Creepy Crawlspace Cleanout

The day before yesterday was a creepy, crawly, claustrophobic filled adventure! What started out as a few hour project turned into a whole day of "yuck"!
I have to say...my squirm / jumpy tolderance for bugs rose to a whole new level. For many hours, I'd turn my head and find I had at least a dozen huge spiders (or SUPER jumpy crickets) within a few inches of my eyes. This is one of those times I wish I had a GoPro camera to capture the real thing up close.
Two days later, I'm still frantically brushing off various parts of my body at that phantom crawling feeling on my skin. But that's one more dirty job completed, and it's on to the next!
I couldn't have done it without my Ryobi tools!! I can't wait to get my new shop built out with an entire wall dedicated to organizing my whole collection of Ryobi One+ tools! 💗

[@rustywalleye2875]

You go, girl! I am cleaning out my crawlspace now

[@hawkeyegrace]

Thanks! Good luck to you, I hope it goes smoothly!

[@maddyolive5985]

You're super brave and this was very satisfying to watch. Researching crawl spaces to see if it's something I can handle- still not sure if I can haha.

[@hawkeyegrace]

Haha thank you! It was super gross (even for me). I don’t know that I’ll be jumping in so quickly to do that again in the near future! 😂

[@Schism75]

If you could only see the crawl space I’m working in now!! Fixing main beams that clients paid to have done years ago and got taken! My nose rubs the floor joists in some places crawling on my back!!

[@hawkeyegrace]

Oh man, that’s awful! That’s my nightmare for sure. I hope you’re charging and extra “pain in the ass” fee.

[@benromney9279]

I'm doing this in my new home. So many spiders...

[@gracemcintire7880]

Definitely a ton! My HVAC guy was especially grateful for me clearing this out! He said he's never had anyone do that for him before.

[@nathanhamilton5631]

​@@gracemcintire7880 i am just about ready to crawl down in there and clear mine. One dark and depressing place.

[@hawkeyegrace]

@@nathanhamilton5631 it definitely is!! Good luck and I hope it goes smoothly!

[@MiguelOrtiz-cp5wp]

great job and thanks for sharing, did you disinfect also?

[@hawkeyegrace]

Thank you! I did not do any disinfecting while cleaning, although it's definitely something to consider!

[@CharlesBrown-fs3rg]

song?

[@hawkeyegrace]

I'm so sorry for the late reply! The song is "Temperature's Rising" by Love-Fine.

[@CharlesBrown-fs3rg]

@@hawkeyegrace Awesome, thanks...and great job on the crawl space :)

[@hawkeyegrace]

@@CharlesBrown-fs3rgthank you!

[@GalacticTradingPost]

did all the trash come from construction workers? blown in through a busted vent? carried in by racoons?

[@hawkeyegrace]

Based on the majority of the contents, it looks like it was trash left from when the home was originally built. Some of the construction debris was from when we gutted the kitchen and a lot of the rotted flooring and trash left in the abandoned house fell through. Some of it was also a result of replacing all new plumbing and electrical, so I had to haul out the old materials. However, the bulk of the difficult to clear junk (old beer cans, trash, random household goods) looked dated and was left from the original construction workers when the home was built.