Out of the three popular foundation types, the basement, slab, and crawl space, I would have to say as a Home Inspector the crawl space type definitely offers more of a challenge to inspect. When an inspector opens the crawl door, it is like opening a grab bag, you just never what you are going to see.
The heart of the floor framing and main carry structure is visible from the crawl, not to mention the plumbing, electric, and HVAC systems. Home Inspectors are not required to enter a crawl if it has less than an eighteen-inch height clearance or if there is a perceived danger. Eighteen inches high, do you need that much clearance? Yes you do, but that is not to say that I have not gone in tighter spaces. Home Inspectors follow a set Standard of Practice and Code of Esthetics, set buy such affiliations as ASHI, this is were the eighteen inches comes from. Some times you might wish that the crawl were only eighteen inches high.
More about this tomorrow.
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