On Apr 17, 3:14 pm, "Don White" wrote:
"Calif Bill" wrote in message

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"HK" wrote in message
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Frogwatch wrote:
On Apr 17, 11:25 am, "mmc" wrote:
What a novel idea:http://www.raisedfloorliving.com/
Like this is something new?

No, this is traditional "Cracker house" construction. My house is
built this way.

Not unusual in areas with high water tables...and gives the termites
something beefy - the posts - on which to chew.

The posts do not contact the ground. At least according to code. Seeing
the damage after Katrina, lots of the lost houses were because of
construction practices. A house on a concrete pad. Not bad, but they did
not bolt the house to the pad. You would see a house pad, and no nails,
no bolts sticking up from the pad. Bad union work?

More likely some shifty 'contractor' hiring illegals at the cheapest
possible wage and taking every shortcut imaginable.

Traditional cracker houses were built up off the ground for cooling
breezes and because it gave the dogs and chickens somewhere to go when
it rained.
My house was built that way but was later air conditioned so the
cooling effect is gone. The dogs and cats do go under there during
storms. It is on 6" X 6" PT posts about 3' off grade with latticework
around it. Building code was non-existent when it was built. When I
first bought it in 1988, it got to 8 degrees here in Tallahassee and I
had to learn to solder copper pipe on Christmas eve night. There was
no insulation on the pipes.
Our later addition was built with an amazing amount of steel in the
concrete piers for hurricane code with hurricane straps everywhere.
The later carport is a fortress compared to the rest of the house.
My parents house was also built this way but it was enclosed with
block underneath.
My neighbors all have houses on pads and have had trouble with
termites from under the pad, I have had no termite problems. Some
have also had pipes break under the pad, what a pain. I'd rather be
off grade.