Crawl Space by Cleveland Home Inspector Marko Vovk

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“Conditioned Crawl Space” by Cleveland home inspector Marko Vovk is explained in this short 2 minute video. Crawl space designs that have exterior ventilation also know as “vented crawl spaces: sometimes create house problems, issues and permit musty odors. Some problems that vented crawl spaces create but not limited to may be, mold, mildew, rot, deterioration, musty house odors, insect infestation, and wood boring insect activity such as termites, carpenters ants and powered post beetles. Additionally, vented crawl spaces could lead to musty cloths odors, mold growth in upper home, poor indoor air quality, heavy dust mite activity, cold floors, condensation and much more. Home inspector Marko Vovk recommends that crawl spaces that are located in cold weather zones like Ohio and most of USA America, should be conditioned crawl spaces. Conditioned crawl space designs are more desirable and would include by not limited to sealing exterior vents, heating, cooling, dehumidifying, installing a 100% sealed floor vapor barrier, installing interior perimeter insulation, and properly managing exterior water sources. Keeping gutters clean, having proper grading, moving sprinkler heads away from foundation are some exterior water management that needs to be implemented. Please visit Marko Vovk on Face book, or on his Youtube channel named ClevelandMarko. Please rate and subscribe. You can get more inforantoikon on Cleveland Inspector Marko Vovk at <a href="http://
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Crawl Space by Cleveland Home Inspector Marko Vovk

Conditioned Crawl Space Must Be De-Humidified

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Video shows how the “Stimulus” money is being spent. Millions of dollars are being spent on insulating low income households. Contractors are doing poor, sloppy, and unacceptable work. Many contractors are not properly conditioning crawl spaces. These free insulation installation jobs that are done for the low income homes will cause some homes to slowly deteriorate. When these contractors change the original vented crawl space to a conditioned crawl space, they are sometimes installing double vapor barriers, they are not installing the necessary crawl space de-humidification, and they are not sealing sump pump lids 100%. . The result is mold, condensation, odor, poor indoor air quality, and finally deterioration When you change a vented crawl space to a conditioned crawl space, you need to install a single 100% sealed vapor barrier on the ground and up all exterior foundation walls, install rigid perimeter insulation on exterior walls only, and finally heat and de-humidify. The crawl space should be treated like your living room.