Damp locations

[Greghollis]

Is the crawl space of a house a damp location


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[ptonsparky]

Depends.

My home of 30 years had a damp and sometimes wet crawl space for the first 24 years we lived there. A New foundation, raising the ground level in it by 6”, and covering it all in heavy plastic made it dry.

 

[Little Bill]

It's possible but you have to see how it fares with the definition.

Location, Damp. Locations protected from weather and
not subject to saturation with water or other liquids but
subject to moderate degrees of moisture. Examples of such
locations include partially protected locations under canopies,
marquees, roofed open porches, and like locations,
and interior locations subject to moderate degrees of moisture,
such as some basements, some barns, and some coldstorage
warehouses.

 

[kwired]

It's possible but you have to see how it fares with the definition.

...and interior locations subject to moderate degrees of moisture,
such as some basements, some barns, and some coldstorage
warehouses.

Unfrequent incidents like a burst water pipe or something like that doesn't make a particular location wet or damp either.

 

[Little Bill]

Unfrequent incidents like a burst water pipe or something like that doesn't make a particular location wet or damp either.

And I never said it did. I was just pointing out that from the definition it could be a damp location depending on the circumstances the same as a basement which is named in the definition.

 

[kwired]

And I never said it did. I was just pointing out that from the definition it could be a damp location depending on the circumstances the same as a basement which is named in the definition.

I didn't intend to step on any toes, just wanted to add to what was mentioned.