Putting A Concrete Floor In Crawl Space

The concrete should be poured after the footer installation and the foundation walls are in place.

Putting a concrete floor in crawl space.

Problems with putting wood flooring over a crawlspace. Permanently seals walls and floors. That is 1 1 2 truckloads from a concrete truck. Tile floors usually require an special underlayment on top of the.

Concrete is heavy and mixing enough by yourself to cover your entire crawl space floor and walls is out of the question. The alternative to pumping concrete is a liner sealing system of the crawl space. This is done several ways. Concrete will keep out moisture and bugs.

Concrete crawl space floors will be difficult to install after framing has begun. With and with out a vapor barrier. This is essentially a concrete barrier meant to help control moisture in the crawl space. To pour a floor 3 thick over a 1500 square foot crawl space floor alone is 14 4 cubic yards of concrete.

Also since concrete does not provide a thermal break a temperature difference between the air and the concrete surface will cause condensation. Getting concrete from a truck into your crawl space is a difficult. The traditional mud pad is a poured concrete pad over a roughly graded dirt floor. And that leads to more mold.

Construction work that might need to be done in the crawl space will be much easier with a finished concrete floor. The advantages of this solution are many. Most types of tile can be used above crawl spaces unless there are significant moisture problems in the crawl space. Ceramic and stone tile will be too heavy and too difficult to install on the access door.