Home inspectors tend to repeat themselves when something keeps costing homeowners money, and crawlspaces are near the top of ...

Q: I took your advice and took the time to inspect my crawlspace. Besides finding loose insulation, I noticed two small boards in between each floor joist that are just hanging by a nail. The two ...

An insulated basement or crawl space provides many benefits year-round, and the rim joist (or band joist) is often a focal point in energy-saving initiatives. Installing insulation at the rim joists ...

Q: I have a crawlspace under my house. Last fall, I put insulation between the joists of one room to try to warm the floor somewhat. I put roll insulation between joists and nailed 4-by-8 ½-inch foam ...

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 ...

Question: Several years ago when I purchased my home I had the home inspected by a professional home inspector. Now that I'm moving on the buyer had the home inspected by a different person. The ...

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 ...

OK, now that I'm nearing the end of the cleanout, I'm starting up a worklog for my crawlspace. Firstly, I would like to stress that I HATE cleaning out my crawlspace. there's spiders. there's poop ...

Q: Several years ago when I purchased my home I had the home inspected by a professional home inspector. Now that I'm moving on the buyer had the home inspected by a different person. The second ...