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. 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 ...

Q: I read your online response about crawl space vents. I found it very informative. I reside on the coast. My house is located on a lagoon off the inner coastal waterway. The crawl space floor is ...

Q : You have often said that crawl space vents need to be opened in the winter. Why is that? I always thought they should be closed to keep my water pipes from freezing. A: I used to think the same ...

I am renovating a house and the floor in our rec room gets very cold. We have an accessible crawl space below it. I would like to put up unfaced insulation between the floor joists and lay carpeting ...

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 ...

Question: I want to cover my crawl space with a plastic moisture barrier, but I can find only the type that is 6 mil in the store. I want to buy the new 20-mil kind, but the companies that carry it ...

ATHENS, Ala. (WHNT) – With the cold weather outside, many people will be staying inside to try to keep warm. It’s better to plan ahead for the weather now and one thing you can’t ignore are the pipes ...

Q: You have often said that crawl-space vents need to be opened in the winter. Why is that? I always thought they should be closed to keep my water pipes from freezing. A. I used to think the same ...