hah i got a proper dungeon crawlspace callout. manufactured joists in a crawspace.. thats rare. usually those are for basements on slabs and higher levels. so thats a somewhat new house say 20 years or so. doesnt have 60s ranch on crawl vibes. no obvious structural damage or termites so far. but its asking for it cinderblock alternating with clay brick footers... why. did they use them as shims instead of doing a proper design plan.. oh yeah 4 cinders too high. 3 cinders and 2 layers of bricks perfect. and they did the same to one wall too. i have a thing for mixing materials like that. i do like the spacing of the footers tho.. they have plenty of them for what doesnt appear to be too large of a footprint of a floor. bare non termite or moisture wood (not green) right on that brick wall.. doesnt even look sealed between it and the bricks with caulk.. just run a bead carpenters! 10:53 probably pressure treated but not ideal still. all my wood that contacts concrete is borate treated pressure wood (green goodness). if you dont see it, assume it isnt treated even if borate is clear. ive seen ppl swindle like that before - yeah its treated and they buy the cheaper regular one. thats why the dye is added, so you cant be scammed. protip for all budding buyers and builders out there. good thing here is i didnt see hvac or water heater decaying down here and no ducts. so thats one less thing to deal with. i'll go higher than 12 and the reason being is that you have to clean all that out and then you have to level the ground cause i see its not exactly smooth and you have low ceilings here. i dont know if it needs a drainage installed but you probably dont want to encapsulate without a drain system if you got water issues. i didnt see rivers from the walls like other places but that doesnt mean there isnt surface water weeping up through the soil. hard to say. if its just regular humidity then you might get away with it as it is. since he likes his insulation ill go with a thin layer of closed cell foam to seal the wood above and offer some heat block (after the wood is treated with bleach or such to kill the fungi and wash it off). not many guys doing spray insulation will be crawling on their back in there so any who do will upquote you. and thus we get to: assuming no lumber needs attention due to decay (again cant see all that without tearing the insulation etc out) ill go with 15-18 because its low crawlspace and everybody will be padding because of that. 15:24 is that a hole in the wall at ground level. and toss some screens over those air ducts to keep the critters away. homeowner could have done that themselves for sure. like you said, they just gave up
Curiosity has got me. What was the reason they looked you up to have you come out? Are they selling the home, was the odors running them out of their home, someone told them their crawl space was toast, they decided it’s time for an inspection.
@@homeinspecting because of your channel I decided my winter project was to clean my crawl space and do a full encapsulation. I’ve been working on it for a couple of weeks now. My lady thinks I’m nuts, lol. I’ve learned a lot watching your channel.
Glad you had a mask on! love the voice over!!
Thank you!!
hah i got a proper dungeon crawlspace callout. manufactured joists in a crawspace.. thats rare. usually those are for basements on slabs and higher levels. so thats a somewhat new house say 20 years or so. doesnt have 60s ranch on crawl vibes. no obvious structural damage or termites so far. but its asking for it
cinderblock alternating with clay brick footers... why. did they use them as shims instead of doing a proper design plan.. oh yeah 4 cinders too high. 3 cinders and 2 layers of bricks perfect. and they did the same to one wall too. i have a thing for mixing materials like that. i do like the spacing of the footers tho.. they have plenty of them for what doesnt appear to be too large of a footprint of a floor.
bare non termite or moisture wood (not green) right on that brick wall.. doesnt even look sealed between it and the bricks with caulk.. just run a bead carpenters! 10:53 probably pressure treated but not ideal still. all my wood that contacts concrete is borate treated pressure wood (green goodness). if you dont see it, assume it isnt treated even if borate is clear. ive seen ppl swindle like that before - yeah its treated and they buy the cheaper regular one. thats why the dye is added, so you cant be scammed. protip for all budding buyers and builders out there.
good thing here is i didnt see hvac or water heater decaying down here and no ducts. so thats one less thing to deal with.
i'll go higher than 12 and the reason being is that you have to clean all that out and then you have to level the ground cause i see its not exactly smooth and you have low ceilings here. i dont know if it needs a drainage installed but you probably dont want to encapsulate without a drain system if you got water issues. i didnt see rivers from the walls like other places but that doesnt mean there isnt surface water weeping up through the soil. hard to say. if its just regular humidity then you might get away with it as it is.
since he likes his insulation ill go with a thin layer of closed cell foam to seal the wood above and offer some heat block (after the wood is treated with bleach or such to kill the fungi and wash it off). not many guys doing spray insulation will be crawling on their back in there so any who do will upquote you. and thus we get to: assuming no lumber needs attention due to decay (again cant see all that without tearing the insulation etc out) ill go with 15-18 because its low crawlspace and everybody will be padding because of that.
15:24 is that a hole in the wall at ground level. and toss some screens over those air ducts to keep the critters away. homeowner could have done that themselves for sure. like you said, they just gave up
Wow. I wish you could partner up with me. Great job. That was for you, my friend. Thank you.
Nope, I don't do crawl spaces. Will never buy a home with one. Will never build a home with one
Curiosity has got me. What was the reason they looked you up to have you come out? Are they selling the home, was the odors running them out of their home, someone told them their crawl space was toast, they decided it’s time for an inspection.
About to list it.thanks for watching.
@@homeinspecting because of your channel I decided my winter project was to clean my crawl space and do a full encapsulation. I’ve been working on it for a couple of weeks now. My lady thinks I’m nuts, lol.
I’ve learned a lot watching your channel.
@10speed4 that means a lot. You'd be proud when it's done. The rewards will show. Health and value. Great job.
At least $20K
Way off; I think, on the encapsulation cost. Much higher. $20,000 +. Heck, the dehumidifier can be $3,000 5,000. +