Make A Crawl Space Cover In Concrete Wall

With and with out a vapor barrier.

Make a crawl space cover in concrete wall.

Spread the plastic the length of the wall pulling it 2 or 3 feet past the wall end to measure the length. Getting concrete from a truck into your crawl space is a difficult. The advantages of this solution are many. Concrete is heavy and mixing enough by yourself to cover your entire crawl space floor and walls is out of the question.

This is essentially a concrete barrier meant to help control moisture in the crawl space this is done several ways. That is 1 1 2 truckloads from a concrete truck. Permanently seals walls and floors. The alternative to pumping concrete is a liner sealing system of the crawl space.

To pour a floor 3 thick over a 1500 square foot crawl space floor alone is 14 4 cubic yards of concrete. And that leads to more mold. Also since concrete does not provide a thermal break a temperature difference between the air and the concrete surface will cause condensation. You might have noticed in the previous pictures that the concrete work for the crawl space was not done with much precision at all.

Hold an end of the plastic sheeting against the far end of the first crawl space wall. A temperate lower area that will keep upper floors warm while your home s foundation remains in sound condition.