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Florida houses don’t have basement !

posted 5 years ago by movielover1990 (127)
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Florida houses don’t have basements or crawl space that big. Lol entertaining movie tho.

why is that exactly?

Florida is basically at sea level, so the water tables in most communities is very high. Dig down just a few feet and you’ll most likely be below that level. Because of this, it takes a LOT of engineering to keep a crawl space or basement dry.

I have a friend who wanted to build a house with a basement wine cellar. In order to get approval, he had to have a triple-redundant system installed of sealants, free drain backfill, and sump pumps installed to make sure the basement remained water-tight. This is a considerable expense and not worth it to most folks.

There are some locations in Florida at higher elevations where basements are more common. However, for the majority of the state, basements just aren’t practical.

[–] tom8 (2934) 5 years ago

wow, thanks

guess that is also why we see sinkholes there

[–] movielover1990 (127) 5 years ago

Ground to soft ,,yes sink holes

[–] huwdj (4562) 5 years ago

I believe that's more to do with the geology. Young soft limestone and an abundance of water, especially post glacial runoff, followed by rises in sea level.

[–] tom8 (2934) 5 years ago

yeah, a shame they overbuild the area

should only have been for gators and stuff

[–] huwdj (4562) 5 years ago

Not sure it matters that much - Florida will mostly be underwater in a decade or two and the Gators will have migrated to the swamps along what is now the Mississippi River.

[–] tom8 (2934) 5 years ago

right.... hope they hang around a bit and eat some of the fatties

pray they don't get stomach aches though

[–] mcqueen (1150) 5 years ago

First of all, it's not a basement, it's a "crawl space" hence the title.

Second of all:

“We looked into a lot of houses in Florida, and there are indeed a lot of crawl spaces.” director Aja said.

Crawl spaces can be found in Florida, judging by the many “Crawl Space Repair” services that turn up on Google.

[–] warrior-poet (1333) 5 years ago

Neither did the house in this movie! :)

[–] johnlogan (230) 5 years ago

This movie NEVER managed to get the Florida feeling. Not even close.

[–] myystk (368) 5 years ago

yeah and and what house had a huge drainpipe like that under their house? that was so gross.. anything could get into/under your house.