front door landing

Your post contained just over 100 words.

A picture would easily be worth the other 900.

Jeff Thies wrote the following:

Are you saying that the slab is sinking? What does a 'dirt basement' mean?

No. The slab is fine. The land is terraced, so the slap is on much higher ground. There's about 3' under the part of the house there.

Normally wood siding doesn't go all the way to the ground, but it does here. The ground here being the edge of the slab. I'd like to change that as I think this was done poorly, this was a later addition.

I wonder what to do about the wood.

dirt floor, covered in a vapor barrier.

Jeff Thies wrote: [deleted]

Jeff, your descriptions aren't forming a picture for any of us. Please post a photo somewhere and post the URL here.

Una

If I understand the situation, I think I'd move the dirt. -----

- gpsman

Jeff, I thought it was just me since I gulped a few beers to get the fiberglass insulation out of my throat. Then I see others not understanding either.

Post some pics somewhere and give us the link.

Yeah, how can you have a dirt basement under the slab??

I'll post some up in a day or two. Thanks for the read.

Jeff

My buddy has a house on top of a hill over looking a field. He built a

From the house side you drive onto the "second floor" slab. From the field side you drive under the slab onto a dirt floor.

I'm just sayin'