{"id":1028,"date":"2015-03-24T14:08:28","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T14:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timcoinsulation.com\/?page_id=1028"},"modified":"2019-06-10T06:22:44","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T10:22:44","slug":"crawl-space-science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/timcoinsulation.com\/crawl-space-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Crawl Space Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\n\t\tMoisture Control<br \/>\n\t<\/h1>\n<h2>CRAWL SPACE SCIENCE<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/timcoinsulation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/crawl-space-science.jpg\" alt=\"Crawl space science - Timco Insulation &amp; Fireplaces\" width=\"400\" height=\"214\" \/>One of the biggest advances in building science over the past decade is the research that proves definitively that vented crawl spaces are bad. If you&#8217;ve ever been in one, you know it&#8217;s true. They&#8217;re damp. They&#8217;re dark. Critters have easy access to them. The batt insulation falls down. The air smells musty &amp; moldy. And the crawl space communicates with the house, so that bad air (and the occasional critter) gets into the living space above. In 2002, Advanced Energy studied a group of 12 houses in North Carolina. What they found is that the 8 that had encapsulated crawl spaces had relative humidity that stayed less than 60% all summer, whereas the 4 vented crawl spaces had humidity levels that tracked the outdoor humidity.<\/p>\n<p>The graph above shows the results of the research. The red line shows the relative humidity in the encapsulated crawl spaces. (The terms closed crawl space, sealed crawl space, and conditioned crawl spaces are sometimes used to describe crawl space encapsulation as well.)<\/p>\n<p>The reason the vented crawl spaces had higher humidity is actually pretty simple. Warmer air can hold more moisture, so in the summer time, the outdoor air can bring a lot of extra water vapor with it when it comes into a crawl space through the vents. When that warm, humid air comes into the crawl space and cools off, the relatively humidity can go even higher. You can see that in the graph above, as the blue line (vented crawl space relative humidity) is often higher than the outdoor relative humidity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moisture Control CRAWL SPACE SCIENCE One of the biggest advances in building science over the past decade is the research that proves definitively that vented crawl spaces are bad. If you&#8217;ve ever been in one, you know it&#8217;s true. They&#8217;re damp. They&#8217;re dark. Critters have easy access to them. The batt insulation falls down. 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