Crawlspace Encapsulation is a game changer…🤩
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So what these guys do it lay down a plastic vapor barrier (Moisture Barrier)
And tape every single seam, beam, and everything in between. See how I rhymed those 😉
This way the ground is completely sealed off.
You can even add a dehumidifier that pulled excess moisture out of the air.
Then pair that with a sump pump that pumps any standing water produced by the dehumidifier or accumulated moisture out of the space.
So encapsulating the crawlspace it’ll do a few things:
• Seal the house from the moisture coming from the ground
• Prevent mold
• Improve the indoor air quality
• Increase energy efficiency
I don’t think you’ll recoup the cost through energy efficiency but cleaner indoor air and less moisture make it a deal in my eyes.
Cost ranges from $5-$10 a sq ft. The cost is all over the place so get a few quotes before signing off.
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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'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 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.
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””
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
@@HeyantSame here.
😊 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.
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.
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.
This the most beautiful crawlspace I have ever seen, the most cleanest, nay, pristine crawlspace that may ever be...let this be an Industry STANDARD please.
Colossal waste of money. Put a vent on each side for air flow and you don't need any of the plastic or the humidifier. If you are going to have a crawl space, just cement the floor above grade and you will never need a sump pump either.
The best part is the person who did this created something beautiful that almost no one would be able to appreciate. He did it just because it was the way it was supposed to be done. This is someone with strong inner character.
I mean, someone paid for the materials and labor. So it's not like some dude just went "I'm gonna do this teehee"
@@deguelofacejust because someone pays for the material and labour doesn’t mean the work is gonna get done properly. The depends on how honest of a person the contractor is.
@@wyguy416yeah not always the case, a lot of the shit has to do with customers being cheap asses and wanting the cheapest thing possible. It’s hilarious how the contractors are always the ones to blame when more than half the time it’s the customers with their own bs.
@@fatherpapi6765 yes it's usually the customers trying to cut costs, against the contractors advice and expertise. There ARE some horrible contractors though that will cut costs unnecessarily just so they can widen the profit margin.
@@wyguy416thanks for clearing that up captain obvious
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?
I am genuinely impressed. Never have I seen a crawlspace look like this. Man, imagine what the inside of the house must look like! 😂
Comments really put into perspective what real hero’s do to keep society going.
Thank you plumber and electricians!
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'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.
Wow...... what a Beautiful Sight.... lord have mercy if all homes were like this.
As an electrician I cannot express how grateful I am to the guys who do great work under a house! That makes the whole difference between the job being a miserable one and a great one!
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😂
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!
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!!!
We need to see more professional highlights like this, for the general public. Maybe they’ll appreciate the talent and craftsmanship that goes in to so many things we take for granted. It’s a thing of beauty.
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
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 ❤
Wow.never seen such a beautiful crawlspace.ever.😮👏👏👏
I’ve seen one like this in my years working. It even had padding under the vinyl. I could not believe it. The guy who owned the house was a HVAC guy but trade who started a company doing these crawlspace. Apparently was killing it as well. Cool guy.
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
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
drugs fs
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 was about to laugh at his sarcasm about such a wavy garage building floor and then he said “crawlspace”
The way he adores it he finally found peace fully aware this will be a one in a lifetime thing barely even giving him a break from shitty crawlspaces
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.
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..
I've done hvac/plumbing in every nightmare crawlspace you can imagine, some I had to hand trench and carry buckets of dirt out to get around, some with standing water up to my neck over/under frayed wiring.
This is a plumbers heaven.
Thats called high quality. Someone who cares about their work.
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.
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!
That is nice, so clean. As a plumber I wish the water pipe was as neat to match the rest. Its not to bad but when everthing is that good its the only thing that sticks out
Damn, even the high tech futuristic crawlspaces of video games aren't this clean. Broski wanted everyone who ever has to do maintenance down there to be comfortable and safe. Absolute champ of all time.
No pests, no mold, easy access for maintenance. 10/10.
Thank you lady with the massive ass
Shut up pornbot get reported😅
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Really hate youtubes state hope they fix this bot issue
like that ass...but it aint yours lmao
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 😂
“The quality✨The craftsmanship ✨The Beauty “ sounds like a commercial 🤌🏼
Find someone who appreciates you as much as this man appreciates this crawl space 😂
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!
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.
I would live in that crawl space. Not a sentence I’ve ever said or thought I would say but this guy’s craftsmanship has made it happen.
Was a air vent cleaner 20 years this is the best i have sean !
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 😂😂😂
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
I love when I have to crawl into a crawl space and I see this! It turns a bad day into a great day!
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 !!!
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 😂
this is how to make a grown man cry, beautiful work.
I installed these for a few years. The dehumidifiers we installed cost over 2k. Some jobs labor and materials were well over $100,000. This is the correct way to protect your crawl space. We can even add pipes under the white plastic and attached them to fans to exhaust radon gas from mailing its way into your living areas.
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.
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?
😂
You know it's a job done extremely well when you have no idea what you're looking at but you're impressed by what you see anyways. That's actually really fuckin cool
The best looking , well put together, crawl space i have ever seen.
$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
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 😂😂😂.
A group of plumbers came to replace the copper stack in my encapsulated crawlspace. The kid was like, "this is the nicest crawlspace I've ever seen."
"Somebody with intelligence knew what they were doing"
I didn't know it was possible to utter this phrase as a secondary homeowner.
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 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 admire people who know what they’re doing and care enough to do their best.
The quality the craftsmanship the beauty the cost !!!!
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
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.
Oh man I could shed a tear. that's just so beautiful. I have always HATED working in crawl spaces but I'd live in that one
Someone who takes pride in their work.
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.
Ex cable technician here. Ive been in my fair share of BAD spider infested nightmare crawl spaces and i never saw one like this out in the wild. This is truly awesome right here!
Why don’t Americans have basements?
@@justinleonard6183some people just have crawl spaces
@@justinleonard6183can’t have them in Florida, they would flood. They have them in the midwest
@@Jack-sw1km why is it because you don’t need to go down to the frost line to prevent sinking/shifting because of the lack of winter
@@justinleonard6183 I mean it depends. Some people find crawl spaces more affordable than basements. Crawl spaces are just able to provide similar things to a basement. Storage, utilities, flood protection, etc. it’s basically a cheaper basement with similar benefits, although it does have its downsides compared to a full on basement.
That flooring isn't the only hard wood down there, what a beautiful space.
As a Low-Volt guy, I can appreciate this.
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.
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.
NIIICE. Id like to shake the hand of whomever took that time & care, too.
When you’re looking at a crawl space and at first glance you think it’s a parking lot… they did a damn fine job 👍…find whoever did this and hand them there flowers cuz they deserve it 👍💪🏽
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.
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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.
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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!!! 😂😂😂
When I worked at servpro, we went out to the house of this 90 something year old man. Few years before he'd had his hvac replaced, and they just left the old system in the ground right next to new one. Some of the old system was still hanging.
Somehow, there was so much condensation that water was coming out of his thermostat.
We very kindly explained "Your shits fucked up, we can't do anything about it"
As a house lifter this is the cleanest thing I’ve ever seen in my life
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!
Yo in all seriousness that is hands down the most pristine crawl space I have ever seen, whoever did that really deserves a handshake and acknowledgement, just a thing of beauty.
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 have never said that’s beautiful to a crawl space before. Wow.
The way that he said quality really got me
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
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.
I did this at my house!! It dramatically changed my energy usage. Also, that house is YUGE!
I have no idea what's going on.But I just love seeing how happy he is appreciating someone else's work
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 a Pest Technician, can confirm that THIS is the ideal crawl space. I’ve only had a couple crawlspaces that looked exacty like this. Absolutely immaculate.
As a pest control technician myself, I wonder what all of that is hiding? It's the things you don't see, until they've established themselves.
My thoughts were “where is the inspection window? I can’t see shit” termite renewals would be cake but useless.
As a pest specialist also bought this brought tears to me😂😂😂
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! termeticide Xtreme foam insulation behind that membrane, why there’s no fiberglass between the joists. i love my job
at least half of us thought that was a parking lot first 😂
That's the best crawl space I've ever seen. Worked for a company that did that type of work. Seen many horror pics. This is beautiful 😊
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.
I've fallen asleep in crawlspaces like that. Best nap of your life.
... I hope the people in the houses knew you were down there, otherwise that's a little concerning.
@@amylizardsharing is caring😂
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I concur cousin.
So clean, well built!❤❤❤
My husband built us a home and my Grandpa built a home for my Grandma after his children were grown!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Wow! I first thought that it was a flooded parking garage! This is unreasonably beautiful!
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
That’s the type of crawl space a plumber would do snow angels in 😂
😂😂😅😂😅😅😂 Funniest visual ever!!!
"dust" angels hahaha
We need to find this guy and hire him for all our crawl space necessities
I installed crawl space wrapping for 5 years. Good job from the video I can see.
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