@[email protected] to Ask [email protected]English • 27 days agoWhy do many hotel ceilings (in the US) look like this?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up194
arrow-up194imageWhy do many hotel ceilings (in the US) look like this?lemmy.world@[email protected] to Ask [email protected]English • 27 days agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•27 days agoThis is rhe same reason I will never buy a house on slab: gotta hammer up the floor, fix, repour and refloor if you ever need those pipes down below.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•27 days agoSo you want a basement on dirt? So you can’t use the space for anything?
minus-squareℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠linkfedilink11•27 days agoA lot of contemporary homes are built on hollow foundations with an accessible crawlspace for utilities.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•27 days agoOh, crawl spaces are pretty rare further north because you need to be under the freezing level of the ground anyway so people have basements.
This is rhe same reason I will never buy a house on slab: gotta hammer up the floor, fix, repour and refloor if you ever need those pipes down below.
So you want a basement on dirt? So you can’t use the space for anything?
A lot of contemporary homes are built on hollow foundations with an accessible crawlspace for utilities.
Oh, crawl spaces are pretty rare further north because you need to be under the freezing level of the ground anyway so people have basements.