Maintaining Your Crawlspace

Maintaining Your Crawlspace Crawlspaces are an area of the house that tend to get neglected.  The old adage “Out of sight out of mind” might apply here.  Unfortunately, this also means that crawl space problems can go unnoticed until they have an effect on the living space above.  At this point, a problem that could…

Anchorage Foundation Insulation Study

Builders in Southcentral Alaska asked CCHRC to study an insulation strategy currently being recommended that involves insulating with R-38 batts from the rim joist down the foundation wall and four feet horizontally inward along the crawlspace floor. Through monitoring temperatures in and around foundations, CCHRC is investigating whether the technique may subject foundations to frost…