Very helpful demo, it's given me the confidence to do my own house. Had quotes to that job that made my eyes water lol.

you are the best! thank you for sharing your knowledge. much love and appreciation

Thank you for sharing your knowledge! This is super helpful, I appreciate your generosity so much!

This is so much better than a full encapsulation and thousands of dollars cheaper. I had to do this style for my crawl space to pass inspection for a quick sale.

Exactly what I needed to know. Thanks

Videos like this are why I love KZfaq

I am glad you explained encapsulated spaces being different. Code says the barrier is thicker attached to walls and columns by six inches, overlays 6 inches per over lap of the plastic and is sealed at all joints. The interior walls would need to be insulated with hard installation I believe.

Installing moisture barrier under mobile homes is a little bit more complicated because you have very little crawl space and more cuts. would love to see some videos on the best way to install moisture barriers under mobile homes.

Very helpful. Thank you.

Thanks for the video.

Great video & content...Thank you!

Dude. You just saved me so much time and frustration just by advising to do the cutting outside. I was about to have a very bad day. :p

Informative video .. Thank you

Very helpful video..

Awesome video..I just did my little house..

Thanks Chuck!

Thanks that was helpful

Yes. I just decided to do this. And inwouldve have to take the whole roll in with me.

If that's a tight crawl, you should see mine. About to move to an old house with an 18" crawl. Im putting in a moisture barrier, dehumidifier, and sump. That's going to be a fun couple of days 😅

I was worried but now I should not have any problem doing it myself.

Thx for the video. What pins do you use?

Hey Chuck, thank you for all of your videos. I do now believe that I can do my crawl space encapsulation myself. Thanks to you. I live in Montana and I have a 2,000 square foot crawl space with about 4'5" of head room. I have standing water in some places (not much). I'm going to put in drain tiles and a sump pump. My home does not have a forced air furnace. We have propane burning heaters (vented to outside) and a wood stove. I was going to get a dehumidifier and completely encapsulate the crawlspace (cutting off all access to outside). Then maybe put in a floor vent to exchange air to the single story home. Is this a bad idea considering I don't have a way to force air in and out of the crawlspace? What would you do?

great video!

Thanks for the video - what's the name of the song at the end of your video??

Do you need to put lime down before putting the heavy plastic down

Dam, that guy is serious! He vapor barriered himself ! 😂😂😂

How often?

the secret is a lack of closterphobia and no fear of rat poo

I'm literally stuck looking all over, hopefully someone can help me. My crawlspace the barrier is attached to the joists. Can I just use flashing tape at the seams and Rehang?

That's a easy crawl

Ball park estimate what does a job cost?

Hi chuck, is it necessary to put foam insulation board on the walls or can I just use the plastic up the walls right over the concrete? I am removing the overhead insulation from in between the joists so there will be no insulation in the crawlspace at all. I am in Florida to add some context. Thanks

Can I staple the vapor barrier up on the beam, floor joist in the crawl space instead of laying it on the ground?

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Just did mine today but didn’t use the wires to hold it down. Will this be a problem in the long run. The old vapor barrier got water on top cause it would flood really easy and it was 30 years old. Put a new sump in last week but do I need the wire tie downs?

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After seeing my 6 mil vapor barrier dwindle to nothing, I would recommend at least a 12 mil or more.

I only have 1220 sq ft and need to know what type of pins those are. I want to do my moisture barrier myself. And I also have 6 mil.

I dream of flat crawl spaces....

will this help older cold home. my sunroom and living room gets cold. winter. i have it partially the front not cover would this really. help.sunroom need newer window.

So there is is a moisture barrier and then encapsulation. What criteria for one or the other? I was hoping to reduce condensation on my windows.

how do you hold vapor barrier down if ground is hard ,like with clay

that’s a lot bigger than my crawl space, you guys made it look more harder than it should, what my father and I did was wrap up the Columns and roll out some 8 foot wraps.

Do you always want to remove old barrier or can you just overlap them?

what mil plastic did you use?

So my crawlspace has been flooding horribly for years apparently. We have just excavated and diverted a river (literally) away from our home. Installed French drain and weeping tile. The builder or previous homeowner put down poly but there was literally 6-10 inches of water underneath the poly. So I have removed it all. The dirt is completely saturated down there still. Question, should I allow it to dry out a little before applying a new layer of thicker poly? Hope this makes sense.

How long will the plastic last generally?

that crawlspace has WAY more space than mine...you can actually CRAWL in that one

My opinion 20 mil for capsukation is too rigid, 20 mil is two 10 mil pieces together with reinforcded type mesh netting, plus someof those vapor barriers off gas ans it smells like cat pee lol

Does forget your keys !

I like all your videos so far but I completely disagree with this video if you are encapsulating. There are several things that you did not do that will allow moisture to rise up into the floor joists. You have to completely seal the plastic fabric to the walls and anything sticking out of the ground such as piers cannot be folded over, it must be sealed. Also using pins punches holes in the plastic fabric and allows moisture and water through. The way you did it may last several years but the mold underneath will spread and the fabric will leak.

He said 6mm plastic ? That’s 0.2 or 15/64 of an inch. No way is his plastic that thick.