Sometimes people do not think much about it if you say there is water in the crawl space. I have found a means of bringing the information home to them. Real numbers. Even though this photo shows plenty of water, an area about 20' x 15' and 4" deep, when you realize how many gallons it really is, that will knock your socks off.
Check out this little online water volume calculator. I find this super handy in my work.
The puddle below, by the way, is about 750 gallons. Now that gets a person's attention!
Steven L. Smith
Bellingham WA Home Inspections
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Hi Steve. As a fellow home inspector, I personally hate crawlspaces. They are breeding grounds for issues that go unchecked for undetermined periods of times and they are rarely ever dry. Unfortuantely, many crawlspace issues are not discovered until after the problem had snowballed into a large scale or costly repair.
Nick,
I know what you mean but around here they are the norm. Few basements.
Steve, have you seen those crawl space Kayaks----pretty cool for situations like this:)
Wow ..... I bet that website for calculating water volume is pretty neat. I've had alot of homes with craw spaces but none of them ever had any water ..... lucky me.
Sean Allen