Comments on: What’s In Your Crawlspace? http://www.handymanfixhomerepair.com/what%e2%80%99s-in-your-crawlspace/ How to Fix, Build, Install, Customize, Repair, Restore, Renovate, and Demolish your House and Home Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:06:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Keith http://www.handymanfixhomerepair.com/what%e2%80%99s-in-your-crawlspace/comment-page-1/#comment-2049 Keith Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:29:56 +0000 http://www.handymanfixhomerepair.com/?p=113#comment-2049 I live in southwest Florida in a home built in 1925. Beautiful home, but the damp mildew smell is prevalent when it is closed up for a few days or after a rain. We are close the bay and the water table is about 24" from the top of the soil. The crawl space is always damp. We have been told that this is typical and to put insulation at all would be a problem between the joist whether the vapor barrier is up against the subfloor or down at the end of the bottom of the joist. We have a fan installed that is on a timer to come on between mid-night and go off at 6 AM. There is some old plastic on the soil surface that is sporadically around but we were told that this is a "No, No" Anyone have suggestions. The foundation does have vents. Keith I live in southwest Florida in a home built in 1925. Beautiful home, but the damp mildew smell is prevalent when it is closed up for a few days or after a rain. We are close the bay and the water table is about 24″ from the top of the soil. The crawl space is always damp.

We have been told that this is typical and to put insulation at all would be a problem between the joist whether the vapor barrier is up against the subfloor or down at the end of the bottom of the joist. We have a fan installed that is on a timer to come on between mid-night and go off at 6 AM. There is some old plastic on the soil surface that is sporadically around but we were told that this is a “No, No”

Anyone have suggestions. The foundation does have vents.

Keith

]]> By: Larry Ralph http://www.handymanfixhomerepair.com/what%e2%80%99s-in-your-crawlspace/comment-page-1/#comment-1006 Larry Ralph Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:21:45 +0000 http://www.handymanfixhomerepair.com/?p=113#comment-1006 Excellent post on the awareness of what is actually in crawlspaces. I inspect many basements and crawlspaces and blog about my experiences in them. You wouldn't believe what I run into down there. Check it out at http://basementsolutions.blogspot.com Excellent post on the awareness of what is actually in crawlspaces. I inspect many basements and crawlspaces and blog about my experiences in them. You wouldn’t believe what I run into down there. Check it out at http://basementsolutions.blogspot.com

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