Q: I am planning to build a new home on a crawl space foundation. I’ve been hearing a lot lately that conditioned crawlspaces — as opposed to vented crawlspaces — are the way to go. Are they? A: Here ...

Now we come to the crawl space, and this is where it can get a little more complicated. You need to make a decision as to whether the crawl space is a ventilated and unconditioned space similar to an ...

Q. We have a crawl space under the front of our house that, to our horror, had become a rat condo, unbeknownst to us until the odor of urine began to permeate the living space above. (We had not ...

Q: More than 40 years ago, I read an article about a man who heated his small home by centralizing the source of heat into the crawl space. Each room had a floor register placed under a window, and ...

Q: We have a crawl space under the front of our house that, to our horror, had become a rat condo, unbeknownst to us until the odor of urine began to permeate the living space above. (We had not ...

Q: I am writing to inform you that you said some inaccurate things in your article about attic insulation. Attic ventilation is still required with spray-on foam. There must be a minimum 1-inch-thick ...

Q: Would it help to reduce moisture under my patio home if I had my sump pump covered? It currently has a depth of 18 inches of water constantly. A: Covering an open sump pit is a good idea to prevent ...