More Crawlspace Yuk??

[CHI]

Found this in a crawl today. It was pretty solid until moved then became pretty fine, almost like a powder. I want to say it looked like a bag of lime, however it was spread under one entire room and was behind the insulation at several locations. Well ventilated, no moisture and had a vapor barrier.

Thoughts?

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[Jim Katen]

Originally posted by CHI

Found this in a crawl today. It was pretty solid until moved then became pretty fine, almost like a powder. I want to say it looked like a bag of lime, however it was spread under one entire room and was behind the insulation at several locations. Well ventilated, no moisture and had a vapor barrier.

Thoughts?

It was probably lime then. Plumbers regularly spread lime in crawlspaces when there's been a waste line leak.

- Jim Katen, Oregon

[CHI]

Thanks Jim,

That's pretty much what I told the buyer. It certainly was a mess, but it didn't look like it grew there, it looked like it had been poured. The fact that it was near and on top of the main waste line makes sense.

Thanks for your insight.