Make A Crawl Space Cover In Concrete Wall

This is essentially a concrete barrier meant to help control moisture in the crawl space this is done several ways.

Make a crawl space cover in concrete wall.

The advantages of this solution are many. Getting concrete from a truck into your crawl space is a difficult. In this design a concrete pad called a mud pad is poured on the crawl space floor. Hold an end of the plastic sheeting against the far end of the first crawl space wall.

You might have noticed in the previous pictures that the concrete work for the crawl space was not done with much precision at all. With and with out a vapor barrier. And that leads to more mold. The alternative to pumping concrete is a liner sealing system of the crawl space.

Permanently seals walls and floors. A temperate lower area that will keep upper floors warm while your home s foundation remains in sound condition. Proper crawl space insulation also can prevent your crawl space from becoming a moist environment that grows and harbors mold and mildew controlling crawl space temperature and moisture is a dual process that works toward a common goal. To pour a floor 3 thick over a 1500 square foot crawl space floor alone is 14 4 cubic yards of concrete.

One of the neat things that the mason bricklayer does is carefully adjust the height of the cinder blocks and bricks with mortar thickness so that the crawl space walls end up exactly level all the way around. Concrete is heavy and mixing enough by yourself to cover your entire crawl space floor and walls is out of the question.