Nate R
Member
I've heard of people digging basements deeper. Say you have a 5 ft crawlspace, and you want to dig it out to 8 feet to make it liveable space.
I've done some research on it. Seems one way is to raise the house instead. Digging straight down will often require new footings since you'd be under the old ones.
But what about doing it like the pictures below? You don't disturb the existing footing, and you still gain the headroom throughout much of the room.
I've been in one house where there was no basement, and someone hand hand dug one in dirt in the middle of the house similar to above.
Any thoughts on what would be wrong/difficult in doing it like the pictures above? (Other than the difficulty of dirt transport?)
I've done some research on it. Seems one way is to raise the house instead. Digging straight down will often require new footings since you'd be under the old ones.
But what about doing it like the pictures below? You don't disturb the existing footing, and you still gain the headroom throughout much of the room.
I've been in one house where there was no basement, and someone hand hand dug one in dirt in the middle of the house similar to above.
Any thoughts on what would be wrong/difficult in doing it like the pictures above? (Other than the difficulty of dirt transport?)