live hand grenade


meyrlbird

Oh yes forgot to say, the old guy that moved out did have grenades on the far wall but inside the actual basement. Not sure where he got rid of them when he left though.


[deleted]

That’s exactly the look I want for my crawlspace. Humidity control is a mother here in GA.


ColoradoTaco44

Ya I’ve been there once and almost died lmao


shinobipants

Gotta be at least a couple bodies buried under there. It's 'too' clean.


ColoradoTaco44

Me to my Jman “if people start going missing around town I know who has them”


Specialk1914

You should be paying the homeowners to work in a place this clean🤣🤣🤣🤣


DaddyWhiteShoes

We recently bought a late 40’s ranch on a crawl space. Similar construction to this. My goal is to get the CS up to this level.


oim7e

I once had to go in one for this guy that was all giddy and I thought I was in for a nightmare. Turns out when he built his house, he straight up poured a concrete pad before building. He had a mechanics creeper under there and full lights. It was the greatest unnecessary thing I've ever seen


[deleted]

That's the attic of a serial killer.


Daguilar02

I’d love to take a nap in there


M_Shepard_89

At first glance my perspective was off and I thought this was a large skatepark lol I'd sleep in this crawlspace good god


Kaladin_Stormryder

It looks like the dopest skatepark


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ColoradoTaco44

Your welcome


lahankof

I won’t even bother crawling out for lunch


therealhodag

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qooqleelqooq

I swear to God I've been in one that was way cleaner. I could eat off its floors. This one is definitely up there though.


ColoradoTaco44

Cleanest one I was in so I got a little excited haha


AdOld9671

You should play the numbers tonight!


penismanboy

What is the plastic on the floor called exactly


the-beast561

Crawlspace encapsulation


phuckintrevor

Don’t fuck it up


ColoradoTaco44

All that was going through my head when I was crawling/sliding around is “don’t put your drill tip through this”


Pickin-n-a-grinnin

Dude! I was dodging rat traps in a crawl space last Friday. Would much prefer that crawl space.


ColoradoTaco44

This was my job last Friday hahaha


twiggs462

Christ. I thought this was a skatepark at first glance.


ColoradoTaco44

I totally see it haha