Crawlspace vapour barrier/ Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

Insulating crawlspaces as part of home renovation
Crawl spaces

How to insulate crawlspaces properly as part of renovating an older home

...Crawlspacevapourbarrier© Pescrawlspaces.com For those with nothing but a dirt floor, the single most important thing to do will not cost much - cut off the moisture supply to the air by laying down polyethylene directly on the ground. The standard 6 mil polyvapourbarrierwill work fine as a DIY solution. Do th...

Crawl Spaces or Slab on Grade Foundations?
Crawl spaces

Should I Build on a Slab on Grade Foundation or a Crawl Space?

...crawlspace; full stop. • EPS foam can be used as avapourbarrierwhen installed with multiple layers and offset joints as it will not absorb moisture from the ground. • Building on high ground eliminates any risk of flooding. • A slab on grade with a frost-protection skirt designed for its specific climate will ...

Crawl Spaces or Slab on Grade Foundations?
Foundations and Basements

铺在地板上还是铺在履带上,哪个更好?

...crawlspace; full stop. • EPS foam can be used as avapourbarrierwhen installed with multiple layers and offset joints as it will not absorb moisture from the ground. • Building on high ground eliminates any risk of flooding. • A slab on grade with a frost-protection skirt designed for its specific climate will ...

Radon and vapour barrier below slab on grade floor
Radon in Homes - Mitigation

Vapour / radon barriers below slab floors

...vapourbarrier, we used a 10 milbarrierand a radon evacuation stack to lower radon gas levels in homes, research shows (see below) that thicker membranes offer more effective protection. In this video we are installing a 10 milvapourbarrierbut we would probably use a thick vaporbarrierlike this one in future a...

Slab-on-grade construction technical guide
Slab on Grade

Slab-on-grade technical guide

...vapourbarrier,我们正在邀请模具。而板上基础则完全避免了这一点。生活质量:抛光混凝土楼板©Bala Structures与地下室相比,地面上的建筑具有提供更多自然光线的优势。它……

Non-toxic building materials can improve home air quality
Healthy indoor air quality

Maintaining healthy indoor air quality

...vapourbarrierunder your concrete floor and installing a radon vent will eliminate the problem for very little money. It's a simple matter of a 3 or 4 inch pipe with a T at the bottom underneath your slab, that is vented to the outside. Read more on the health effects of radon gas & how to prevent it in homes & cr...

Crawlspace radon barrier installation for radon mitigation
Radon in Homes - Mitigation

Removing radon gas from basements and crawlspaces

...Crawlspace不隔热的地板:A radonbarrierneeds to be installed to seal off the ground from the air in thecrawlspace. A DIY radon mitigation solution for acrawlspaceis to use a standard 6 mil polyethylenevapourbarrier, which works, but contractors may be required by law to use a fire-rated memb...

Radon Mitigation - Installing a radon evacuation stack in a slab floor
Radon in Homes - Mitigation

Mitigating radon gas in homes

...crawlspaces: Removing radon from basements &crawlspaces is easier if prevented rather than cured, and existing homes that are found to have high levels of Radon should look at mitigation asap. Depending on the state of your basement and orcrawlspace, there will be varying degrees of difficulty in mitigating radon. ...

Roxul mineral wool batt insulation in LEED Homes
Insulation and soundproofing

Choosing the right insulation: the pros, cons and applications for walls, slabs & basements

...vapourbarrierand airbarrier. Blowing agents are 1430 times worse than carbon dioxide, exponentially worse than EPS. For ecological reasons rather than performance, we recommend limiting its use when possible unless it is genuine Dow Corning styrofoam which uses foam blowing agents that are environmentally better ....

Renovate, Remodel or Rebuild? How to choose which is Best for Homes
Wall assemblies - renovation

Should I be renovating my home or tearing it down & rebuilding?

...vapourbarrier, then a thick layer of insulation . Exteriorvapourbarrierconstruction is a simple practice and an excellent one, but it behaves very differently than interiorvapourbarrier它需要对背后的物理原理有透彻的理解,这样你才不会在无意中设计失败。要理解di…

Slab on grade or a foundation and basement?
Foundation choices

Slab-on-grade vs foundation and crawlspace or basement

...vapourbarrier以及倾倒之前的大量机械基础设施。这些都不应该让你气馁,反正在你的地下室都是必要的。你可以把地板材料放在平板上,但简单的饰面包括酸染色、着色、切割瓷砖图案,或最简单的和……