randynavarro Posted October 14, 2010 Report Share Posted October 14, 2010 This was a tunnel dug from one crawl space to another. I didn't feel like burrowing today what with the drama in Chile and the collapsed mine and all. Would you have done it? Click to Enlarge 41.55 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted October 14, 2010 Report Share Posted October 14, 2010 Are we talking about one house with two crawls or two separate houses? Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben H Posted October 15, 2010 Report Share Posted October 15, 2010 Probably not. Without a doubt no if I was there alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Fabry Posted October 15, 2010 Report Share Posted October 15, 2010 Sure. I charge a lot more. I do things like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillip Posted October 15, 2010 Report Share Posted October 15, 2010 I would pass. Looks a little small for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbinspect Posted October 15, 2010 Report Share Posted October 15, 2010 If that's a concrete footing, sure, I'd have done it. I'll go if I can exhale hard enough to get through a space. If not, I turn around. This is going to sound crazy, but a lot of times the only way I can get through a space is with my arms stretch forward, because I have broad shoulders, and it keeps me from getting stuck. I'm just not claustrophobic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted October 15, 2010 Report Share Posted October 15, 2010 I won't enter tunnels that are less that 18" high & 24" wide. No particular reason. I just say so. - Jim Katen, Oregon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted October 15, 2010 Report Share Posted October 15, 2010 If it's the only way to see the other crawlspace - sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbinspect Posted October 15, 2010 Report Share Posted October 15, 2010 Probably not. Without a doubt no if I was there alone. Aw cmon, Ben, the worst that can happen is your legs get used for towel racks until you loose a few pounds. [:-party] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted October 15, 2010 Report Share Posted October 15, 2010 I'd make a decision about soil stability first. If I thought the soil was stable and there was no possibility of collapse, heck yeah I'd go. If you saw some of the shitbox ratholes I crawl into, it makes that one look tame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbinspect Posted October 15, 2010 Report Share Posted October 15, 2010 (Which tees up the trivia question: Who used whose legs for towel racks?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randynavarro Posted October 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2010 Are we talking about one house with two crawls or two separate houses? Marc k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erby Posted October 15, 2010 Report Share Posted October 15, 2010 If I thought everything was stable and it looked big enough to get through, yup. But, I might go back and double check that there's not another entry in the floor of the second area before I did it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Whitmore Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 I'd have gone if I could fit, and it was dry. If snorkeling gear is required, I charge extra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kogel Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 I will poke my arm in first, snap a pic or two, make sure there's no crocodiles. I will go feet first if it's a real tight squeeze. That way, my mouth is facing the hatch so they can feed me. [] I had a really tough crawl to do a few mos ago. The home owners had lost a sale because there was no crawlspace access. So they cut a hole in a closet floor and called on me to do the honors. [:-slaphap Sitting on the dirt floor of the crawl, the floor was level with my chest. I scrunched down and saw I had to go down around a corner into another wing to see much of anything. It was so tight, I backed out, got a breath of air, then went down around the bend feet first, took a pile of pics, nice dry crawl with no problems other than the access. A week later, they had a buyer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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