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Publication Review

Title: Consider the Crawl Space
Author: IBACOS, 2002
File: Free Pamphlet, PDF 114 KB, 2 pages
Audience: Written for architects and builders as a short how to guide.

Review
Short discussion on crawl space problems and proper techniques for designing and building unvented crawl spaces. Some experts are leaning heavily towards this approach to crawl spaces and much more durable, moisture resistant and mold resistant.

Issues covered include:

  • preventing moist crawl spaces
  • benefits of an unvented crawl space
  • conditioning the crawl space

Detail drawings include:

  • detail of non vented crawl space and foundation

 

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