Rigid foam boards are better suited for a finished loft or attic space than fiberglass insulation, which is best reserved for times you can see between the joists. When cold weather rolls in, take a ...

DEAR TIM: The crawl space under my 1910 home is just exposed dirt and leftover building materials. I need to add a vapor barrier and wonder about the best one. The foundation consists of granite slabs ...

I am renovating a house and the floor in our rec room gets very cold. We have an accessible crawl space below it. I would like to put up unfaced insulation between the floor joists and lay carpeting ...

While insulating your crawl space is not absolutely necessary, it will help a lot to minimize any of the moisture or temperature intrusions into your home. But to tell you the truth, it’ll take you a ...

Q. We own a Dutch colonial home (circa 1929) and are wondering what the best solution would be for insulating a crawlspace in the basement. It is underneath two identical 9-by-20-foot sun rooms (one ...

Q: We have a frame house with a stucco exterior. Part of it is over a crawl space about 3 feet high. The house is bolted to the foundation and the exterior stucco covers the walls down to the ground.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Crawl space with low ceilings and insulation - Jason Finn/Getty Images A crawl space seems like a good solution for the foundation ...

I insulated the crawl space under the newer part of my kitchen a couple of years back, and it seems to me to have made a bit of difference in temperature control in both summer and winter. I'm sure ...

You likely know if your home has a crawl space, but what’s inside that crawl space may be a mystery. After all, the idea of slithering around a dirt floor and potentially encountering insects, spiders ...

Question: The crawl space under my 1910 home is just exposed dirt and leftover building materials. I need to add a vapor barrier and wonder about the best one. The foundation consists of granite slabs ...