With crawl space foundations, plumbing lines, gas pipes and electrical elements are often housed within the gap between the ground and floor of the home. Then, if maintenance is needed, everything ...

If it is built on a slab there is no crawl space or basement to budget for. This is particularly true when a builder has to carve a basement out of solid rock—a very expensive proposition. 5.

Full or partial basements served as the foundation for 16.6% of homes, while slab foundations accounted for 72.4% of foundations for new homes. ... If the crawl space has dirt floors, ...

If it is built on a slab there is no crawl space or basement to budget for. This is particularly true when a builder has to carve a basement out of solid rock—a very expensive proposition. 5.