Re: Musty Crawl Space Possible Solution

[Guest guest]

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That's another good way. And it works in your situation.Great

news!

Carl Grimes

Healthy Habitats LLC

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I noticed that people were mentioning mold/mustiness in their crawl

space. We had a 'radon barrier' put into ours, and it's worked quite well

so far. Basically, they put polyethelene sp? down over the dirt and sand.

Then they caulked all around the edges with a 'green' scentless safe

caulk. A pipe was put under the tarp to allow air to be sucked out of the

crawl space, and vented outside the house via a fan. This has worked wel

for us so far.

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[Guest guest]

We had a musty crawl space as well which had an improperly installed vapor

barrier that was adding to the problem. Once we had another vapor barrier that

was reinstalled and fastened to the foundation, it took a few days but the musty

smell finally dissipated. It would have been nice to have a fan installed as

well but unfortunately we didnt go that direction. Thank God we didn't have

mold.

--- In , " kellykristinejones " <kellyjones@...>

wrote:

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> I noticed that people were mentioning mold/mustiness in their crawl space. We

had a 'radon barrier' put into ours, and it's worked quite well so far.

Basically, they put polyethylene sp? down over the dirt and sand. Then they

caulked all around the edges with a 'green' scentless safe caulk. A pipe was

put under the tarp to allow air to be sucked out of the crawl space, and vented

outside the house via a fan. This has worked wel for us so far.

>