Crawl Space Encapsulation Plastic | No Cat Pee Smell Vapor Barrier DIY | Cat Urine Smell Crawl Space
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- Опубліковано 13 лип 2024
- Uncover the solution to banishing unpleasant odors from your crawl space with our guide, "Crawl Space Encapsulation Plastic | No Cat Pee Smell Vapor Barrier DIY | Cat Urine Smell Crawl Space"! 🐱🚫🌿 Dive into the world of crawl space encapsulation and learn how the right vapor barrier can eliminate cat urine smells and other unpleasant odors, creating a fresh and odor-free environment. 💨🛠️ Discover the best DIY techniques for installing crawl space encapsulation plastic, from choosing the right materials to sealing off your crawl space effectively. 🏠🔍 Gain valuable insights into the causes of cat urine smells in crawl spaces and how to prevent them from recurring. 📏🔧 Whether you're a homeowner struggling with persistent odors or a DIY enthusiast looking to improve your crawl space, our video provides invaluable information to help you achieve a clean, odor-free living space. 🛡️😌 Don't let cat urine smells linger in your crawl space - watch now to learn how to encapsulate your crawl space and say goodbye to unpleasant odors for good! 🎥✨ Remember to share your thoughts and questions in the comments below - let's work together to create healthier, more comfortable homes! 💬🐱🏡 #CrawlSpaceEncapsulation #VaporBarrier #CatUrineSmell #DIYHomeImprovement 🌿💨
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Man. 6 years and this video is still helping out. My wife would smell that cat smell the moment it started to occur. Thank you!
Thank You!
You are the most sensible person on this subject that I have seen on the internet. Thanks for all your videos. From Maine, USA
Thank you, and thanks for watching!
Could not agree more! This man is an angel, had a guy quote me 70K for my family crawl space. I’ll do it myself!
This video was extremely helpful. I got a quote to encapsulate my crawl space for $3000! I'm hoping to do this job myself, so this was very informative. Thank you!
I just bought my first home and I'm trying my best to learn some things on my own. This video was very helpful and incredibly informative for what I should put in my crawl space. Thanks for the content CSN!
Amazing video thank you for your honest opinion. Makes a lot of sense, learned that sales people don't always server your best interest or don't know long term effects of a product by first hand experience.
So glad that we can help, thank you for your time and kind words.
Thanks man! It’s refreshing to listen to a person/ company offer an honest opinion using his knowledge and willingness to share verses someone just wanting a fast buck.
Tim Green Thank you so much !
Tim Green Thank you so much !
YES!!! Very helpful!!! Thank you for being down to earth and honest!!!
Awesome, thanks for the info!! Perfect primer for prepping my diy work on my crawl space!
Thank you so much for all this information. Greatly appreciate your expertise!
Thank you for your great videos! We just bought a house with 2 small I encapsulated crawl spaces under additions and a full basement in NJ. They are dry in a very rainy season, but we will be encapsulating them since I am sick from mold in our current house. Your videos are so informative!
We hope you get well. THank you for your kind words.
Well, my economy cannot bear the cost of this work and I have decided to do it myself and you have helped me a lot. Thank you.
I really appreciate this. You need a home improvement video. Thanks!
Excellent education on the subject. Helpful guidance. Takeaway? I don't plan on moving any time soon, thus, go with something that will last a decade or more.
Thank you very much! The most educational clip I saw so far.
thank you for honest and educational information. will get some vapor barrier when ready,
but have a lot of debris and rocks to get out plus patch the cement border. We got down to
5 degrees in central texas this morning which is rare. examining crawl space made me realize
need better insulated space.
I know it’s hard to get real excited about vapor barrier plastic and under lament. But I’m getting read to do my crawl space over and this was the best and simply explanation of these products I’ve seen. I am a new fan!
Awesome!
You have prevented a huge Disaster with our contractor. He also watched this video and was enlightened by your Knowledge. Thank you , all the best.
That was really helpful about the non reinforced single layer vapor barrier being superior for resilience and non odor causing aspects.
Thank you Jack!
Super appreciate all of these pointers!
I would just like to thank you and your company very much for doing the educational videos they truly helped out a lot thank you so much God bless
Thanks for watching!
Great video! Doing some research about vapor barriers and this is very helpful. Thanks for sharing your knowledge on the subject!
Glad it was helpful! Thank you.
Awesome explanation for people with little knowledge of crawl space vapor barriers...thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks Mr. Ninja, thanks for posting this video. It helped
I thank God for you telling people the truth I wish you were in the va area thank you so much for the info
I read somewhere that moisture can get trapped between multiple layers of vapor barriers. Have you seen this? Learning so much from your videos!
Thank you!! This video was very informative!
You have become my #1 'goto' on this topic. Your 'no nonsense' approach bespeaks experience and trustworthiness. TIme to open shop in Atlanta, where integrity in business, here, can be as rare as low-humidity days! :) Thanks.
Thanks for the kind words! we actually have a location in the smyrna area, we also are in Augusta and Athens
Thanks, that info helped me a lot with figuring out my project.
Thanks for watching!
Great video, this was exactly what I was looking for. THANKS!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching
Thank you for the detailed information on vapor barrier.
+Gary Albitre You are so welcome.
This video answer several of my questions. Thanks
Glad to help
What a great video! Thank you, thank you, CSN.
Informative instruction. Learned a lot.
Thanks for the info, I will be embarking on my own encapsulation project.
Awesome! Keep us updated on how it goes.
Hi dear . Thank you for all the education and help
About the felt underlayment, I think that if for some reason you can't pick up pebbles, rocks or other debris the felt might assist in protecting the plastic from tiny punctures when and if it is crawled upon. Yes, it is amazing what can sound like a good idea until you really think about it outside of what they told you. If it is built correctly the only reason's anybody would need to crawl around down there would be if they got a new AC unit and furnace, as I did a few years ago, and they had to crawl in there (they had my sympathy for that part of the job) Or, maybe the cable company needs to run a new cable (something which is growing to be obsolete). BTW, they did kinda mess up the barrier, presuming it was placed correctly in the first place, my seams were never taped together and it hard to tell if they wiggled it away from the edges of the foundation, but that's how it is now. As for the pests, I dragged a small shop vac along with me, and of course a light, and it wasn't long before I had to get some spider's and egg nests with it. Mine is currently vented and that's where they hang out to ambush flys or whatever gets in thru them. I've found a huge centipede inside my house today and I'm sure it's due to my recent disturbances of the crawl space. It is hard to seal the rim joists from the inside but when I get my chance in there I'll foam it up good along the basement wall which is where I'm sure they are getting into my basement. I have a week vacation coming up in about 2 weeks which is when I'll really take a bite out of this project, keeping in mind much of this is weather sensitive and I can use that help dry out the area quicker than in summer. It is so complicated it is hard to even ask myself what I plan to do and in which order. I watched a pro vid today in which he re-did his crawl space from inside the house after removing the subfloor, and it looks like that is the best option for me, just hope they are not glued down. If I can work from the top, this will make the whole thing go 100 x easier and faster.
Super easy to decided which one is the best plastic!!
Thank you!
Glad our video helped!! make sure you watch our other videos for more useful information!
Very helpful tutorial,glad I found you,
Good advice, thanks from NZ.
Thank you so very much! Very good info thank you for sharing
Thanks for all the great information!
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Thank you .. The education I am getting is priceless .
We aim to educate everyone crawl space and basement waterproofing information! Thank you so much!
Highly informative.
Thanks, your information was very helpful.
very good! I've had two companies give me estimates...neither gave me a choice of vapor barrier. I like the all white 10mil you showed.
Thanks!
Great video , explanation was easy to understand.
Thanks for the info trying to figure out what to do to my old furnace room
Very informative and detailed. Thanks for the help!
Glad it was helpful!
this guy is honest. I'm a builder 37 years, don't get fooled by the upsell, get some 10mil and if you need more cushion double up.
Thank you for sharing and watching.
Great and informative video. Thank you!
Thank you for clear concise info & dymistifing the process! 👍😉👍
You are welcome. Glad I could help. Thanks for watching.
Good information, thanks for sharing
Very Good video, thanks for the info.
i have to say that i enjoyed the video, and i appreciate the honesty that expressed (using the under layment, reinforced vapor barrier, etc.). it was nice to see someone not trying to rip people off and buying only THEIR product (even offering going to box stores to buy the product). well done... btw, what state are you in?
Tennessee
Great video and very informative. 👍👍💚
Another awesome video. The company that installed the vapor barrier in our crawlspace before we bought our home last year installed either a 12 or 20 mil reinforced barrier. We have the cat pee smell now. Is most of the material warrantied. I think this was done in 2011 or 2012.
Thanks great info.
Great video
1st off thank you so much for your videos. I was excited to have your crew work on my house (Attic to crawl space) but during the "inspection" he said he was going to change, went to his trunk changed into a dirty jacket, and gave me an estimate of $10k. He just went to the door to crawl space, slammed it shut, and I was so disgusted and disturbed as it was obvious he didn't do anything but grateful I was to exhausted to cuss him out.
Good morning, thank you for the comment we certainly strive to provide outstanding service. While this does not sound like any of our Inspection Ninjas, we do want to look further into this situation. Please email "info@crawlspaceninja.com" and let us know who you had your appointment with so we can investigate this situation.
this was the best info I have gotten. others kind of hum ha around. thank you
Glad it was helpful!
very informative, thanks
Kevin Boyle Thank you so much !
Good information thx
Thank you. Go thick, go best. Always time to do it right the second time, right.
Great info!
Thank you, as this will totally help me as I shop for encapsulation in my area. Also, omg...the cat urine smell thing- thank goodness I saw this video!!! I would never, ever have wanted that to happen. yuck.
I saw Your video where the homeowner wasted $25,000. I immediately took my laptop to my best friends $700,000 house. They bought the same system from a large pest control firm. A very large bug company that starts with "O". They did the "system" in 2015 and by 2016 the whole house smelled like cat pee. She called the company and the service manager finally came out but only after she called the home office. He was there ten minutes, said he didn't smell anything and left. The poor salesman was honest. He came an hour after I called the very first time and He admitted the smell and was honest that he didn't know what caused it. I crawled the crawlspace and it was just horrible workmanship. She said they did the job in 5.5 hours and that was at a snails pace at that. She paid a local handy man with some helpers to pull the whole thing out. It costed $16,323 and another $1400 to tear it out. The dehumidifier had costed $2900 +695 for a dedicated line. Also, after the first year, she had to make yearly warranty payments. They were over $600. Well, guess what.? The dehumidifier was dead. She was hoping she could recoup some of her money by selling the used dehumidifier. If they were doing an inspection every year, why wasn't she told that the dehumidifier was dead? When she called, the service manager said since they moved the dehumidifier, the warranty on pit was voided. Now, this isn't some fly-by-night firm. This is an NYSE firm with 7000 employees. She called a smaller firm and tHey came out and gave her a quote. It was half of what big "O" had quoted but she could not afford it, but guess what? They did something to get rid of the smell for $200. I've never seen anything like this. Thank God, I have a slab.
Wow, I am so sorry to hear that your friend had to go through that. We hate hearing when a company has severely taken advantage of a homeowner just to get paid and not deliver on their service. Thank you for sharing and I hope that your friend was able to get the rest of her crawl space taken care of!
Great job man.
Thank you!
Big thumbs up!
Super helpful thank you!
Arteemaker Thank you so much !
I find your teachings for the DIY’er to be be awesome. Thank you. What are your thoughts about using the YCS “your crawl space “ products. 36 mil white plastic sheeting. Down in Charlotte N.C.. it seems like a good system that would be easy to complete as a diy’er? Thanks again for awesome content.
we are getting ready to have our crawl space done. thank you for the informative video. now i have a little knowledge when looking at estimates. i'm thinking central nc is a bit far for you guys to come. lol
Thank you for your support! We have multiple locations serving North Carolina. Check out our service area here: crawlspaceninja.com/service-area/
Hi Michael, Thanks for all of your dedication to Crawl Spaces. I have a question for you. Decided to add another layer of 12mil plastic on top of the existing 12mil for durability. what could cause the vapor barrier to not lay flush on the ground? Looks like it has air under it.
Thanks
Yes, it sounds like there is probably air trapped between the two pieces of plastic.
Fabulous video
Thank you so much!
Awesome af
Thank you!!
Thank you.
We had an odd thing happen where a drunk lady hit a fire hydrant up behind our house on another road.
It flooded our yard, screened-in porch, wakways, and under our house with muddy water.
Because of the way she hit it, she broke the safety valve and it took four and a half hours to get the water turned off.
The vapor barrier is trashed, as well as, some or a lot of the insulation.
We don't know if we'll be able to sue her so I was going to hire my son to do the repairs.
If it was 30 years ago I would have done it myself.
Thanks again for the information. ❤ from Cross Lanes, West Virginia
Wow, that is horrible. Have you contacted homeowners insurance? Knowing their reluctance to pay, they may have a drunk lady-fire hydrant clause in the fine print.
I was only able to get 6 mil clear at HD. Installed it on dirt floor in Century home with rigid insulation on exterior stone walls then ran the VB up at least 12" on outside (warm side) of rigid then tuct tape all around. From there I framed it out....thinking now I may add (and tape) another layer of 6mil on the floor before adding subfloor (3'x3' wood panels I picked up from local mat board factory). Hoping that extra 6 mil will help.
And yes I will be installed de-humidifier as well once I get it sealed off.
Thanks for sharing, keep us posted how it goes and thanks for watching.
Good info...
Very good common sense solutons. My crawl space had the horrible old fiberglass with tar paper backing. it had all fallen down. It would have made a good horror film set. I will go with your doubling up of a 10 mil vapour barrier and go up past the footings a foot or so. Solid concrete walls. The ground is always damp and this should do it.
Don't forget to overlap and tape all the seams! That should help a whole lot.
true 10 mil grade 1000 sft roll on amazon, works well, i just did mine, next i have to do rim joist insulation batt insulation without vapor or air barrier is useless
great video from Monroe mi
very helpful been waiving videos for dais trying to find this info
.. clear vs black vs white???
Thank you, we use white VB. diy.crawlspaceninja.com/crawl-space-ninja-12-mil-crawl-space-vapor-barrier-1000-sqf/
Wow Ninja' this is great, been doing home inspections for 17 years and learn something every day. I did get a very thick black vapor barrier I still have as a sample. I might be doing crawls as a cleaning/clearing out and renovating the crawl. I like the white thick vapor barrier, just that I've heard whatever light hits it from screen vents it deteriorates quicker. But it does look cleaner. What about laying another thick vapor barrier on top of the older one, but sometimes clearing all the dead rodents or do you clear everything including rodent droppings?
Old Vapor Barrier can contaminate the new one. For more info please submit a Ask a Ninja - crawlspaceninja.com/ask-a-ninja/
Hi, great video, my house was built on top of clay with VERY little topsoil. therefore the water has no way to drain. Can you make recommendations for a contractor in sunny South Carolina to do some crawlspace work? I am 70+ years old and feeling every day of it. Thanks for a great video. I have now subscribed in the hope of more education. Again Thanks!
Hey there! Not sure what part of South Carolina you're in, but we currently have franchise locations serving Greenville, Columbia, and Charleston.
crawlspaceninja.com/south-carolina/greenville-sc/
crawlspaceninja.com/south-carolina/columbia-sc/
crawlspaceninja.com/south-carolina/charleston-sc/
Great videos. Very informative. I am planning to encapsulate my crawl space. It has been suggested that I spray foam the floors (I'm already planning to do the walls). Any comments or observations about this approach? Do you guys do that? If so, how are the results. Thanks.
+CrawlSpaceNinja.com Channel. Thank you for your prompt reply. My crawlspace has a dirt floor. I'll have to do more research and see where I land on this issue. Thanks again for your videos. I'll keep watching.
What is the life of the 10ml white barrier you discussed? Is it also 7-10 years?
I just purchased a mobile home that is a complete gut, so EVERYTHING needs to be fixed. The crawlspace is a nightmare. Little to no insulation, and what is there is hanging down. I'm looking for an economical way to put a vapor barrier and insulation back under the belly of the home but all I see are $$$ signs!!! This is all new to me and I'm learning as I go, so what would you suggest??? Vapor barrier on the ground and/or up the skirting walls, then insulate the joist bays? Insulate bays then have vapor barrier along the bottom of the joists? I've researched til I have a headache and still don't have a clue because of the wide range of opinions. Thanks for any help!!!
Great video, I have 10 mil, but in year two and the cat pee has begun😳
Thank you so much for posting this it was very helpful. What is the name and brand of the white 10 MM barrier that you talked about. Also does a vapor barrier help from keeping your floors getting cold or do I need blown in foam insulation on the skirt. The house is 112 years old
We no longer have the 10 mil available but you can find our 12 mil vapor barrier on our DIY Store: diy.crawlspaceninja.com/vapor-barrier/ The vapor barrier has no insulation R-value so you will still need some type of insulation in your crawl space.
My family wants to refinish our hardwood floor. Do we need to do this BEFORE installing a vapor barrier?
Thanks for the helpful information. If you cover the walls of the crawlspace, how do you check for termites?
In Tennessee it is required that we leave at least a 3 inch gap. Check out this video to learn more: ua-cam.com/video/DghUv_qjPAs/v-deo.html
Yeah, I saw it last night. Thanks for getting back to me.
You seem like an honest, definitive voice in the industry, appreciate the insights.
A begging question seems to be, what would be an insurers expected lifespan of the 10mil polyethylene (same type of poly as big bix) product you sell/install? Does manuf. provide warranty? Doing the math on standard 6 mil at 7years, that would put the 10mil at 11-12years? 2:30 6:55
Please consider in future videos details about technical specifications including comparative testing standards. For examples, it seems the 12mil products on your store has a .08 perm rating (when tested according the older 1940's standard ASTM E69, which seems incredible high when comparing to Nash (ISI) 10mil .0016 or StegoCrawl 10mil .0243 which apparently uses the more modern standard adopted in 90's ASTM F1249, so is seems hard to compare, but whom doesn't appreciate a more up to date and accurate standard of measurement from a manufacturer.
Any experience with "higher end" polyolefin products? Is the woven material that gets wet assumed to be cotton?
I have a question about fastening this to a stone foundation, how exactly would I do that? I know I can tape the seams on the floor and up the wall but how do I attach this to the top of the stone wall and make it so that it is completely tight with no leaks for moisture escape?
Can you discuss why or why not to put concrete over the vapor barrier, what happens if the vapor barrier gets torn or punctured, and code requirements for new construction? Also what keeps a ground hog from borrowing into the crawl space and setting up shop?
Hey DesignKoogle,
Check out this video we did "Should You Put Concrete In Your Crawl Space?"
ua-cam.com/video/192LfATpezU/v-deo.html
Thanks for watching and have a blessed day
First I would like to thank you for all your knowledge. I am a customer of yours. My crawlspace has one wall that leads to a golf cart garage I am encapsulating the crawlspace. its three sides are cinder blocks and the forth wall is stud with drywall. What do I do with the stud wall?
For in-depth advice please feel free to fill out - diy.crawlspaceninja.com/contact-us/
Would you use this in the house walls instead of the clear plastic for the walls?
Love the video...Can you suggest a rep.company in the NC charlotte area?
Thanks for the love! sadly we do not have anyone we can recommend in the area yet!
As I search the various sites for the right Vapor Barrier, I seem to only find the reinforced barriers. Are there particular brands that I should be looking for? As you can imagine, price is not the best gauge as I’ve seen prices swing wildly for the same products.
The vapor barrier we recommend and use on all of our encapsulation jobs is sold on our DIY Store. It is a solid white, nonreinforced vapor barrier that comes in 10- and 12-mil. You can purchase it here: 10-mil Vapor Barrier goo.gl/L57xRY, 12-mil Vapor Barrier goo.gl/8Y54Ug
If you installed vapor barrier in a van what would you install? Would you use underlinement? I learned to help water leave the bottom of vehicle doors and walls with transmission fluid put at the base
We don't have any experience with vapor barrier in vans. It sounds like you may need a thicker vapor barrier to accomplish what you're talking about though. Good luck!
Great information in your video. I currently have a black vapor barrier in my crawl space (approx. 10 years old), can i place a new vapor barrier over the old one or should i remove the old barrier and install a new barrier ? Thanks
Hey Peter, we recommend removing the old vapor barrier to ensure there is no debris or materials that could cause odors under the vapor barrier, it also removes the possibility of water getting trapped between the layers and causing odors. Here is a video going into a little more detail about the topic: ua-cam.com/video/hza5J2aOKhM/v-deo.html
Can you give me some names? Is Tyvek that cheap reinforced one? If not, how would that work?
What is the name of the 10mill stuff you use a lot? where can I get it?