Posted by Pete in Holland MI on February 18, 2021 at 20:17:27 from (68.188.148.217):
In Reply to: Texas houses posted by cjunrau on February 18, 2021 at 11:25:10:
Most northern houses are built on either a crawl space or a full basement. We need to have a foundation go down below the frost level, else the frost will heave the foundation over the years, cracking foundations and causing the house to start to negatively move. Here in SW Michigan, the foundation needs to be 42" below the surface of the ground. Further north, it jumps to 48", then 54". Another 3 to 4 feet of foundation, and pour a floor, you effectively double the floor space for little cost. There are very few houses built around here on concrete slabs, but that trend is starting to change, now that advances in slab insulation and tiny furnaces are occurring.
Also, there's the situation of heat. YEARS ago, fireplaces, then wood stoves, kept houses warm. Coal fired furnaces were developed and placed in basements. Gravity circulated, they required a lot of room. There was also the need to store a few tons of coal. Basements, used to be very ulitarian. Now, with furnaces getting smaller, and fuel coming in from pipelines, storage of fuel and large furnaces are not needed, and many basements are becoming additional bed rooms & family rooms.
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