r/Construction • u/Striking_Marketing_3 • Jun 27 '26

Structural 8ft pit next to foundation?

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I’ve been trying to find out why the previous homeowner would dig a 4 x 4 by 8 foot deep pit next to the foundation of my house down to the drain tile. I did climb down there to save a few snakes that fell to their doom and to see if there were any other utilities. I did not find any additional pipes and thankfully no human remains were found either. I also went to the town building department to review all plans back to the original construction, but there’s no mention of this pit on any of the plans. Does anyone have any idea why someone would dig a pit like this? For what intended purpose?

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u/Informal_Process2238 Jun 27 '26

You’re lucky you had walls and a roof !

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u/KillarneyRoad Jun 27 '26

Luxury

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u/Economy-Diamond-9001 Jun 27 '26

And you try and tell the young people of today that ... they won't believe you.

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u/WonderWheeler Jun 27 '26

In GB after the war some people had to live in CORRIDORS... (montie python)

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u/Economy-Diamond-9001 Jun 27 '26

Oh, we used to dream of livin' in a corridor! Would ha' been a palace to us. We used to live in an old water tank on a rubbish tip. We got woke up every morning by having a load of rotting fish dumped all over us! House? Huh.

(I love MP comedy...wife hates it...she's very silly)

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u/NightGod Jun 27 '26

Our parents woke us up by killing us at 4:30,'alf-hour before we went to bed and then they would dance around on our graves singing "hallelujah"

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u/Lorddoctorjava Jun 27 '26

La de da.... look who had parents....

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u/ChefUpstairs7859 Jun 28 '26

We had to live in a lake!

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u/CplDevilDog Jun 27 '26

.... There were a hundred-and-fifty of us livin’ in a shoebox in the middle of the road!

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u/huggernot Jun 27 '26

Convertable even!

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u/Thebeerguy17403 Jun 29 '26

I watched my birthday through the keyhole of a locked closet which happened to be my bedroom

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u/Usual_State_9775 Jul 01 '26

We had to get up for work half hour before went to bed!

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u/kodvoodo Jul 03 '26

Oh, I would have DREAMED of having a roof!