Originally Posted By: ekartal
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Don’t forget the knee pads.
Erol Kartal
ProInspect
Don’t forget the knee pads.
Erol Kartal
ProInspect
Originally Posted By: tshields
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Thank God I dont live in California
Originally Posted By: jwortham
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My last two inspections were referrals from previous clients.
The reason was because "He's a wildman, he goes EVERYWHERE!"
I can put up with spiders and creepy-crawlies if it means I get a check at the end! 
Originally Posted By: jwatts1
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Hey guys,
Yes I enter crawlspaces, and hate doing so.... but if the entry point is too difficult to enter, I try to see as much as I can with my flash light and poke my head in as far as I can... I look for signs of heavy soil moisture, look at the plumbing lines and any electrical, shine my light on the foundation walls looking for cracks. If it is a danger to enter, I just don't...and make a note in my report that I could not observe the entire space
Here's a funny story for you, my brother worked for a cable company, he was running some cable under the house, and came across a GREEN SNAKE! yea he freaked out, until he realized that the green snake was an old decomposing garden hose!!!!!! too funny!
Take Care, and be safe!
Justin.
Originally Posted By: evandeven
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All of them. Fortunately, there aren’t many here in South Florida. There are however, mobile homes. I have done two of those this year and there is an additional charge of $75.00 to do them.
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Eric Van De Ven
Owner/Inspector
Magnum Inspections Inc.
I get paid to be suspicious when there is nothing to be suspicious about!
www.magnuminspections.com
Originally Posted By: rsmith5
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If you don’t have a pair of coveralls in the vehicle and enter all crawl spaces that are safe and you are able to fit through the opening, then hang up your tool belt and get in another profession.
Originally Posted By: wcampbell
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(361) 727-0602 (home)
(361) 727-0055 (office)
(361) 229-4103 (cell)
Originally Posted By: mcsontos
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I buy disposible coveralls at the hardware store - 2 for $6.97 (has a hood too). No laundry this way. I park my 500 watt quartz work light near the entrance of the crawlspace just in case my 1,000,000 cp light decides to quit. Many times that is all I can really see of the structure - foundation, floor framing, piers; and so much of the plumbing, electrical, ductwork. . . If I miss the crawlspace I haven’t done a proper inspection. Now, I have to admit, there have been two that I could not gain access: one due to height restrictions, I’m not a big guy but 8" is too small, and one had enough cats, dead rodents and feces that I had to back out - maybe I should consider purchasing a respirator instead of plain dust masks. Does anyone use a respirator in their crawl inspection?
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Originally Posted By: jpope
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| mcsontos wrote: |
| Does anyone use a respirator in their crawl inspection? |
Most of the time the potential hazards aren't this obvious. If you're not wearing a respirator, you may not be around much longer.
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Jeff Pope
JPI Home Inspection Service
"At JPI, we'll help you look better"
(661) 212-0738
Originally Posted By: jedwards
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The only crawlspace I’ve declined to enter is one that had 6" of standing water across a 15-foot radius of the hatch. Took photos of the tape measure stuck in the water to help the client understand why I didn’t go in.
He wound up buying the property anyway... 
I do offer a $25 discount for slab houses...
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Originally Posted By: ekartal
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Hey Jeff,
You ever see Rattlesnakes in those California crawls?
Erol
Originally Posted By: tallen
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I Don’t know about Jeff ,but I have seen Rattlers ,Scorpions, Black widow spiders, and on one lucky morning a Gila monster
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I have put the past behind me,
where , however, it now sits, making rude remarks.
www.whiteglovehomeinspections.net
30 Oct 2003-- 29 Nov2005
Originally Posted By: tallen
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I wear a heavy set of overalls, thick leather gloves, a chem mask (left over from the military) I Velcro my overalls to my leg, and I use goggles.
I will get a client to take a pic. I look funny, but I am safe!!
If I see a snake >>>>>>>>>>>>>>I am gone.
The crawl space inspection was interrupted by a big a$% rattle snake. Therefore, I am stating that . The crawl space was not inspected due to the current occupant informing me that I must leave or pay the price. As I am not a snake wrangler I took the residents advice. 
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I have put the past behind me,
where , however, it now sits, making rude remarks.
www.whiteglovehomeinspections.net
30 Oct 2003-- 29 Nov2005
Originally Posted By: jpope
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I’ve only seen a rattle snake in a crawl space once, but other types are very common. Rattlers are not too aggressive, they’ll typically leave you alone (except for the Sidewinder and Mojave Green
)What I find most often are possum. Talk about mean and agressive with a mouth full of teeth to boot. I don't generally stick around long enough to take their picture.
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Jeff Pope
JPI Home Inspection Service
"At JPI, we'll help you look better"
(661) 212-0738
Originally Posted By: gmagee
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Geez, Now I know why my ex was nicknamed ‘possum.’ I don’t have any pictures of her either.
Originally Posted By: ecrofutt
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Floating foundation ] I could wave a stick around under the inside corner of this foundation. But the dirt level outside was above the foundation.
[ Image: Rotted Rim & Floor Joist ]
[ Image: That's a key sticking over halfway into the joist! ]
[ Image: Is this a fire danger? ]
Find a way but BE SAFE! Wear PPE.
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Erby Crofutt
B4U Close Home Inspections
Georgetown, Kentucky
www.b4uclose.com
Originally Posted By: bsumpter
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We need hazard pay!
Just kidding, but I have to say that I worry more about the Brown Recluse spiders than anything else. At least in the USMC I was allowed to carry a sidearm!
Coveralls with the sleeves and pants legs Duct-Taped- a head cover and respirator with eye protection.
Let 'em laugh...I'll just laugh on my way to the bank.... 
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"In the fields of observation, chance favors only the mind that is prepared"
Louis Pasteur
Originally Posted By: chorne
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it’s just part of the job!
too many possibilities for major problems not to go
Carla
Originally Posted By: darmstrong
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Allmost everything around here has a crawl, except old row houses in town that have basements.
Around these parts when we gat a slab on grade or a basement, we say god is smiling on us! 
Danny
PS: I have encountered only one live snake, don't know what kind it was but he was sleeping in the crawl hatch and when I opened it, of course he went in, not out. And there was debris for him to hide under. Also, while working for another company, one of our inspectors got bit by a brown recluse, very nasty as thier venom destroys flesh!