Q. Our crawl space is 3 1/2 feet high, under the living room, dining room and kitchen. A waterproofing company installed a sump pump, and the ground is covered with plastic to reduce moisture. We have ...
One of the major concerns homeowners have during winter is frozen pipes. In Colorado Springs, Colo., when winter sets in it not only causes temperatures to plummet, but it also threatens to freeze ...
I am renovating a house and the floor in our rec room gets very cold. We have an accessible crawl space below it. I would like to put up unfaced insulation between the floor joists and lay carpeting ...
Q:Thanks for your explanation on insulating a crawl space (Insulating, bracing crawl space a smart idea, Oct. 13). I have a rental house in San Carlos that gets mold on the walls near the floor in the ...
Q: We have a frame house with a stucco exterior. Part of it is over a crawl space about 3 feet high. The house is bolted to the foundation and the exterior stucco covers the walls down to the ground.
I insulated the crawl space under the newer part of my kitchen a couple of years back, and it seems to me to have made a bit of difference in temperature control in both summer and winter. I'm sure ...
Q: You have often said that crawl-space vents need to be opened in the winter. Why is that? I always thought they should be closed to keep my water pipes from freezing. A. I used to think the same ...
Q: I want to insulate the crawl space under my house and am confused about several points. The crawl space has a dirt floor. Should I cover that? What other advice can you give me? A: Two systems can ...