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seaglass

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Tue Sep 29, 2020, 10:04 AM Sep 2020

Help! crawl space question [View all]

We bought a house almost 5 years ago for our retirement which we are planning to move into within the next month.

The original owner added two additions, one on each end of the house, with no access to the crawl space.

I have been dealing with the fact that this allows mice in our attic and cellar (I'm not sure what to call this as the cellar does not go under the whole house). I am really squeamish about critters so please don't say anything about mice being on our main living floor.

So, this week I guess some animal got into the crawl space and died. But I really can't live like this so I either want to sell the house or find out what is needed to make the crawl space accessible or fill it in with cement or whatever will prevent animals from getting into this space and therefore the house.

Does anyone know what this would entail?

Thanks!

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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
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