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Crawlspace/Basement Inspections

Perhaps the single most important part of the home inspection is the crawlspace or basement inspection. These areas can be extremely cramped, hot, filthy, and dangerous.

I will use the term "basement" here to mean the part of the house below the first floor. The basement can be a full headroom space or a crawl space with less than full headroom. Sometimes, there are even finished rooms in the basement. Under parts of some homes, there are crawl spaces that are inaccessible because of very low clearance or a lack of an access opening. A home can be built on a slab with no basement, or can have a full basement, an accessible crawl space, or an inaccessible crawl space. Some homes have a combination of all of these.

When this type of inspection is agreed upon, Watchmen enter all accessible crawl spaces during the home inspection. In my experience, problems are often found in crawl spaces so they are very important. It will require more time on site in order to properly inspect a home with a basement and/or crawl spaces.

If the central heating system boiler or furnace was not on the first floor, you are likely to find it in the basement since that is where most of them are. Special low profile furnaces are often found in low clearance crawl spaces.

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