Crawl Space definition

Crawl Space means an enclosed area beneath the lowest elevated floor, eighteen inches or more in height, which is used to service the underside of the lowest elevated floor. The elevation of the floor of this enclosed area, which may be of soil, gravel, concrete or other material, must be equal to or above the lowest adjacent exterior grade. The enclosed crawl space area shall be properly vented to allow for the equalization of hydrostatic forces which would be experienced during periods of flooding.
Crawl Space means an unfinished space of less than full story height below the first or ground floor. Crawl spaces may be vented or unvented to the outside.
Crawl Space means any floor area having less than 1.5 metres of clearance between the underside of a roof or floor system above and a ground floor slab or ground surface below.

Examples of Crawl Space in a sentence

  • We will consider the following areas inaccessible: • Elevated areas like roofs that are not safely accessible from a 3.6m ladder, using an unobstructed line of sight where building elements are close enough to allow inspection • Access points (like manholes) smaller than 400mm x 500mm • Crawl space (like under floors etc) with a clearance of less than 600mm x 600mm • where reasonable entry is denied to us, or where we cannot access, are excluded from the inspection.


More Definitions of Crawl Space

Crawl Space means an enclosed space between the underside of a floor assembly and the ground cover directly below, with a clearance less than 1800 mm in height.”
Crawl Space means the space below a building hav- ing no basement; the space being at ground grade, in a depression or in an excavation.
Crawl Space means an enclosed space between the underside of a floor assembly and the ground cover directly below, with a clearance less than 1 .8 m (5ft 11 in) in height .
Crawl Space means that portion of a building between two floor levels or between a floor level and the ground with a height of less than 2.03 metres (6 feet 8 inches);
Crawl Space means an area located in part or entirely below the Flood Construction Level having a maximum height from floor to ceiling of 1.5 m;
Crawl Space means that space below the floor of the first storey of a building, which is not less in height than 0.30 m. from the underside of the floor joists to the surface below and is not a cellar or basement as defined herein.
Crawl Space means any area below the ground level and below the lowest floor having an interior dimension of four (4) feet or less measured from the interior ground surface to the top of the stem wall.