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Are basements illegal in Texas? Which states don't have basements? Do homes in Austin Texas have basements? Why don t homes have basements in Texas? Is it cheaper to live in Florida or Texas? Why are homes so cheap in Texas? Why doesn't San Antonio have basements?
Can you build a basement in a house that's already built? Why don't they build basements in California? What is a Texas basement? Do Tennessee homes have basements? Do homes in Texas have storm shelters? Is it cheaper to build a house without a basement? The walls are the second phase in basement construction. There is a difference between a structural wall and a retaining wall.
A structural basement wall has constraint at the top which is provided by the floor system's lateral support. It is this lateral support that makes it different from a retaining wall. The basement floor is the final pouring stage of basement construction and yes, even a slab foundation can be built to resist soil movement and provide the appropriate strength for a structure if all factors are understood and accounted for.
The basement floor is a non-structural component of the basement, meaning the floor is a walking surface only. Powered by GoDaddy Website Builder. North Texas Basements, Inc. So I've been scouring for trustworthy answers from actual builders and architects. I hope the answers I've found here are right, but since I'm not an expert, I'd welcome any real homebuilders from Texas double-checking me and leaving a note in the guestbook below.
In the north, housing regulations require home foundations to be dug below the frost line, which may be 5 to 6 feet down. Builders must sink the pipes that far down so they won't freeze and break.
At that point, one might as well build a basement. In the south, the frost line tends to be less than a foot, so digging down is an unnecessary expense.
Texas was formerly under the Gulf of Mexico, and a lot of the eastern half of the state has what are called "expansive soils," a kind of clay that heaves and flexes and plays havoc even when houses are placed on slab foundations. Texas homeowners are known to water their lawns on hot, dry days to try to prevent their foundations from cracking. The pressure exerted by these swelling soils can exert up to 15, pounds of pressure per square foot!
Green areas are not very high above sea level. The same low elevations that allow hurricanes to push far inland also means the water table is ordinarily close to the surface, making basements vulnerable to flooding. United States Geological Survey. Historically, the water table in half of Texas has been very close to the surface, because the state is not that high above sea level. In Houston, for example, you can strike water just ten feet down in many areas. Basements too near the water table are often flooded.
Recent droughts have pushed the water table lower, but homebuilding construction has to account for ordinary and wet years, not just drought. This may be an excuse rather than a valid reason, but there are widespread complaints about the limestone old seabed in central and western parts of the state making it hard to dig, even to plant trees in the back yard. Limestone is the same kind of rock that forms the Alps! In many parts of Texas, there's only a thin layer of dirt above the limestone.
Limestone is softer than many kinds of rock, but it's still a rock. So it costs more to excavate a basement in limestone than ordinary soil. It can be done, and some new upscale homes in the Austin area do have basements , but I suspect they're out of the price range of most Texans. Content is for informational or entertainment purposes only and does not substitute for personal counsel or professional advice in business, financial, legal, or technical matters.
Thank you Dum Bass for showing the ignorance of this country. Too bad there are original Texans all over the country spreading some actual brain power In the gene pool. I grew up in Galveston. Lots and lots of old houses there have partial basements with some unfinished crawlspaces. It's one of the only places in the state where it virtually never freezes AND it's at, near, or below sea level.
Go figure. Texas: most Tornados in the country, least amount of basement shelter, most amount of lousy excuses. The real reason is: the level of intelligence in the state is not that high. Take a look at how the religious right tries to remove science and history from classrooms if you want an example. I hope this state gets wiped off the map and all of the ignorant christians with it. Keep building slab houses Texas! We don't need any more of your children in the gene pool!
Now that I have read all of the fine opinions I would like to add one that I am sure has been debunked by someone; however, I have seen it happen on more than one occasion. It is how most of us in San Antonio learned that a resident in a neighborhood had a basement. They tend to explode. Not all of them, but enough to cause the tornadoes to seem less of a danger. Texas has a lot of natural gas.
It is not all collected in the oil and gas fields across the state. In its natural state it is colorless, odorless and still quite volatile. It is also heavier than air, so it tends to collect in the lower portions of a basement and waits to accumulate enough volume to meet the first careless smoker or spark producer that enters the area of flammability. The result is a crater where the house use to be and, from experience only, the household will be distributed over a half-area around the former home.
There are some basements in the state, older homes built in the early parts of the 20th century would have root cellars, smoking indoors was not as prevalent at the time and the proliferation of electric motors not as common.
McDonalds does not seem to be able to build a store without a basement so they invest in wall with very low porosity, maintain water levels and exhaust fans to facilitate the evacuation of the gases. About the water levels, stone and clay. They may or may not have had an effect on peoples decision to build a basement, just like my "theory" on natural gas; but I have seen the craters 3 in my lifetime. I always wanted a basement for building trains, and decided to change hobbies.
I have a pet frog who likes pineapple. He eats it so much but is always so hungry! What do I do?!?!?! Rock — false. Rock exist on a site to site basic and therefore is not a general reason for lack of basements in Texas. Water table — false. Once again ground water is a site by site issue if at all. That project has been dry for years due to proper drainage and management. Soil movement is a result of moisture changes in the dirt. Freeze is only one — rain, wind, and sun cause moisture changes also.
Up north they acknowledge the potential and know how deep to put a foundation to eliminate damage. The Texas soil moves due to summer drought shrinking the ground and the winter rains expanding the soil. I know of a house in western Travis county that they wanted a basketball court underneath the house.
It cost's k to did that hole. Blue rock all the way, that had to be chipped a couple of feet down at a time. This is just west of Austin. Moonlake, I'm trying to remember where Manila is. Siloam Springs is in the NW, which is known to be an area of few or no basements. Ten years ago my husband and I moved to the Texas Hill Country searching for a home. Naturally, I wanted a house that had a basement for protection from tornadoes, but I quickly learned that the flash floods were a greater concern.
We lived near Marble Falls and Granite Shoals and after trying desperately to plant trees on our five acres it didn't take long to figure out why the house did not have a basement! Thanks for the article! MizBejabbers, I was born in Manila Arkansas no basements there. My sisters live in Siloam Springs. My sisters and other friends there don't have basements, but maybe there are basements around. I found this article interesting, especially in light of the fact that large swaths of Garland and Rowlett in north central Texas were flattened by massive tornadoes at speeds up to mph just a few days ago.
Sadly, at least eleven people died in those tornadoes. I lived in the Dallas area for eight years, but now live in Mississippi, which also experiences a high level of tornadic activity.
Some of the same issues are in play here; for example, the shallow frost line and perhaps more important shifting clay in the soil make basements almost non-existent here--especially in older homes.
Fortunately, the tornado that hit my property a few years after I moved into this house wasn't as destructive as those that hit Texas last week, but the sound of the tornado sirens still makes me tense. I've either been in or very near too many tornadoes during my lifetime not to be afraid of them. I've also seen firsthand what the worst ones can do.
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