Not sure you'll ever see this comment, but I've watched tons of construction-related videos the past couple years, and IMO yours are top level for both watchability and content. I subscribed some months back, but I'm baffled. I have no f***ing idea why they haven't gotten more views, esp when so many YT videos on the same topics aren't nearly as good but have 100 times as many views or more. Makes no sense at all to me. Just want to testify that the videos you've done for your channel are exceptional.
I enjoy your charisma and you sound like an honest inspector. I will advise a vapor barrier over soil is conducive to microbial growth developing under it. I would go with a rat slab or gravel with a loose laying vapor barrier (no encapsulation ever) over top. Seal up the crawlspace and set up a commercial dehumidifier last, after all contamination has been removed. Thanks for your vids, I’m subbing now.
Thank you! There are certainly a few different approaches. What part of the country are you located? Based on some of the terminology and methodology that you mentioned, it sounds like you may be in a different area.
@@inspectorcluseau6084 I’m in the Delmarva area and we get high humidity up here just as bad sometimes. It’s the act of enclosing soil with an encapsulated vapor barrier. It creates an upside down Petri dish of mold, really almost anywhere you go, because of the moisture that always naturally rises from the soil. That concept creates mold and it cakes up really bad under the poly. And no matter how sealed your encapsulation is it doesn’t matter, the spores will escape from the stack effect. They always find a way. And why would you even want mold under your vapor barrier anyway? The gravel works as a capillary break, reversing the moisture back down into the soil to help control moisture. But you wouldn’t encapsulate it after. You just loose lay poly across the surface, taping it together. Or you can lay down the vapor barrier and totally cover it with cement like they are doing on many slabs today that are being built for houses. Soil under homes is a no no, period imo. And encapsulating it is a disaster waiting to happen. I’ve seen enough pics of trapped mold under vapor barriers, even in dehumidified crawlspaces.
why should they get a mold sampling (inspection)? you need to address 1. the source 2. There are many products out there, but one doesn't kill em all - you need to ID your mold to kill it.
