In this design a concrete pad called a “mud pad” is poured on the crawl space floor. This is essentially a concrete barrier meant to help control moisture in the crawl space. This is done several ways; with and with out a vapor barrier. The traditional mud pad is a poured concrete pad over a roughly graded dirt floor.

SilverBack® 20 Mil Vapor Barrier The front of the SilverBack® is white and the back is Silver. As always, the SilverBack® brand of vapor barriers are true thickness, so this 20 Mil vapor barrier measures 20 Mil at the plastic not the string reinforcement like the others. This means you get 22%-30% more plastic than with other products on the market calling their product a 20 Mil The 20...

Dehumidifier is Good, Conditioned Air is Better and The Best is Both! A Crawl Space Dehumidifier is Good A good quality crawl space dehumidifier that is sized properly for the crawl space will make the difference between one that gets the job done efficiently and one that does not, but makes you feel good until you get the electric bill. Not all crawl space dehumidifiers are created to do...

There are three major environment situations that call for insulation in a crawl space. The first is your standard dirt floor (may have some plastic laid on the floor) crawl with open vents which is referred to as an open crawl space.

Conditioned crawl space uses all of the positive parts of the other crawl space designs and leaves out the negative ones. A conditioned crawl space is part of the home, finally leaving the outside out and taking the final steps beyond the other options to create a healthy comfortable home.

This design is referred to by many different names; encapsulated crawl space, closed crawl space, conditioned crawl space®. All of these names refer to essentially the same thing but may have a different process. The vents are permanently closed. The crawl space is completely sealed off...