Former cable guy. After seeing years worth of crawl spaces, I’ve never seen this. This is clearly someone who spent top dollar to ensure this was done properly
Honestly, short of the sump pump and dehumidifier, it looks like a relatively affordable, nice heavy-mil plastic and tape do the lion's share of the work to make this a nice space (although, the two aforementioned pricey items REALLY makes it a hang out spot!)
Just fuckin elbow crawling through ages of dirt and musk and critter shit, huffing that mold or mildew depending on moisture... I been there too buddy 🫡
I'm an exterminator. I'm in people's crawl spaces regularly. I do see this once in awhile. It's nicer than my actual home in some people's crawl spaces LOL. Others are like dungeons with roots growing out of the ground
No, this is a 5 day encapsulated crawlspace. First day we gut the entire thing of insulation, trash ect and start trenching. Day 2 all trenching has to be done and sump pit set for inspection next morning. After inspection, you have backfill and start laying down your floor membrane and insulation on walls. Last 2 days you finish membrane and dehumidifier. Final inspection can happen any time after that. The waterproof taping is key to Making it look well. If your layers arnt properly overlapped and are taped down badly, it shows quite easily. The membrane is also very easy to clean, you can bring a portable shop vac, use small amount of degreaser on microfiber cloth ect.
As a structural engineer that spends a lot of time in crawl spaces I can honestly say I would cry if I got to somebody’s house and that’s what I was met with. This is as glorious a crawl space as I have ever seen. Thank you sir for sharing.
But the thing is, just one person with dirty clothes and shoes at any point needs to enter that space, and its pretty much ruined. Unless they go to vacuum and mop the floors down there
Yeah it looks great, he must get paid well enough to feel the "love", most guys want to have pride in their work, but it's hard when they're tired all the time and a week's pay away from homelessness
I worked for an electrical company that would follow behind foundation restoration company that did these jobs. I loved working after them. Instead of crawling, you could essentially belly-slide like a penguin across the space. The air quality down there (post de-humidifier and encapsulation) is more comfortable than an attic. Beautiful job!
As a person who has been an a crawlspace, i didnt even see this as a crawl space til the dude said it was. This… is just perfection at work and is just art at this point
I was visiting my uncle in L.A. and he wanted me to check out something under his house. I'm Irish, do we don't have crawl spaces... I was about to , and then I ask him.... "I've got arachnophobia, would I regret this?" And he just tells me to leave it hahha
@@makavelismiththere’s worse things to fear in the crawl space than the spiders, its the things that eat the spiders down there man, Ireland sure is lucky they don’t build their houses atop damp and dark hellscapes.
The last house I crawled under was built in the late 1800s, not a pleasant time at all. Barely fit in it at all, pretty sure I discovered parts of my body that day that I didn't know about
Im sure its mostly because the houses in america or your country í should say are very old and cheap to make in the uk we don't have crawl spaces because our houses are made of bricks and stone almost all our houses are brick and we also don't have basements
Groundwork’s proud! that’s our work and our dehu and sump system even has a gutter system leading to the sump! encapsulation is the best way to keep your foundation strong and mold/moisture free. FRS Groundworks💪🏽 we offer financing as well!
@@The_Gallowglass yeah im not from america so i was just saying what í read cause most houses are made from wood and plaster board right? So they're cheap to build and arent most the houses down south old housing or maybe not because of tornados and whatnot
I have tears forming, just the lighting alone. Not one mummified cat or rat. No heaps of mouse nest or snake skin. You'll always have a job. Nice work!
Groundwork’s proud! that’s our work and our dehu and sump system even has a gutter system leading to the sump! encapsulation is the best way to keep your foundation strong and mold/moisture free. FRS Groundworks💪🏽 we offer financing as well!
@@Robs-pl1jv nah it’s a whole team of us who do it. it’s our patented encapsulation. 24mil membrane only we make. FRS/Groundworks i’m proud to do this for a living!
Yes, it’s is wonderful when you hear someone saying how they admire another workmanship, my dentist always admired my previous Dentist job that he had done when I was young, the capping of my two front teeth, that work was done 50 yrs ago, they don’t do work like that anymore.
Used to be a co-foreman at Aquaguard . Did all kinds of things such as encapsulation which is what’s in the video , structural lifting the floors with floor beams and joist ,crawl drain and basement gutter. It’s definitely worth it to get it done if you’re having a lot of water damage or humidity . For the encapsulation you sometimes remove insulation first and get rid of old plastic and trash . you put delta matting all over the crawl space . Then you drill small holes in the walls around the crawl space to put pins into the pinky which is the vapor barrier that helps the the excess water flow to the delta matting . Then you put the vapor barrier matting on top of the delta all around making sure you have excess sheeting running onto the pinky of the walls , then you tape real nice the barrier to the pinky’ going all around and taping it to the columes as well . And then essentially putting a dehumidifier attached to a hose going outside
As a carpenter, I haven't come close to this, lol. This is like, unrealistic levels where I'm from. And I've worked in a lot of well-built mansions. I should move to where you live, lol.
I worked for a company that did crawlspace encapsulation. The homeowners always told me how much more comfortable their home was, especially with a good dehumidifier thrown in there.
What's the difference of having a dehumidifier under the floor? We don't get those in europe, first thing that came to mind was to protect the wooden beams long term
@us7876 that's one of the reasons. Another reason is to help mitigate mold development. Another reason is to separate the bottom of the home from the ground. We would put in a thermal barrier on the ground itself and a specific type of foam on the walls inside the crawlspace.
@us7876 that's one of the reasons. Another reason is to help mitigate mold development. Another reason is to separate the bottom of the home from the ground. We would put in a thermal barrier on the ground itself and a specific type of foam on the walls inside the crawlspace.
@us7876 typically, the crawlspace under most houses in the US are bare dirt, humid, full of animal shit and spiderwebs, bugs galore. This is immaculate, and yeah, I bet that dehumidifier will help keep the wood in good condition for alot longer.
Glad I wasn't the only one who did NOT think this was a crawlspace at first glance. Unbelievable work. Never knew a crawlspace could be so clean. The dehumidifier made my jaw drop genuinely. If the crawlspace looks this good, I can only imagine how nice the rest of the house looks.
americans are starting to upscale their hobo housing standards. maybe one day they'll discover that good wood, stone and classic masonry do make better homes. especially for what they pay those third world crappily built "houses"... 🧐👆
@@RoseBushThorns588ngl the ripples in the sheet made me think it was a flooded basement at first and i thought the filmer was being sarcastic as hell 😂
I heard that *ONE TIME* from a GC while working with a painting crew. Not that that was the only time I did my best, just one of the only times he saw the drywall crews work and how much we had to hide. Made my entire year.
@@sage8573have you ever worked on any kind of project before? Everything is based on communication. The standard of quality, the price, the execution, all of it depends on an open, honest, and consistent line of communication across trades and between the client and contractor.
Groundwork’s proud! that’s our work and our dehu/sump system even has a gutter system leading to the sump! encapsulation is the best way to keep your foundation strong and mold/moisture free. FRS Groundworks💪🏽 we offer financing as well!
I've never seen a crawlspace that clean...and had a wrap/liner everywhere! Whoever did this really cares about their job and cares about the next person going down there.
As a former "cable slinger", if I ever came across one of these, I would shed a tear, and then spend an extra 30 min under there sliding around on the vinyl!!!! 😮😁😁😁
As a ex-plumber, I had the pleasure of doing new work in 2 crawl spaces like this. Easily my 2 favorite jobs I ever did. Went in clean, and aside from crawling out with orange and yellow glue on me, I wasn’t covered in dirt. And this one is immaculate. Props to whoever did this.
I worked on crawlspace encapsulation for about 2 years. I always told the owner that they are the new owner of a "Cadillac Crawlspace." Prices were typically around 4k to 6k. The lining on the bottom is 20mils with a hard plastic bottom inbetween the lining and ground to allow water to flow easier. The perimeter usually has perforated pipe with a sock. Every seam is taped and the walls have caulking at the top. It will literally pay for itself through energy savings. My favorite part is when you start to tape the seams, it gets noticeably hotter just from our lights. Worked at PEP Waterproofing and Foundation Repair.
I’m 16 from kentucky looking to pursue plumbing and pass my masters as soon as possible after my journeyman’s. If all goes well I want to start my own company ASAP. Is this a good plan?
As an electrician for over 29 years and counting, I just had a single tear drop roll down my left cheek and I stopped it at my top lip with a smile from ear to ear.. I could live down there and never complain. 10 outta 10 people. Just awesome work period.
❤🎉😅😮 indeed you are quite right! We just had a leak from a pipe that we had to get people come in and dehumidify and clean up the crawl space and yeah they would definitely appreciated this setup 1,000 percent😮😊❤
As an electrician in a seashore community I have been in a lot of dank, dirty, wet sandy and miserable crawl space, I have been in crawl spaces where I was kissing wet sand and the back of my head was bouncing off the floor joists and would’ve really appreciated the chance to work in a crawl space like this. Absolutely amazing work!
I hired out my crawlspace to be reworked under my 1888 house. My foundation is round river rock built by the Amish. All native wood from the original acreage the house was built on. 136 year old hand hewn walnut. While it doesn’t look this good. It’s pretty awesome. Sides of mine are spray foamed. Two men dug the whole thing out to 3’ deep. Put new 6x6 pillars in throughout. Probably been 20 years ago now. Well spent money. And those guys worked hard. Spectacular job compared to what it was. I put in lights and sealed wet/dry outlets, new copper supply lines and pvc sewer lines throughout, and sump pit & pump. With 26 tons of pea gravel spread throughout Life under the house is much easier when you can see, and have room. Still find snake skins. I don’t know how, but they still get in.
As an HVAC man, I can surely say we appreciate you. Coming to a home like that to work is fantastic. Genuinely helps the customer as well. Reduces the load dramatically.
@@aBMWEnthusiast hot air rise, cold air fall. You loose a ton of air seeping into and out of the crawl space. If crawl is a sealed conditioned area, you’re not loosing all that conditioned air and letting humidity and heat leak in from the crawl. It makes a huge difference especially in the south east where the moisture and humidity is a real issue.
@@TheAtticNinjaAnd I guarantee you you've never been to a place that looked like this. People are just not that cool that often crawl in spaces like this for a living will never be able to experience something like this
@@barreldreamz7852 you’d be surprised. I see this kind of thing quite often. Higher dollar homes, gated communities and such they all have this. Have signs at the crawl door asking you to remove shoes before entering crawl lol.
Comon’ look at that. I would visit that place every week if i ever have a chance to have something like this. Its so nice and neat. And these are nor tears we had eyegasm 😂
Considering the amount of times I've had to experience a lesser "crawl space"... yea it's not THAT many BUT each time is a terrible experience... maybe once a year but it's still enough to be a shit show... but this is beautiful... just sleek and clean, no fuss.
@@lionsatmidnight I mostly went into crawlspaces to inspect for termites, and your typical crawl space is just dirt, maybe sand sometimes. A lot filthier and more miserable than going over plastic. Even if pests get into an encapsulated crawlspace, things like rat droppings stand out on the plastic, so they are easier to see and avoid crawling through. Usually the worst thing I'd deal with in an encapsulated crawlspace is a puddle of water from a dripping pipe.
I've been in ALOT OF CRAWL SPACES. Cleanest I've ever seen. I had 1 that was close. Pretty much the same but about 50 yrs old. So there was some dust. (The lady made her hubby vacuumed the section we needed to crawl through) it was AMAZING AND WAY OVERBOARD. AND WE THANKED THEM ALL DAY LONG.
@@HSGenie Sealed from heat/cold, moisture/humidity, outdoor wildlife, a sump pump for the "just in case", and makes working in it SO much easier, especially if you're doing amateur home repairs yourself.
I actually thought he was being sarcastic in the beginning. I thought it was a garage and someone didn’t know how cement works. Ended up overfilling it 😂
I live in Arizona now and I have been building houses for 50 years. However, I started in Washington state where we had crawlspaces. And as your building the house you lay down plastic tarp. And you put in lightbulbs because of freezing in the winter time and that was in 1975. I’m glad to see that somebody is still using that process.
Is this a plastic tarp or is it like one of those epoxy finishes people use in garages? I’m amazed how immaculate it looks, I always thought crawl spaces were dirt…
@@retroMartin you need to be able to access the pipes and the like if they burst or otherwise need maintenance. Without being able to access that from a crawlspace, you would have to go through the floor which is a higher cost. It also allows airflow under the house which I believe helps with preventing mold? Not quite sure about that one, fairly certain there are multiple reasons but I'm not even close to an expert
My family use to do this for a living. It’s not an easy process and it takes a lot of work. This is exactly how we done it. This stops the humidity from the ground to causing the floor to rotten out. It was a messy process but we made sure we done it 100% right!
I am getting choked up at the sheer joy professionals are showing at witnessing great work. I have never given a thought to crawl spaces because my husband is the designated crawler in my family but I can understand their admiration and awe. Showed it to my better half and I swear I saw a glimmer of a tear! Kudos mister!
@@eduardozurita7433 - excuse me - are you related in any way to the organ and piano player that was all the rage in South America in the 70s, 80s and beyond?
You're getting choked up? There's nothing emotional about this. It'd be okay if it was impressive that makes sense, but why you getting choked up? There's nothing sad about this.
@@AmazingAutistwhy are you policing other people's emotions? because you don't feel the same way? and fyi, sadness isn't the only emotion that can elicit tears.
As the skinniest claustrophobic on the job that crawl space is like years of therapy. I am sleeping like a log tonight. I don't know which is more soothing... The crawl space or all these tradies coming together in awe and appreciation.
I ain’t even in a singular trade and I know I don’t have the physical capabilities to do so so, but I know some tradies. My dad was an engineer in the navy who now just goes around fixing things for my grandma (his mom) imma send this to him cos if I had a brain-gasm, he’d have a bigger one. This crawlspace is GORGEOUS!! I’ve seen three in my life, been in one of them when I was smaller bodied, been bit the hell up cos it was basically uncharted land in there 😭🤣
@@millenniumsystem1168 I am drywall and painting... And even that has required some really tight spaces... Also you develop relationships with your fellow trades. If you all are trying to help each other everyone's day is better, people are smiling... Crawl spaces like this are jobs where men take pride and if you need a hand you have ten. These jobs aren't shit shows.
@@millenniumsystem1168 Thank your father for his service for me, please and thank you!!! And what’s worse than getting bit by a bug or something else under a house is when a raccoon or rat or something scares the piss out of you and you lift/jump up and either hit your head on a rafter, cast iron pipe or hit a long as snail or something sharp that’s hanging down and have to go get a freaking tetanus shot!!! 😂😂😂
@@millenniumsystem1168 Thank your father for his service for me, please and thank you!!! And what’s worse than getting bit by a bug or something else under a house is when a raccoon or rat or something scares the piss out of you and you lift/jump up and either hit your head on a rafter, cast iron pipe or hit a long as snail or something sharp that’s hanging down and have to go get a freaking tetanus shot!!! 😂😂😂
My Grandfather etched a command into a load bearing beam of our Family home, "May whoever live and work under the support of this home, treat it with the utmost respect and craftsmanship. May this home bless families for generations." RIP Papa
This might be the first bit of actual craftsmanship I've seen on here when it comes to construction. I wish more builders strive to be like this. I work for a large hvac company, about 100 employees, and I feel like I'm the only one who wants to do the best job I possibly can. Its really nice to see other people actually care about their work instead of their paycheck for once.
What some people do is they justify doing a lousy work because they aren't paid enough, as if they didn't consciously accept a job contract with a set paycheck in the first place, or didn't know how to negotiate. And there's usually some social resentment involved. My two cents.
As someone who used to do home inspections on people’s water lines, the mere phrase “crawl space” sends shivers up my spine. This video was really healing for me, thank you 🥲😂
You'd have to pay to work in there. Just imagine dropping some pipe cleaner on that oh the mess. Have you looking like a painter down there with drop cloths in the crawl space.
Yup, new and well built houses would do that. The home owner payed extra for that kind of work. Doesn't matter if a house is new or expensive, everyone knows that. It's the after party $$$ that matters.
Flood mitigation technician. I'm in crawlspaces dealing with water and mold every day at work. This is beautiful gorgeous. I giggled audibly when I saw the sump pump in the corner.
@@JackSmith-tj1if 6 millimeter thick plastic to make sure water in the soil doesn't evaporate and soak into the wood subfloor, it does other stuff but that's the main purpose, hope that helps :)
Never in my life have I seen one person from a trade actually compliment someone else’s work. Always just a bunch of dudes trying to look good by putting everyone else’s work down. This is refreshing.
As the skinniest guy at my company, I get all the crawl and attic work, so I can truly appreciate what your showing us here. Good job to whoever did this crawl space
Shoutout to you man, did waterproofing during some summers when I went to college. Tough work but man was it rewarding to see the finished product and an ecstatic homeowner. Hope you’re doing well man
I didn’t know why but the hidden parts of any structure are so important to me. Not just the way that they look but also the convenience of accessing/changing/repairing them decades later.
Its mandatory in my country at the bottom of the planet. Our government subsidized it and all had to be completed by 2022. Included roof and underfloor insulation so ground and insulation blocks between the floor beams, which they haven't done yet in this video. Roof the same. Heat pumps in all houses that have a dehumidifier (we had a few to choose from, different brands and types or if insisted a log tile fire with extra something I didn't get). And our average taxes are 21.5% the US is 24.5%. BUT we dont have random border crosses to pay for.
@@AHD2105 food/petrol/rent is some of the most expensive in the world with record low wages, I’m originally from Wellington, live in Sydney now. Jacinda ruined the country, it’s such a mess.
@@Red.OG. I know. Its so bad. Our wages at minimum are $23.15 would've been fine but inflation. We had 15,000 new migrants to Christchurch alone, and the skyted that that has a record of 2500new homes built! Whqys the point when they import that many! Housing is short in Aussie too. Our governments need to focus on allowing real Aussies and Kiwis buy homes and have families. No wonder the young arnt having any. The imports are mostly just traitors and are after a passport.
This is not a crawl space, this is a man cave. Get the xbox down there and beer fridge. We are renovating a castle on our channel, and the crawl space is a nightmare.
@@vincer7824 all the plastic sheeting on the walls, ground and sonotubes that you see in the video. The joints are taped to keep moisture from passing through.
@@IhaveaDoghouse Thank u for explaining. Grew up in an apt so I'm not familiar with house/construction terms. This does look amazing. The basement of the house a family member bought doesn't even have walls on all the sides. I don't know about houses but pretty sure that's not normal or good lol. One area is just a steep "wall" of dirt and rocks belonging to the hill the house is built on...
Youre joking right? I loved crawling through rocks and jagged concrete biting into my knees. The best was when there was mold and bad air quality. Man i miss the days of spiderwebs and dead rats.
Groundwork’s proud! that’s our work and our dehu and sump system even has a gutter system leading to the sump! encapsulation is the best way to keep your foundation strong and mold/moisture free. FRS Groundworks💪🏽 we offer financing as well!
@@jonfitz8280ok but how much work to lay it all out like that. As someone who has no fucking clue I’d guess that’s easily 700+ dollars in labor, maybe more
As a former Pest Control Technician this crawlspace is a Godsend! I would probably lie about how much more time it was gonna take cuz I'd be havin lunch, and taking a nap down there! 😋🤣
Whoever made this video, thank you very much! There are so many videos out there where people are just trashing other people's work. It's refreshing to see somebody who congratulates someone else's work.
Why do I feel like who did this either had a family in the business or used to be in the business themselves or have seen the mess of people going in the crawlspace in an older home
As an exterminator I absolutely love recommend a crawlspace cleanout and coming back to find this. Those guys dont get paid enough and they make every other contractors job so much better.
@@ana419the cause of rampant inflation is greedy corporate executives who know they can get away with doubling the price of everything so long as they do it in small enough intervals
This is actually what I do for a living. We do the sump pumps, do our drainage holes, mold treatment, and then encapsulation. Hard work, man deserves a raise.
Respect! We had this done to our crawlspace a few years ago. Flooding and mold problem solved! You guys work your butts off and deserve a raise. We had encapsulation and drain tiles installed along the perimeter floor. Cement was jack-hammered and repoured, lifting 5-gallon buckets of cement from the outside into the basement. You guys are supermen!!
those floor joists look like they're 6-10 inches, beautifully piped and protected from humidity, dehumidified with a sump pump, and it's well lit. I guarantee you this house belongs to someone in the construction industry and it's his dream house.
As a 90's kid who spent an, now illegal, amount of time playing & retrieving things in crawl spaces, I too thoroughly admire the craftsmanship, beauty, and cleanliness of this crawl space.
@@TurboAussnot anybody with a brain can think straight, just like not anybody with eyes can appreciate quality craftsmanship... they can go with the flow and agree with someone pointing it out, but it's not really the same thing.
Been trying to complete that on a home that's over a 125 years old and I want to applaud the person who had the vision to have the foresight and thought to produce such a beautifully finished job..
Plumbers everywhere are signing up to work on this place when it’s needed. Truly amazing whoever thought of this and actually did it. Maybe one day min code will change to this for crawl spaces.
This "crawl space" looks like a million bucks. It brings a tear to my eye. Also the flooring for the house is perfect, freaking P E R F E C T. Touse was built with love. Perhaps its a builder or contractors house. Because the parts that shouldn't matter much, the parts not to be seen by guests, are perfect and absolutely breathtakingly beautiful. A house built to impress men and craftsmen professionals.
This gave me flashbacks of working with my pops when I was younger he worked for Dish network I used to be the one crawling to run the wire up 😂 I went to one house like this and I swear it was so nice and had outlets under it I was like 13 at the time I plugged up my psp ran the wire as fast as I could and stayed under the house for like 45 min playing my psp till he came looking for me 😂
As a person who didn't even know crawlspaces were a thing nor did I know you had to squeeze into a space under a house to do work like this I can tell you I am in fact feeling very claustrophobic rn. Much respect to you guys 😌
The worst thing for me is finding numerous molted skins. Or shining the light where you need to go and it looks like what Indy Jones run through in Raiders. Excuse me while I tape myself up..
Imagine you’re under a crawl space and you have to replace the main beam of a house so you have to jack it up with jacks to hold the weight of the house on top of you to replace it.
You wouldn’t want my job. I’m a certified foundation inspector. I spend my days crawling under houses that are MUCH LOWER to the ground than this house. Thankfully, I’m not claustrophobic. I make damn good money, so you will never hear me complain.
Worked as an insulation installer for a month (was too hard) retrofitting all this stuff to old houses. This level of quality wasn’t even required for inspections at the govt funded sites. Amazing work
I did insulation in a crawlspace so small that you had to PULL the bags of insulation between the ground and floor joists, talking 24 inches. Fun times.
I absolutely love that you just admit that its too hard. Im a 30 year old man, married and all that. My father in law is a very hands on manly man who does home remodeling/renovations/repairs. Ive been to some of his sites and been down in the basements and crawl spaces at night and even then its hot as hell. Im just bot built for that. I’m a therapist for children and spend my days in a clinic playing games and going down slides lol. Huge respect for the men that can do all this hard manual labor stuff that im just not built for. At first my father-in-law wasnt super fond of me because i wasn’t as manly as him but after being apart od this family for years he has massive respect for me and I him. A lot of the kids i work with have no dads, or theyre in jail, or addicts and things like that. Some mens place in This world is using their muscles, for me, mine is being a father figure and showing love and kindness to kids that don’t normally have it. I think its nice that modern society can accept a wide variety of roles for its citizens and not have an expectation that men have to work hard and women have to do all the home and child work. Also, my wife may end up working for her dad soon which would mean she’s working manual labor and im working with children 😂
It's was to hard to take a tape measure, measure the insulation, cut it with a razor, and staple it to the wall?😂 Yeah and you could last a month. Stick to your video games. Leave the real work for the real men.
@nathannicholas5288 yeah I guess you are right. I should of used my time machine to go back and insulate the floor joists before the house was built. Pretty common for older houses like where I worked in the sierra nevada ( that means snow in case you didn't know) mountains to not have insulation in the floor. Being the fng I got the harder jobs the journeyman didn't want to do.
As someone who has a natural aversion to dirty cramped spaces, I would literally spend the night down there. That's some of the cleanest work I think I've ever seen in my 35 years of life.
We used to pump these out regularly when i did crawlspace work. We did not take pride in it. Its an awful job. Alot of crawlspace companies just dont care enough about doing everything correctly. Made alot of money tho
I just feel like this crawlspace needs to be seen and fully appreciated by all because this hasn't been seen EVER..... I kinda wanna live in there, so cozy😂😂
I work in upper class homes in eastern Massachusetts doing HVAC work. Ive been seeing more and more incapsulation. I really appreciate the working conditions.
Groundwork’s proud! that’s our work and our dehu/sump system even has a gutter system leading to the sump! encapsulation is the best way to keep your foundation strong and mold/moisture free. FRS Groundworks💪🏽 we offer financing as well! thank you g i’m proud to do this for a living!
Used to do these encapsulated crawlspaces.What you guys can't see is the French drain that goes around the entire crawlspace that meets at the sump pump. Takes allot of hard work and digging in a cramped space. Kudos to whoever did this 😊
@@dr.eliciarosen-fox1354 I could be totally wrong because I don't know anything about building a house. But, I imagine it _could_ have something to do with the way the house settles once it's done being built? Then, after maybe they have a better idea of what they're working with. Again, I could be wrong, but I've been told that houses "settle" after being built and it makes sense in my head that it would affect the crawlspace 😂 please, someone correct me if I'm wrong and I'll delete my comment lol.
I imagine this is expensive. But with the dehumidifier and the sump it probably makes for a much healthier house. Both to the structure/components and the people who live there.
I have to ask: how durable is that "floor lining"? I could see workmen having to crawl on it, dragging their tool totes because you don't have the leverage to carry when your arm is straight out to the side; and also, I could see the homeowner/tenant taking one glance and thinking "storage space" All it would take is one cut into that encapsulation, and the outside world will start creeping in as if the encapsulation never happened.
@@andrewdreasler428 i would think it'd be easy enough to just tape up any cut, may start looking ugly after decades of service and tape strips, but still much better than dirt
I've never in my entire life seen a crawlspace that didn't look like a hazard to my health and peace of mind, until now. It's a thing of beauty.
I cover the poly with a 3” layer of cement. And slope to 6’ tall in the Center with a wide flat spot. Use for storage.
I’d crawl in there whenever I need time alone, it looks that good
@@openthinker6562lol. Omg. I thought the same! "Leave me alone, I'm thinkingggggg"
@@openthinker6562 It looks too good to be hidden away!
It's shocking to me to find out that this isn't common, I grew up in a house that had this done.
Former cable guy. After seeing years worth of crawl spaces, I’ve never seen this. This is clearly someone who spent top dollar to ensure this was done properly
Right? I've never seen this in my life. I've only been the trade for like 5 years but still never seen it
Honestly, short of the sump pump and dehumidifier, it looks like a relatively affordable, nice heavy-mil plastic and tape do the lion's share of the work to make this a nice space (although, the two aforementioned pricey items REALLY makes it a hang out spot!)
Yeah I don't think many tradesmen would ever give you this without being asked to, paid handsomely and then checked up on
Someone with a mold allergy. Someone did that for specific reason. Very nice.
Mike Rowe did a video with the company:
ruclips.net/video/UAkz-2qtbuo/видео.html
As a plumber, I wish all "crawl spaces" were like that.
Just fuckin elbow crawling through ages of dirt and musk and critter shit, huffing that mold or mildew depending on moisture...
I been there too buddy 🫡
@@mrbeefy604not to mention looking out for black widows or any other critter down there potentially waiting to ruin your day
Right behind you brother 👨🔧
Same for electricians
As a plumber, I'm offended by the laziness and lack of skills of PEX plumbers
I'm an exterminator. I'm in people's crawl spaces regularly. I do see this once in awhile. It's nicer than my actual home in some people's crawl spaces LOL. Others are like dungeons with roots growing out of the ground
Yea naw my crawl space is literally a dark tunnel of doom, creatures n shit down there 😭
Its was actually an exterminator company that did ours!
I was just thinking if I had a crawlspace like this I'd be hanging out in there
Plumbers and Electricians around the world just shed a tear at this
As a German electrician,
Yes ..
mate the most plumbing i've ever done was repressurising my boiler and i still got emotional from watching this
And cable guys
As a hvac installer I’ve seen this once it’s a blessing
As a British Electrician, yes this is absolutely golden. Easy clean access everywhere and anywhere
I'll bet he got fired after the higher-ups saw this standard of quality.
As a terrible contractor once said we are humans we aren't perfect can't do everything right
@@cadenbrau8661 We can damn well try though. But most don't.
No, this is a 5 day encapsulated crawlspace. First day we gut the entire thing of insulation, trash ect and start trenching. Day 2 all trenching has to be done and sump pit set for inspection next morning. After inspection, you have backfill and start laying down your floor membrane and insulation on walls. Last 2 days you finish membrane and dehumidifier. Final inspection can happen any time after that. The waterproof taping is key to Making it look well. If your layers arnt properly overlapped and are taped down badly, it shows quite easily. The membrane is also very easy to clean, you can bring a portable shop vac, use small amount of degreaser on microfiber cloth ect.
@@cadenbrau8661 Ah, another Cy viewer!
Nobody that talented is gonna be working for a big company, I hope to god they are private and training plenty of apprentices
As a structural engineer that spends a lot of time in crawl spaces I can honestly say I would cry if I got to somebody’s house and that’s what I was met with. This is as glorious a crawl space as I have ever seen. Thank you sir for sharing.
But the thing is, just one person with dirty clothes and shoes at any point needs to enter that space, and its pretty much ruined. Unless they go to vacuum and mop the floors down there
@@MATT.04 It's not ruined lol. It's less clean than before, sure. But it's still way cleaner than not having done this
Stay in design engineering.
Wait until you discover things called basements. Sometimes they even dress them up to look like the rest of the house.
You need a crawler inspection camera.
I’ve been working construction since I was 17, and Ive never seen a crawlspace that beautiful.
Whoever that man is needs a reward of some kind
The person that is responsible for this has a lot of love for his fellow man.
and a lot of money in his pockets. there’s no way anyone else in town is getting jobs with him around
Yeah it looks great, he must get paid well enough to feel the "love", most guys want to have pride in their work, but it's hard when they're tired all the time and a week's pay away from homelessness
The person who did that got paid about $20-30K
I have a crawl space like that
its called pride.. some ppls actually have a pride for what their doing..
Before i saw the floor joists, i thought it was a very clean parking garage. Never have i seen such a beautiful crawl space, that is impressive
Same I was like "oh what a cool room" then once he started crawling and the reality became apparent I was like 0.0
😊 I was looking for the cars like they pressure washed a parking garage.
Lol that was my exact thought as well. That's a very white parking garbage.
Me too.
Same
Whoever did this took the saying “always set up for the next guy.” to heart and held it to their chest 🙏🏽🙏🏽
Ngl that’s prolly one of the few sayings I didn’t leave my childhood with. Only heard used a handful of times. Gonna be better
I love that
That part
if you took something to your heart, and didnt hold it to your chest, i dont know what you are, but human aint it
Wow someone knew we don’t like spiders
I worked for an electrical company that would follow behind foundation restoration company that did these jobs. I loved working after them. Instead of crawling, you could essentially belly-slide like a penguin across the space. The air quality down there (post de-humidifier and encapsulation) is more comfortable than an attic.
Beautiful job!
As a person who has been an a crawlspace, i didnt even see this as a crawl space til the dude said it was. This… is just perfection at work and is just art at this point
At that point they might as well have built a dang basement LOL
Is it weird that I want to hang out down there?
Seems like a cool place to smoke a bowl and watch RUclips @@DoughnutJelly55
How was it like to be a crawlspace?
I thought it was a really really badly done parking garage lol
I got a little choked up. Ive been in dozens of crawlspaces and usually get bitten by something. I did know something so beautiful could exist
"Bitten by something" so fucking true man 😂 bugs ain't even found in ur continent ya find in a crawlspace 😂
@@cheekibreeki6255 Geezus soo true. Complete ecosystem existing 2' under floorboards.
I was visiting my uncle in L.A. and he wanted me to check out something under his house. I'm Irish, do we don't have crawl spaces... I was about to , and then I ask him.... "I've got arachnophobia, would I regret this?" And he just tells me to leave it hahha
@@cheekibreeki6255a friend of mine would find scorpions under rocks, so I don't wanna know what is under a crawlspace.
@@makavelismiththere’s worse things to fear in the crawl space than the spiders, its the things that eat the spiders down there man, Ireland sure is lucky they don’t build their houses atop damp and dark hellscapes.
Anyone who has ever been under a house can appreciate the amount of work and quality done for this crawl space. It doesn't even look real.
The last house I crawled under was built in the late 1800s, not a pleasant time at all. Barely fit in it at all, pretty sure I discovered parts of my body that day that I didn't know about
Not to take away from the work but that's not a hard one to do. Plenty high well lit flat and no duct work or furnace.
No amount of money was spared. This is beautiful in that functional tidy way
That's what happens when you don't hire 50 IQ Juan and Pablo to do your work.
@@Shnierpiffle 😂 You got raised right ❤
This is someone who clearly loves and cares about their work...
Holy shit, I've never seen a finished crawlspace before. whoever did this either woke up or went to bed a PROFESSIONAL.
Im sure its mostly because the houses in america or your country í should say are very old and cheap to make in the uk we don't have crawl spaces because our houses are made of bricks and stone almost all our houses are brick and we also don't have basements
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Groundwork’s proud! that’s our work and our dehu and sump system even has a gutter system leading to the sump! encapsulation is the best way to keep your foundation strong and mold/moisture free. FRS Groundworks💪🏽 we offer financing as well!
@@TheTrueDemonKing It depends where in America. Not all houses have crawl spaces. Lots of houses have basements and/or cellars.
@@The_Gallowglass yeah im not from america so i was just saying what í read cause most houses are made from wood and plaster board right? So they're cheap to build and arent most the houses down south old housing or maybe not because of tornados and whatnot
I have tears forming, just the lighting alone. Not one mummified cat or rat. No heaps of mouse nest or snake skin. You'll always have a job. Nice work!
Dude why would there be all that crap there wtf
@@manwithballsonarm6775cuz if it’s not encapsulated properly that’s what happens
Black widows, racoons, opossums.
@@manwithballsonarm6775 are your arm balls sensitive
@@manwithballsonarm6775 never been in a crawl space before guy?
It is so refreshing to hear one craftsman praising the work of another craftsman. The guy was in awe. Thanks for the video.
Groundwork’s proud! that’s our work and our dehu and sump system even has a gutter system leading to the sump! encapsulation is the best way to keep your foundation strong and mold/moisture free. FRS Groundworks💪🏽 we offer financing as well!
I think he is the craftsman..lol..
@@Robs-pl1jv nah it’s a whole team of us who do it. it’s our patented encapsulation. 24mil membrane only we make. FRS/Groundworks i’m proud to do this for a living!
Yes, it’s is wonderful when you hear someone saying how they admire another workmanship, my dentist always admired my previous Dentist job that he had done when I was young, the capping of my two front teeth, that work was done 50 yrs ago, they don’t do work like that anymore.
Used to be a co-foreman at Aquaguard . Did all kinds of things such as encapsulation which is what’s in the video , structural lifting the floors with floor beams and joist ,crawl drain and basement gutter. It’s definitely worth it to get it done if you’re having a lot of water damage or humidity . For the encapsulation you sometimes remove insulation first and get rid of old plastic and trash . you put delta matting all over the crawl space . Then you drill small holes in the walls around the crawl space to put pins into the pinky which is the vapor barrier that helps the the excess water flow to the delta matting . Then you put the vapor barrier matting on top of the delta all around making sure you have excess sheeting running onto the pinky of the walls , then you tape real nice the barrier to the pinky’ going all around and taping it to the columes as well . And then essentially putting a dehumidifier attached to a hose going outside
Used to be a pain sometimes to install because some crawl spaces where around a foot and a half in height
As a carpenter of 40 years, I've been in those crawlspaces before. It's impeccable and impressive. I could live under there.
Who was the builder?
@@biohack738 yeah
@@biohack738 bob
As a carpenter, I haven't come close to this, lol. This is like, unrealistic levels where I'm from. And I've worked in a lot of well-built mansions. I should move to where you live, lol.
What does 40yrs have to do with this 😂😂😂
I worked for a company that did crawlspace encapsulation. The homeowners always told me how much more comfortable their home was, especially with a good dehumidifier thrown in there.
What's the difference of having a dehumidifier under the floor? We don't get those in europe, first thing that came to mind was to protect the wooden beams long term
@us7876 that's one of the reasons. Another reason is to help mitigate mold development. Another reason is to separate the bottom of the home from the ground. We would put in a thermal barrier on the ground itself and a specific type of foam on the walls inside the crawlspace.
@us7876 that's one of the reasons. Another reason is to help mitigate mold development. Another reason is to separate the bottom of the home from the ground. We would put in a thermal barrier on the ground itself and a specific type of foam on the walls inside the crawlspace.
@us7876 typically, the crawlspace under most houses in the US are bare dirt, humid, full of animal shit and spiderwebs, bugs galore. This is immaculate, and yeah, I bet that dehumidifier will help keep the wood in good condition for alot longer.
@@us7876since it’s encapsulated you have to treat it like indoor environment now. So either dehumidifier or condition the air with your HVAC system.
Glad I wasn't the only one who did NOT think this was a crawlspace at first glance. Unbelievable work. Never knew a crawlspace could be so clean. The dehumidifier made my jaw drop genuinely. If the crawlspace looks this good, I can only imagine how nice the rest of the house looks.
The consensus seems to be that it looks exactly like a clean new parking garage until you look up
@@RoseBushThorns588 I mean the lightbulb in frame 1 gives away that it's a crawlspace.
Crackhouse
americans are starting to upscale their hobo housing standards. maybe one day they'll discover that good wood, stone and classic masonry do make better homes. especially for what they pay those third world crappily built "houses"... 🧐👆
@@RoseBushThorns588ngl the ripples in the sheet made me think it was a flooded basement at first and i thought the filmer was being sarcastic as hell 😂
I love people who do their jobs right.
Hearing "i need to shake your hand" from an older man is one of the biggest signs of respect 💯
I heard that *ONE TIME* from a GC while working with a painting crew. Not that that was the only time I did my best, just one of the only times he saw the drywall crews work and how much we had to hide.
Made my entire year.
Aawww that's so cute and simple, enjoy the likes, little scout 😂
As a plumber who has been working for the past 473 years, I can say in my days of work I have never seen the beauty that this is.
So, was it hard to land the job in 1551?
My man was out here building the aqauducts for the Roman empire. Osha's worst nightmare.
@@SwarmerGaming💀💀💀💀💀💀
😂😂😂😂 all y’all guys funny for real
This house may never need a repair for a long time.
Someone didn’t cut corners. Communicated the price and the work needed and delivered. Thats a good builder.
What are you talking about price and communication? Nothing to do with this short. Internet full of bots nowadays.
@@sage8573have you ever worked on any kind of project before?
Everything is based on communication. The standard of quality, the price, the execution, all of it depends on an open, honest, and consistent line of communication across trades and between the client and contractor.
@sage8573 learn how to read!
@@sage8573read the comment over and over again buddy
Groundwork’s proud! that’s our work and our dehu/sump system even has a gutter system leading to the sump! encapsulation is the best way to keep your foundation strong and mold/moisture free. FRS Groundworks💪🏽 we offer financing as well!
I've never seen a crawlspace that clean...and had a wrap/liner everywhere! Whoever did this really cares about their job and cares about the next person going down there.
As a former "cable slinger", if I ever came across one of these, I would shed a tear, and then spend an extra 30 min under there sliding around on the vinyl!!!! 😮😁😁😁
"I need to check one last thing." You go to the truck and come back in a speedo covered in baby oil.
just like "WEEEEEEEEEEE" *full grown man sliding across the floor in complete joy noises
The people in the house just hear giggling below them hah
Home ower hears a bunch or rustling plastic and giggles 🤣
Call the cops!!! They put wayyyy to much love into that.
As a ex-plumber, I had the pleasure of doing new work in 2 crawl spaces like this. Easily my 2 favorite jobs I ever did. Went in clean, and aside from crawling out with orange and yellow glue on me, I wasn’t covered in dirt. And this one is immaculate. Props to whoever did this.
I worked on crawlspace encapsulation for about 2 years. I always told the owner that they are the new owner of a "Cadillac Crawlspace." Prices were typically around 4k to 6k. The lining on the bottom is 20mils with a hard plastic bottom inbetween the lining and ground to allow water to flow easier. The perimeter usually has perforated pipe with a sock. Every seam is taped and the walls have caulking at the top. It will literally pay for itself through energy savings. My favorite part is when you start to tape the seams, it gets noticeably hotter just from our lights. Worked at PEP Waterproofing and Foundation Repair.
I’m 16 from kentucky looking to pursue plumbing and pass my masters as soon as possible after my journeyman’s. If all goes well I want to start my own company ASAP. Is this a good plan?
Do you know how or where to get this done? I would love to if it would help the plumber🤣he’s chill
@@Angel-Otk For your area, just google "crawlspace restoration near me"
Yes. It wont be quick though. Maybe ten years. @kevin-jp3yf
Yo I thought this was a parking garage at first
Same at first 😂😂
Same
me too, I thought that exact same thing.
whoever done that is an artist.
So did I my friend, so did I!!!😂😂😂
😂 Me too!
The tears of joy you hear in this man's voice is angelic
As an electrician for over 29 years and counting, I just had a single tear drop roll down my left cheek and I stopped it at my top lip with a smile from ear to ear.. I could live down there and never complain. 10 outta 10 people. Just awesome work period.
Eh youd leave a soon as someone handed you a broom
❤🎉😅😮 indeed you are quite right! We just had a leak from a pipe that we had to get people come in and dehumidify and clean up the crawl space and yeah they would definitely appreciated this setup 1,000 percent😮😊❤
As an electrician in a seashore community I have been in a lot of dank, dirty, wet sandy and miserable crawl space, I have been in crawl spaces where I was kissing wet sand and the back of my head was bouncing off the floor joists and would’ve really appreciated the chance to work in a crawl space like this. Absolutely amazing work!
A crawlspace like this would instantly remove my claustrophobia
I would charge rent for that tbh
@@michaelkilgoreLmao open concept industrial style loft with good privacy. $3k/mo
In Germany we call those wooden "houses" shags! "Fast food buildings". Has nothing to do with true craftsmanship!
Q: How do you find a German?
A: Post a video of a North American wood-frame house and wait for them to complain.
@@h.j.b.3978also germans: “in Germany we call them “Judens””
$29,000 later, this is exactly what our crawlspace looks like! It truly saved our home! 👍
29k? I'm apparently in the wrong business.
Great investment! It'll be worth every penny
29K.. Oh well .. would love to have that.. but it is not possible.❤
Worth every penny of that money.
It would be more than that
I hired out my crawlspace to be reworked under my 1888 house. My foundation is round river rock built by the Amish. All native wood from the original acreage the house was built on. 136 year old hand hewn walnut. While it doesn’t look this good. It’s pretty awesome. Sides of mine are spray foamed. Two men dug the whole thing out to 3’ deep. Put new 6x6 pillars in throughout. Probably been 20 years ago now. Well spent money. And those guys worked hard. Spectacular job compared to what it was. I put in lights and sealed wet/dry outlets, new copper supply lines and pvc sewer lines throughout, and sump pit & pump. With 26 tons of pea gravel spread throughout
Life under the house is much easier when you can see, and have room. Still find snake skins. I don’t know how, but they still get in.
I've worked in crawlspacea for 45 years. Only once did I see something like this. Excellent work!
Do those large pipes have bolts missing? Genuine question because I’m not an expert, armchair or otherwise) 🤔
@@wearemany73please don't ever do any type of plumbing. For yourself or your worst enemy.
@@montamiddleton9318 you don’t know either?
Dexter
@@montamiddleton9318 Please stop replying to people on youtube, you're very bad at it.
As an HVAC man, I can surely say we appreciate you. Coming to a home like that to work is fantastic. Genuinely helps the customer as well. Reduces the load dramatically.
Reduces the load? How?
@@aBMWEnthusiast hot air rise, cold air fall. You loose a ton of air seeping into and out of the crawl space. If crawl is a sealed conditioned area, you’re not loosing all that conditioned air and letting humidity and heat leak in from the crawl. It makes a huge difference especially in the south east where the moisture and humidity is a real issue.
@@TheAtticNinja, thanks for the explanation! I was not thinking of the HVAC load, instead I was thinking load in terms of weight of the home.
@@TheAtticNinjaAnd I guarantee you you've never been to a place that looked like this. People are just not that cool that often crawl in spaces like this for a living will never be able to experience something like this
@@barreldreamz7852 you’d be surprised. I see this kind of thing quite often. Higher dollar homes, gated communities and such they all have this. Have signs at the crawl door asking you to remove shoes before entering crawl lol.
what a million dollar house should look like
Paying for the land brother
So the average home in 2024?
million dollar houses should come with full basements 😂
Then where are the drywallers supposed to store their hundreds of empty modelo especial cans? In the walls?
A million dollar house doesn't have crawl space! At all! It has a basement!
As a Home Insdpector, I will say I Love You Homeowner
Just one craftsman admiring another craftsman's craftsmanship.
Crafty
I'm reading the comments and it's amazing the amount of grown men stating they want to cry after seeing this! Its very sweet! 😊
Those aren’t tears we’re crying……..
I know. 😊
I so love men.
Vive Le Patriarchy!
Comon’ look at that. I would visit that place every week if i ever have a chance to have something like this. Its so nice and neat. And these are nor tears we had eyegasm 😂
I'm a grown woman and even i want to cry watching this, this is beautiful
Considering the amount of times I've had to experience a lesser "crawl space"... yea it's not THAT many BUT each time is a terrible experience... maybe once a year but it's still enough to be a shit show... but this is beautiful... just sleek and clean, no fuss.
As a former pest control technician, when i saw an encapsulated crawl space i knew it would be a good day.
I don’t know much about these, but do these keep pests out easier or make it easier to maintain?
@@lionsatmidnight I mostly went into crawlspaces to inspect for termites, and your typical crawl space is just dirt, maybe sand sometimes. A lot filthier and more miserable than going over plastic.
Even if pests get into an encapsulated crawlspace, things like rat droppings stand out on the plastic, so they are easier to see and avoid crawling through. Usually the worst thing I'd deal with in an encapsulated crawlspace is a puddle of water from a dripping pipe.
I can imagine the feeling
I've been in ALOT OF CRAWL SPACES. Cleanest I've ever seen. I had 1 that was close. Pretty much the same but about 50 yrs old. So there was some dust. (The lady made her hubby vacuumed the section we needed to crawl through) it was AMAZING AND WAY OVERBOARD. AND WE THANKED THEM ALL DAY LONG.
We should also give credit to the home owners who decided to put forth the necessary funds to have this amazing crawl space created. RESPECT!!!
This is what I have happening starting Monday. You are correct, it's a large investment.
This is the lynch pin to the whole thing
Hows it necessary? Why would u need this kind of crawl space? I have it old school and nothing breaks or anything
@@HSGenie Sealed from heat/cold, moisture/humidity, outdoor wildlife, a sump pump for the "just in case", and makes working in it SO much easier, especially if you're doing amateur home repairs yourself.
@@keithcarlson1020 Thanks for explaining!
So I’m the only one that thought it was an empty parking garage👀🤣, the craftsmanship is crazy!
Nope I was gonna ask the same thing. Thought for a sec it was a horrible sealant job in a mall garage and that he was being sarcastic lol
I actually thought he was being sarcastic in the beginning. I thought it was a garage and someone didn’t know how cement works. Ended up overfilling it 😂
@@xaininpc5625 Saaaaaame
I thought I was a garage at first too
I thought what a small ass parking garage😂
I live in Arizona now and I have been building houses for 50 years. However, I started in Washington state where we had crawlspaces. And as your building the house you lay down plastic tarp. And you put in lightbulbs because of freezing in the winter time and that was in 1975. I’m glad to see that somebody is still using that process.
Is this a plastic tarp or is it like one of those epoxy finishes people use in garages? I’m amazed how immaculate it looks, I always thought crawl spaces were dirt…
@@Beserious795it seems like a thick plastic tarp, you can kind of hear it when hes moving
Why not just put down insulation and concrete and lay down the floor from there? Why is there a need for crawlspace to begin with?
@@retroMartin cost
@@retroMartin you need to be able to access the pipes and the like if they burst or otherwise need maintenance. Without being able to access that from a crawlspace, you would have to go through the floor which is a higher cost. It also allows airflow under the house which I believe helps with preventing mold? Not quite sure about that one, fairly certain there are multiple reasons but I'm not even close to an expert
My family use to do this for a living. It’s not an easy process and it takes a lot of work. This is exactly how we done it. This stops the humidity from the ground to causing the floor to rotten out. It was a messy process but we made sure we done it 100% right!
I am getting choked up at the sheer joy professionals are showing at witnessing great work. I have never given a thought to crawl spaces because my husband is the designated crawler in my family but I can understand their admiration and awe. Showed it to my better half and I swear I saw a glimmer of a tear! Kudos mister!
Soft
@@eduardozurita7433 - excuse me - are you related in any way to the organ and piano player that was all the rage in South America in the 70s, 80s and beyond?
You're getting choked up? There's nothing emotional about this. It'd be okay if it was impressive that makes sense, but why you getting choked up? There's nothing sad about this.
@@eduardozurita7433
Ah. You suffer from E.D. huh?
That is sad, but you didn't need to share your troubles online to random strangers.
@@AmazingAutistwhy are you policing other people's emotions? because you don't feel the same way? and fyi, sadness isn't the only emotion that can elicit tears.
As the skinniest claustrophobic on the job that crawl space is like years of therapy. I am sleeping like a log tonight. I don't know which is more soothing... The crawl space or all these tradies coming together in awe and appreciation.
I ain’t even in a singular trade and I know I don’t have the physical capabilities to do so so, but I know some tradies. My dad was an engineer in the navy who now just goes around fixing things for my grandma (his mom) imma send this to him cos if I had a brain-gasm, he’d have a bigger one. This crawlspace is GORGEOUS!! I’ve seen three in my life, been in one of them when I was smaller bodied, been bit the hell up cos it was basically uncharted land in there 😭🤣
Dont jizz yourself dude it’s just a crawl space …
@@millenniumsystem1168 I am drywall and painting... And even that has required some really tight spaces... Also you develop relationships with your fellow trades. If you all are trying to help each other everyone's day is better, people are smiling... Crawl spaces like this are jobs where men take pride and if you need a hand you have ten. These jobs aren't shit shows.
@@millenniumsystem1168
Thank your father for his service for me, please and thank you!!! And what’s worse than getting bit by a bug or something else under a house is when a raccoon or rat or something scares the piss out of you and you lift/jump up and either hit your head on a rafter, cast iron pipe or hit a long as snail or something sharp that’s hanging down and have to go get a freaking tetanus shot!!! 😂😂😂
@@millenniumsystem1168
Thank your father for his service for me, please and thank you!!! And what’s worse than getting bit by a bug or something else under a house is when a raccoon or rat or something scares the piss out of you and you lift/jump up and either hit your head on a rafter, cast iron pipe or hit a long as snail or something sharp that’s hanging down and have to go get a freaking tetanus shot!!! 😂😂😂
My Grandfather etched a command into a load bearing beam of our Family home, "May whoever live and work under the support of this home, treat it with the utmost respect and craftsmanship. May this home bless families for generations." RIP Papa
Respect Grandpa!! 👊👊❤️❤️
Why was this comment necessary or needed
@@mainsuppthat what I’m wondering about your own?
@@mainsupp Just made me think of my Grandpa, and figured I'd share. Have a great night
Goddamn that's a hard asf line.
Brings a tear to my eye. Beautiful man, just beautiful 🥺
As someone who does crawlspace waterproofing and encapsulation for a living thank you for the appreciation, it is definitely NOT an easy job
Where do I find someone like you in the Midwest ??? I need some work done !!!
We paid 18K for 2800sq...
😮@@DMV8662
Does it not stop airflow though? Mine is under my house to keep the house dry
Oh good lord no, it is NOT an easy job. Your work often goes unnoticed and thus unappreciated by most, but some of us do know & deeply appreciate it.
This might be the first bit of actual craftsmanship I've seen on here when it comes to construction. I wish more builders strive to be like this. I work for a large hvac company, about 100 employees, and I feel like I'm the only one who wants to do the best job I possibly can. Its really nice to see other people actually care about their work instead of their paycheck for once.
What some people do is they justify doing a lousy work because they aren't paid enough, as if they didn't consciously accept a job contract with a set paycheck in the first place, or didn't know how to negotiate. And there's usually some social resentment involved. My two cents.
As someone who used to do home inspections on people’s water lines, the mere phrase “crawl space” sends shivers up my spine. This video was really healing for me, thank you 🥲😂
lol boo!!
This video made me angry that this isn't the standard... I would install it! Just make the dirt floor crawlspace a thing of the past!
Until your next inspection…
My OCD is SATISFIED!!!$ so clean…. So fresh…. So organized…… ohhhh the lords work is mighty
As a plumber, I'd discount this costumer for any work needed down there. This should be the norm.
You'd have to pay to work in there. Just imagine dropping some pipe cleaner on that oh the mess. Have you looking like a painter down there with drop cloths in the crawl space.
@@robertroderick4933 haha true
Customer
I feel like I’d have to put my booties on to enter in there. Lol.
@@candacerain1 cooistumneeir
Dang, that is literally the cleanest crawlspace I have ever seen. That is so professional it's absurd!
Yup, new and well built houses would do that. The home owner payed extra for that kind of work. Doesn't matter if a house is new or expensive, everyone knows that. It's the after party $$$ that matters.
@@dagrazytcom5492this is literally a case of get what you pay for quality.
Flood mitigation technician. I'm in crawlspaces dealing with water and mold every day at work. This is beautiful gorgeous. I giggled audibly when I saw the sump pump in the corner.
what is the floor covered with?
@@JackSmith-tj1if 6 millimeter thick plastic to make sure water in the soil doesn't evaporate and soak into the wood subfloor, it does other stuff but that's the main purpose, hope that helps :)
you sound awesome keep being you
I want to shake the hand of the guy who did this work of art and tell him this world is a better place because of them. 😢
30 years in the HVAC and electrical trades and I've never once seen a crawl space like this. Amazing!
I love the way he says, “Somebody with intelligence KNEW what they were doing.” Greatness recognizes greatness. It *is* very deliberate and well-done.
The wiring, pipework.. lighting... its perfection.
The subtle off white color of the paneling... my god...
That's some good meth😂
@@Look_Upon_The_HeartNow, let's see Paul Allen's crawlspace.
And where is the insulation on the water pipes?
@@justneeded8684 considering how well sealed the whole space is it wouldn't make much of a difference
Surely this video going viral reveals the crawlspace magician 🤙🏾
The amount of nods of approval that man would receive 😎
The fact that this has LIGHT FIXTURES, on top of everything else, is impressive and music to my eyes! No flashlight/lead cord and work light required.
i got light fixtures under my house with a dirt floor lol
bit dangerous if the sump pump fails no? nothing is fail proof! measure twice cut once!
Music to your... eyes?
Never in my life have I seen one person from a trade actually compliment someone else’s work. Always just a bunch of dudes trying to look good by putting everyone else’s work down. This is refreshing.
Good work is good work. No matter who does it. I never down another person's work. Unless it's really shit
Plot twist... He's the one who did it...
@@smitty0652No doubt 😂
Very true. My company installs cabinets in new houses so I meet all kinds of different tradies and most of them love to criticize each other
@smitty0652 it's cleaner than my gaff. Of course its his work 😂😂
As the skinniest guy at my company, I get all the crawl and attic work, so I can truly appreciate what your showing us here. Good job to whoever did this crawl space
Shoutout to you man, did waterproofing during some summers when I went to college. Tough work but man was it rewarding to see the finished product and an ecstatic homeowner. Hope you’re doing well man
You shouldn't get screwed because you're not fat. That's their problem.
@@steveescher1554 Then he will get fired for someone else skinny, someone has to do it.
I didn’t know why but the hidden parts of any structure are so important to me. Not just the way that they look but also the convenience of accessing/changing/repairing them decades later.
this should be mandatory for crawlspaces... it's a work of art
Its mandatory in my country at the bottom of the planet. Our government subsidized it and all had to be completed by 2022. Included roof and underfloor insulation so ground and insulation blocks between the floor beams, which they haven't done yet in this video. Roof the same. Heat pumps in all houses that have a dehumidifier (we had a few to choose from, different brands and types or if insisted a log tile fire with extra something I didn't get). And our average taxes are 21.5% the US is 24.5%. BUT we dont have random border crosses to pay for.
What country
@@Red.OG. In NZ. Healthier homes. Its very clean and smooth under my property now. Heat pump and insulation all done about the same time.
@@AHD2105 food/petrol/rent is some of the most expensive in the world with record low wages, I’m originally from Wellington, live in Sydney now. Jacinda ruined the country, it’s such a mess.
@@Red.OG. I know. Its so bad. Our wages at minimum are $23.15 would've been fine but inflation. We had 15,000 new migrants to Christchurch alone, and the skyted that that has a record of 2500new homes built! Whqys the point when they import that many! Housing is short in Aussie too. Our governments need to focus on allowing real Aussies and Kiwis buy homes and have families. No wonder the young arnt having any. The imports are mostly just traitors and are after a passport.
This is not a crawl space, this is a man cave. Get the xbox down there and beer fridge. We are renovating a castle on our channel, and the crawl space is a nightmare.
This is a womern cage, put the stove down there and laundry machine and you're good to go.
@@tehpurplepills someone call the police and have them check this guy's basement
The crawl cave 🎮🍻
It’s a crawl space with about 3’-0” clearance. Look at the 12” floor joists above (with no insulation).
@@tehpurplepills That the funniest thing I've heard all day. Ty
Oh my god. I’m a plumber & this is literally the “golden egg” of crawls.
Whoever did the vapor barrier needs a huge raise
What does the vapor barrier look like?
@@vincer7824 all the plastic sheeting on the walls, ground and sonotubes that you see in the video. The joints are taped to keep moisture from passing through.
@@IhaveaDoghouse Thank u for explaining. Grew up in an apt so I'm not familiar with house/construction terms.
This does look amazing. The basement of the house a family member bought doesn't even have walls on all the sides.
I don't know about houses but pretty sure that's not normal or good lol.
One area is just a steep "wall" of dirt and rocks belonging to the hill the house is built on...
@@vincer7824 i like rocks
@@gravestoner2488 So do I. Just not as a replacement for a wall 😂😂😂.
As a crawlspace worker. I wish all of them looked like this. My life would be so much easier.
As a plumber, I am so jealous that I never had a crawlspace like that! It's beautiful!
Youre joking right? I loved crawling through rocks and jagged concrete biting into my knees. The best was when there was mold and bad air quality. Man i miss the days of spiderwebs and dead rats.
Groundwork’s proud! that’s our work and our dehu and sump system even has a gutter system leading to the sump! encapsulation is the best way to keep your foundation strong and mold/moisture free. FRS Groundworks💪🏽 we offer financing as well!
A+++++ I have been a contractor for 35 years. That is the best crawl space I have ever seen. It was expensive too.
It’s what $100 worth of tarp and a dehumidifier
@@jonfitz8280 lol $100
@@jonfitz8280 And a whole hell of a lot of time to get it there.
Thats a lot more than 100$ worth of tarp lol @jonfitz8280
@@jonfitz8280ok but how much work to lay it all out like that. As someone who has no fucking clue I’d guess that’s easily 700+ dollars in labor, maybe more
As a former Pest Control Technician this crawlspace is a Godsend! I would probably lie about how much more time it was gonna take cuz I'd be havin lunch, and taking a nap down there! 😋🤣
It is that inviting. Inspiring
Seems good reason to not have such quality crawl spaces
Made me smile!
wait until the pests are behind the whte
@@pookiepats nah. cause if this was typical//standard he wouldn't be awed enough to want to stay for lunch + a nap. obviously. LOL
I hope that whoever did this fine work sees this video.
Whoever made this video, thank you very much! There are so many videos out there where people are just trashing other people's work. It's refreshing to see somebody who congratulates someone else's work.
When it's done correctly
Why do I feel like who did this either had a family in the business or used to be in the business themselves or have seen the mess of people going in the crawlspace in an older home
How in the world could you ever trash this? The only possible response is to complement it
The person that did that takes pride in what they do.
As an exterminator I absolutely love recommend a crawlspace cleanout and coming back to find this. Those guys dont get paid enough and they make every other contractors job so much better.
We need to remove that lazy figure of speech, "don't get paid enough," out of our default zone. It is responsible for exhorbitant inflation.
@@ana419 No it's not.
@@ana419 Go do a crawlspace restoration and tell me how lazy and overpaid you feel bud.
Facts, shits tough @@Toxyethanol
@@ana419the cause of rampant inflation is greedy corporate executives who know they can get away with doubling the price of everything so long as they do it in small enough intervals
This is actually what I do for a living. We do the sump pumps, do our drainage holes, mold treatment, and then encapsulation. Hard work, man deserves a raise.
Well one would say that to a man better then him... So, if you don't mind me asking... Who do you work for?
Respect! We had this done to our crawlspace a few years ago. Flooding and mold problem solved! You guys work your butts off and deserve a raise.
We had encapsulation and drain tiles installed along the perimeter floor. Cement was jack-hammered and repoured, lifting 5-gallon buckets of cement from the outside into the basement. You guys are supermen!!
The one who made things as great as this is literally beyond allah
Out of curiosity what should someone expect to pay if they are buying a home and want this done?
@@alphaapex3663just one arm and a leg
The quality, the craftsmanship, the beauty 🤌🏻😂😂😂
those floor joists look like they're 6-10 inches, beautifully piped and protected from humidity, dehumidified with a sump pump, and it's well lit. I guarantee you this house belongs to someone in the construction industry and it's his dream house.
As a 90's kid who spent an, now illegal, amount of time playing & retrieving things in crawl spaces, I too thoroughly admire the craftsmanship, beauty, and cleanliness of this crawl space.
thank you for stating your qualifications as a 90s kid to be able to admire quality work anybody with eyes can recognize bro
Lol.
I thought that was just me.
Is it illegal now to have crawl spaces? In the 90's it was ok but not it's not. What's this all about?
@@TurboAussnot anybody with a brain can think straight, just like not anybody with eyes can appreciate quality craftsmanship... they can go with the flow and agree with someone pointing it out, but it's not really the same thing.
Been trying to complete that on a home that's over a 125 years old and I want to applaud the person who had the vision to have the foresight and thought to produce such a beautifully finished job..
Not possible to do this clean of a job on a house that old.
@@DaRealKing303mericans ...
Plumbers everywhere are signing up to work on this place when it’s needed. Truly amazing whoever thought of this and actually did it. Maybe one day min code will change to this for crawl spaces.
As an electrician of 36 years, I never seen something so beautiful. Keep up the good work there PAL
This "crawl space" looks like a million bucks. It brings a tear to my eye. Also the flooring for the house is perfect, freaking P E R F E C T. Touse was built with love. Perhaps its a builder or contractors house. Because the parts that shouldn't matter much, the parts not to be seen by guests, are perfect and absolutely breathtakingly beautiful. A house built to impress men and craftsmen professionals.
This gave me flashbacks of working with my pops when I was younger he worked for Dish network I used to be the one crawling to run the wire up 😂 I went to one house like this and I swear it was so nice and had outlets under it I was like 13 at the time I plugged up my psp ran the wire as fast as I could and stayed under the house for like 45 min playing my psp till he came looking for me 😂
Imagine the house
Don't forget the lights as well
@@Heimdadream96 that's a great story.
The difference between a worker and a master. Whoever built that took pride in quality.
And no regard for money hahaha
its not about that, its about money and foresight.
And actually someone paid for that
it's about what the customer is willing to spend. don't get it twisted
This should be an industry standard.
And should be rewarded.
Love when Professionals complement Professionals. We know when the job is done with pride.
i’m proud to be a co foreman here. worked with many bs contractors even my own family. hard to find someone who will do it right. far and few between
Wow, a crawlspace that actually looks like a space for a human to be able to crawl through, what a concept
Yea.... it's clean and dry .... I've seen crawl spaces that would make your skin crawl
do you like being a pessimist full time?
😂
As a person who didn't even know crawlspaces were a thing nor did I know you had to squeeze into a space under a house to do work like this I can tell you I am in fact feeling very claustrophobic rn. Much respect to you guys 😌
Now imagine it dark spider webs maybe a giant raccoon or a giant rat down there to that’s what 90% crawl spaces look like.
@@fentanaly 😰😰
The worst thing for me is finding numerous molted skins. Or shining the light where you need to go and it looks like what Indy Jones run through in Raiders. Excuse me while I tape myself up..
Imagine you’re under a crawl space and you have to replace the main beam of a house so you have to jack it up with jacks to hold the weight of the house on top of you to replace it.
You wouldn’t want my job. I’m a certified foundation inspector. I spend my days crawling under houses that are MUCH LOWER to the ground than this house. Thankfully, I’m not claustrophobic. I make damn good money, so you will never hear me complain.
As a former maintenance man and currently a pest control person. . . Thank god for whoever made this
Worked as an insulation installer for a month (was too hard) retrofitting all this stuff to old houses. This level of quality wasn’t even required for inspections at the govt funded sites. Amazing work
I did insulation in a crawlspace so small that you had to PULL the bags of insulation between the ground and floor joists, talking 24 inches. Fun times.
I absolutely love that you just admit that its too hard. Im a 30 year old man, married and all that. My father in law is a very hands on manly man who does home remodeling/renovations/repairs. Ive been to some of his sites and been down in the basements and crawl spaces at night and even then its hot as hell. Im just bot built for that. I’m a therapist for children and spend my days in a clinic playing games and going down slides lol. Huge respect for the men that can do all this hard manual labor stuff that im just not built for.
At first my father-in-law wasnt super fond of me because i wasn’t as manly as him but after being apart od this family for years he has massive respect for me and I him. A lot of the kids i work with have no dads, or theyre in jail, or addicts and things like that. Some mens place in This world is using their muscles, for me, mine is being a father figure and showing love and kindness to kids that don’t normally have it. I think its nice that modern society can accept a wide variety of roles for its citizens and not have an expectation that men have to work hard and women have to do all the home and child work.
Also, my wife may end up working for her dad soon which would mean she’s working manual labor and im working with children 😂
@@robertservice2845Why would you insulate a crawlspace? 😅
It's was to hard to take a tape measure, measure the insulation, cut it with a razor, and staple it to the wall?😂 Yeah and you could last a month. Stick to your video games. Leave the real work for the real men.
@nathannicholas5288 yeah I guess you are right. I should of used my time machine to go back and insulate the floor joists before the house was built. Pretty common for older houses like where I worked in the sierra nevada ( that means snow in case you didn't know) mountains to not have insulation in the floor. Being the fng I got the harder jobs the journeyman didn't want to do.
As someone who has a natural aversion to dirty cramped spaces, I would literally spend the night down there. That's some of the cleanest work I think I've ever seen in my 35 years of life.
Facts lil bro. Facts. (Yes, I'm old)
1) The craftsman takes pride in their work
2) Built that like they were building it like they were going to live there themselves.
We used to pump these out regularly when i did crawlspace work. We did not take pride in it. Its an awful job. Alot of crawlspace companies just dont care enough about doing everything correctly. Made alot of money tho
I just feel like this crawlspace needs to be seen and fully appreciated by all because this hasn't been seen EVER.....
I kinda wanna live in there, so cozy😂😂
I work in upper class homes in eastern Massachusetts doing HVAC work. Ive been seeing more and more incapsulation. I really appreciate the working conditions.
Groundwork’s proud! that’s our work and our dehu/sump system even has a gutter system leading to the sump! encapsulation is the best way to keep your foundation strong and mold/moisture free. FRS Groundworks💪🏽 we offer financing as well! thank you g i’m proud to do this for a living!
Used to do these encapsulated crawlspaces.What you guys can't see is the French drain that goes around the entire crawlspace that meets at the sump pump. Takes allot of hard work and digging in a cramped space. Kudos to whoever did this 😊
Crawlspace is way easier than the basement. No concrete to haul out before the digging and no concrete buckets to haul down to finish it
Is there a reason they don't do this before they put up the house?
@@dr.eliciarosen-fox1354 Builders just want to make the most profit.
@@dr.eliciarosen-fox1354 I could be totally wrong because I don't know anything about building a house. But, I imagine it _could_ have something to do with the way the house settles once it's done being built?
Then, after maybe they have a better idea of what they're working with.
Again, I could be wrong, but I've been told that houses "settle" after being built and it makes sense in my head that it would affect the crawlspace 😂
please, someone correct me if I'm wrong and I'll delete my comment lol.
As a crawlspace encapsulator thank you for recognizing our work! 😊
Yep!! Our company does this, too! This is definitely the right way to do it. Now all I have to do is plug in a microwave and hook up some TV!!
I imagine this is expensive. But with the dehumidifier and the sump it probably makes for a much healthier house. Both to the structure/components and the people who live there.
I have to ask: how durable is that "floor lining"? I could see workmen having to crawl on it, dragging their tool totes because you don't have the leverage to carry when your arm is straight out to the side; and also, I could see the homeowner/tenant taking one glance and thinking "storage space"
All it would take is one cut into that encapsulation, and the outside world will start creeping in as if the encapsulation never happened.
What must this cost?
@@andrewdreasler428 i would think it'd be easy enough to just tape up any cut, may start looking ugly after decades of service and tape strips, but still much better than dirt
I need someone to come do this to my house with this level of skill. Our crawlspace looks like someone’s been using it as a junkyard for 100 years