Someone said that house had a basement.
I gotta ask, why are their no basements in TX?
Someone said that house had a basement.
I gotta ask, why are their no basements in TX?
It’s Texas, When it rains it rains a lot and would flood a basement. Besides, This ain’t the Northeast where space is expensive. Most Texas homes don’t need the extra space for a basement or for a second floor, for that matter. We have plenty of room to build one story on a cement slab.
“I gotta ask, why are their no basements in TX?..”
Variety of reasons. One mentioned already is that space is not a premium here. We just build out or up. Another, in my part of the state, is that bedrock is only 3-4 feet below the surface of the ground. Doesn’t make for good basement territory unless you blast and that’s expensive.
We do have old cellars and modern storm shelters here but few if any are completely sunk below the surface. Most protrude several feet above the ground which presents much less of a target to a tornado than the regular home.
The local soils are not conducive to basements in general.
I live in Texas and I have a basement in my house. Something about the soil (at least here in North Texas) makes it hard to keep out water seepage. I only use it store items I don’t mind occasionally getting wet. One plus, it gives repairmen great access to pipes and air ducts as opposed to a crawl space.