Question about basements

**Trapper9** · May 17th, 2012, 08:43 AM

It's so your deadbeat kids can't stay with you forever.

**Chateau Bow Wow** · May 17th, 2012, 08:56 AM

I was told it's a water table issue.

**RockPile** · May 17th, 2012, 10:00 AM

It's easier to get rid of bodies out here in the west.

**job** · May 17th, 2012, 10:49 AM

Originally Posted by Chartrand

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Probably a combination of water table, soil make-up, and a little bit of earthquake issues thrown in.

According to a construction buddy of mine, this is exactly the correct answer.

**Birdman** · May 17th, 2012, 10:58 AM

You can't tell me that pouring a slab and then building on top of it isn't cheaper than trenching and building a basement.

**KRC1221** · May 19th, 2012, 12:16 PM

Originally Posted by Noble Savage

Having grown up in the Midwest, I was used to every house I ever saw having a basement.
It only occurred to me recently that they seem to be extremely rare in SoCal and in AZ.

Anybody know the reason for that?
I have a few guesses, but they don't seem right to me.
No tornadoes, so you don't need em?
More land available in the West, so most people didn't build them?
Caliche?

Anyone know?

And to answer the question that I think you're really asking.....yes its a good place to store the bodies. Dead hookers presumably.

**Noble Savage** · May 19th, 2012, 12:34 PM

Originally Posted by KRC1221

And to answer the question that I think you're really asking.....yes its a good place to store the bodies. Dead hookers presumably.

Especially when Mother teaches you they are ALL hookers. . .

**KRC1221** · May 19th, 2012, 12:41 PM

Originally Posted by Noble Savage

Especially when Mother teaches you they are ALL hookers. . .

I like your mom!

**orpheus** · May 19th, 2012, 06:49 PM

And it's true because mothers don't lie, I mean, they are after all a boy's best friend.

**x-wingcamewest** · May 20th, 2012, 05:43 AM

In my old neighborhood in Altadena,Ca, (cira 1924), many if not all of the houses had what was called a Michigan basesment. All the homes where on raised foundations, and the "basement" on the average was about 15'x 15'. The homes when built had floor furnaces so it was easy access to install and work on them. Most how ever had had there Floor Furnaces removed and replace with either a wall furnace or an FAU. Most folks put the FAU in the basement area. The stairway to this "basement" was on the outside of the house.

Now why they were called Michigan Basements, I have know idea. I was born and raised in Michigan, and I never saw or heard of a Michigan Basement untill I moved out to California.

Anyone have an answer to that?

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