Your Northern Home: understanding crawl spaces 

Thanks for making the video, Very informative! Will consider all your recommendations for my home in Northern Nevada.

Great information! Thousands of thanks 👏👏👏

Terrific video. Thank you.

Outstanding info.

Great video thanks

Thank you for clear info

lots of great info thank so much

don' t forget to mention this is a "summer ' job.... I'm freezing my bum off and waiting til spring...then I am digging outside first. 4 inches of foam on top of a properly sealed concrete wall.. then inside next..4 inches.and go from there... don't know why concrete block is so cheesey after all these years..nice video...cmon over...

I was curious to know the details on the outside foundation of this home. I see sheet metal which is screwed down to the concrete. Is this covering a foam sheeting applied to the outside of the foundation?

I bought a small but wonderful cottage in Northern Michigan. Built around 1944 and updated around 1996. The crawl space is barely 18 inches! I can't get to 90% of it. There is a corner under the hot water heater where the plumbing runs from one end of the cottage to the other. Struggling to insulate this properly. A windy cold day really goes through the underside and puts those pipes at risk. Every tutorial I watch seems to work with a somewhat "ideal" crawl space. What about the outdated old piece of crap barely above the ground spaces? Any pointers would help...

Hello ! I was wonderring,,,I have a cement foundation beneath my cottage which is not a full basement, actually it is only about 4 ft in height with a nice sandy floor area..So my question is can i just spray insulate the whole perimeter of the foundation keeping the are at a reasonable heated temp in order for my above floor to be comfortable on the feet,or must i also spray the underside of my floor,or will that just prevent the heated space below from warming up my above floor on the living space side? :)

I want to build a 10ftx10ft room facing north. In cold Canada. 4ft high. where can I get info for insulating it? Thanks in advance

If you have pex plates with hydronic forced hot water underfloor - would it be okay to foam over the entire joist cavity ? Just curious before I go and foam the crawl space. Thx.

If you want your crawl space to be “conditioned”, similar to the living space, why is it necessary to insulate the floor joists area?

Pay for all that insulated and sealing but then just go ahead and open those vents in the freezing winter.

Please tell something about Crawl Space wentyliation. How to provide a good climate in the crowl space,.

Do you have Radon gas in your cwral space, if so how vented?.

this is great but I'm confused by the fiberglass batt insulation in the new house.. why is that even there? is that not a "conditioned crawl space"?

at 6:05 You said foam needs fire protection. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LuGTYfcs-I0.html Froth-Pak seems to have a Class A foam can be left exposed up to 2"

i have a basement

What i did on the exterior crawl walls is waited a few weeks for the poured walls to dry then heated up 5 gallons of tar at a time with a electric charcoal lighter then rolled it on thick. you wont find a contractor to do it right like that because they want work later. why is everybody sealing there house up so tight? if you want to save and have fresh air in the house learn about solar panels. The free electricity can heat and cool the house.

Crawl spaces are so creepy 😳

why build a crawlspace?

I wil never buy a craw space house in my life , too much hidden bullshit ,solid slab foundation .is my next house .

This guy kind of freaks me out