Q: I am planning to build a new home on a crawl space foundation. I’ve been hearing a lot lately that conditioned crawlspaces — as opposed to vented crawlspaces — are the way to go. Are they? A: Here ...

Q: I have a crawlspace under our home where the north and east walls are insulated on the inside with 3/4-inch blue foam board. Do I need to have a fire-resistant or -retardant covering over it by ...

Now we come to the crawl space, and this is where it can get a little more complicated. You need to make a decision as to whether the crawl space is a ventilated and unconditioned space similar to an ...

What happens under your house is as important as what goes on inside it. Especially when it comes to moisture control. Your crawl space–that dark, sometimes damp and creepy-feeling area formed by your ...

Q: More than 40 years ago, I read an article about a man who heated his small home by centralizing the source of heat into the crawl space. Each room had a floor register placed under a window, and ...

Crawl space. The term conjures images of unknown creatures and the smell of molds. Crawl space. That place below your floors that barely separates your home from the ground below. Crawl spaces have a ...

Q:Our Mill Valley house was built in 1957 and was not insulated. Every time a wall is opened up, we add insulation. Some say it would be a good idea to insulate the floor of our house. There is a ...