Vapor Retarders for Basements and Crawlspaces

Do you need a vapor retarder on your basement wall? How about your basement floor?

Dealing With Basement Water from the Outside

If you want to solve problems with a wet basement, you might need to excavate the exterior of your foundation

Are There Any Reasons to Make Homes ‘A Little Bit Leaky’?

Some builders still worry that air sealing efforts will lead to rot

Frugal Happy: Epic House Update

Chris and Wen tame an unruly crawlspace and install a minisplit system

Crawl Spaces vs. Skirts

If you have a house on piers, should you enclose the space under the house or leave it open?

New, Vented Crawl Spaces Should Be Illegal

Most building science research condemns the classic vented crawl space, at least in certain climate zones, even if the crawl space meets code

Does a Crawl Space Make Sense?

A building convention in one region is mostly ignored in another. Does that make one side wrong?

Problems With Crawlspaces

Venting and other under-house ills

Vented Crawlspaces and the Psychrometric Chart

Replacing humid air with more humid air doesn't work

Retrofit for Radon Vent