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 ...
With winter in full swing, you may be looking for ways to keep your house warm. After all, relying solely on your home's ...
Construction companies have since moved away from using foundation vents because they let in too much humidity and moisture under the home. But if you do have foundation vents, you should close or ...
Q. This week: My five year old second home has a five foot tall crawl space with a concrete floor (copper and PVC pipes and ductwork are down there, and a suspended 80,000 BTU transverse furnace).
Q. My house has four crawl space foundation vents that have flaps that can be opened or closed. The furnace people said to keep the vents closed all the time to prevent condensation from forming on ...
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) — When winter weather hits, remember your crawl space. Experts say you need to close the space’s vents when the cold weather hits. Home experts say leaving it open can allow ...
DEAR TIM: I have a 1,100 square-foot crawl space, and the slate floor above it is ice cold because there’s no insulation. My head is spinning from all of the conflicting information I’m seeing online ...
Q You have always said to open the crawl vents in the winter and close them in the summer. We had a pest control company tell us just the opposite. Don't know if it's the same for all regions, but I'm ...
Q: We just purchased a super-old home (1734) in Boston. This week, I discovered rot under a side porch. I ended up dismantling the porch and tearing out all the rotted wood from the house. The rotted ...