Q. I want to make my house more comfortable, but I have a crawl space. The access under the floor is not bad and the soil seems damp. What are my options when it comes to insulation that I can install ...

You likely know if your home has a crawl space, but what’s inside that crawl space may be a mystery. After all, the idea of slithering around a dirt floor and potentially encountering insects, spiders ...

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Q–I have a crawl space with a concrete floor and ceiling that was once a coal room. It has a tendency in warm weather to collect moisture and give the room above it a musty smell. How do I eliminate ...

Q: About a year and a half ago we bought and moved into a 13-year-old frame house. After moving in we discovered that a 3-by-3-foot area near the center of the bedroom floor squeaks when we walk on it ...

Q. We have a crawl space under the front of our house that, to our horror, had become a rat condo, unbeknownst to us until the odor of urine began to permeate the living space above. (We had not ...

Question: I want to make my house more comfortable. I have a crawl space. The access under the floor is fairly easy, but the soil seems damp. What are my options when it comes to insulation that I can ...

DEAR TIM: I want to make my house more comfortable, but I have a crawl space. The access under the floor is not bad and the soil seems damp. What are my options when it comes to insulation that I can ...