{"id":164,"date":"2007-08-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realty.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/insulating-a-crawl-space"},"modified":"2007-08-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-25T00:00:00","slug":"insulating-a-crawl-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realty.com\/blog\/expert-advice\/insulating-a-crawl-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Insulating a Crawl Space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Q: I just purchased an older home with a couple of separate crawlspaces and would like to know the best way of insulating this area.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A:<\/strong> By crawlspace I assume you mean underneath a home. If you are going to insulate under a floor and you have 16&#8243; or 24&#8243; on-centers, my insulation expert recommends using unfaced friction-fit batts with what professionals call lightning rods.<\/p>\n<p>These are metal rods about the thickness of a metal coat hanger with pointed ends about two inches longer than the interior joist space. You can stick these up an unfaced batt and then install a lightning rod every 18&#8243; or so to hold up the insulation. This is a very fast and easy installation.<\/p>\n<p>You could also nail plywood or lattice boards to the bottom of the floor joists, but again are a lot more expensive than lightning rods. Some people use netting, but that is a lot more work.<\/p>\n<p>In some areas they call the room in the attic a crawl space. If you mean in your attic, blown insulation to a value of R-30 or greater is recommended.<\/p>\n<p>To locate reputable insulation contractors to collect bids, please visit our site at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.homeadvisor.com\/\">homeadvisor.com<\/a>. Fill out the appropriate service request, and let us match you with the ideal service professional in your area.<\/p>\n<p>Good luck!<\/p>\n<p><em>Kathy Maynard<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: I just purchased an older home with a couple of separate crawlspaces and would like to know the best way of insulating this area. A: By crawlspace I assume you mean underneath a home. If you are going to insulate under a floor and you have 16&#8243; or 24&#8243; on-centers, my insulation expert recommends &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-expert-advice","category-walls-ceilings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.realty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}