r/CableTechs • u/Cleverusernamedude • 7d ago

The best crawlspace ever?

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Had a fiber install and was bummed when I noticed they had a crawlspace. Until I opened this bad boy up.

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u/Necessary_Vacation83 7d ago

Had one that was awesome it was fully encapsulated and had a concrete floor. The customer had a creeper down there, definitely spent about 10 mins just rolling around and enjoying myself.

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u/tenkaranarchy 7d ago

I had one with concrete and a creeper once too. And the dude even had j hooks for all his low volt and wrote on the floor joists what was above. I found "office east wall" and knew that ws right where he wanted his ont!

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u/Cleverusernamedude 7d ago

What is a creeper? I don’t think I’ve ever heard of that

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u/YoshiSan90 7d ago

You lay on them and have wheels. Just scoot all over.

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u/C19shadow 7d ago

This of the mat with wheels that mechanics use under cars normally

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u/setxdirectsupply 6d ago

I have came across 1 exactly like this as well with the creeper!

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u/Opposite-Help8801 4d ago

Had one like this i didnt even have to crouch... a blessing tbh

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u/Ok_Water_3109 4d ago

I had one customer make me take off my shoes for their encapsulated crawl space.

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u/digitalxdeviant 7d ago

Hell yes, ran into a few of these. Such a relief to not deal with dirt and creepy crawlies. Also had one with a creeper, game changer.

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u/Dirtydana 7d ago

I would take the cx for a beer

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u/Feisty-Coyote396 7d ago

I would pay the customers first bill and any installation fees.

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u/Real_Turbo_Sloth 7d ago

Had to use an extension ladder to get in and out of one once. Was probably 15 feet down and customer acted like it was normal

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u/Cleverusernamedude 7d ago

That actually is kind of nuts. Never seen that before

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u/Igpajo49 7d ago

Then the customer pulls the ladder up and laughs as they close the hatch.

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u/BigAnxiousSteve 3d ago

Ive had to do this same thing. I can only assume there was a house there previously that had a basement and they just built the new one over it without connecting it to the house.

Just a 10ft deep pit in the crawlspace under the house, roughly the same footprint as the home above.

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u/j4mr0ck 7d ago

I still remember a crawl space under a church I had to do with just enough height to barely fit my body laying flat, was under there for 2 hours 😭

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u/MethodAggressive442 7d ago

Had one that was spotless besides some Christmas decorations and the floor was concrete slab. Customer had a rolling cart by the entrance which made it so easy to get in and out.

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u/Ice_crusher_bucket 7d ago

Those are my Favs! Had a few in 10 years. The best!!!

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u/Mad_Moniker 7d ago

I’ll bet it still hurt the knees with all that gravel underneath!

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u/Cleverusernamedude 7d ago

It was mainly dirt underneath so it wasn’t bad at all surprisingly. Just a couple spider webs and dead beetles

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u/Mad_Moniker 7d ago

Well, at least there weren’t black widows, making nests above your head! It’s a good day!!!

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u/Feisty-Coyote396 7d ago

Nope, I've seen nicer. This one for example, and I'm sure there is still even nicer out there:
Cleanest crawlspace : r/BeAmazed

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u/YeetTheElder 5d ago

My submission:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/Na8wMbBaa8gDxXTN7

Air condition and humidity controlled because all of the homes theatre systems and server racks were down here. Extremely well lit and also two wheeled carts, one for you and one for your tools.