Q: I would appreciate your opinion on whether I should hire a company to line the crawl space of my house. It's about 2,400 square feet, and I suspect the work would be pretty pricey. Is it worth it?

It’s a dark, forgotten area of your home that you only enter when something has gone wrong and you’re trying to fix it. Perhaps a plumbing pipe needs to be replaced or you need to repair some ...

Q. We have a 3-foot crawl space under our home in Wisconsin. We have black plastic covering the gravel floor and several air vents for aeration. However, we get a great deal of condensation, and the ...

Improving foundation ventilation to prevent moisture buildup is a critical part of crawl space maintenance for Dallas homeowners. Moisture in the crawl space can compromise foundation health and ...

A dirt floor in a basement or crawl space can be a major source of moisture problems. Lingering excess moisture can cause unpleasant odors, affect indoor air quality, and put the space at risk of mold ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Many building codes in the southeastern United States call for increased attic and crawl space ventilation to fight moisture and related IAQ problems. Craig DeWitt, Ph.D., P.E., ...

For children and perhaps even many adults, the crawl space is shrouded in mystery. Rarely do we think of the dark, dingy, low-ceilinged, and dirt-floored crawl space as providing opportunity. And yet, ...

Crawl spaces aren’t on most homeowners’ radars, but they should be. This narrow unfinished space that separates the home from the earth provides access to important housing components like plumbing, ...