Putting A Concrete Floor In Crawl Space

With and with out a vapor barrier.

Putting a concrete floor in crawl space.

Construction work that might need to be done in the crawl space will be much easier with a finished concrete floor. The alternative to pumping concrete is a liner sealing system of the crawl space. Problems with putting wood flooring over a crawlspace. Concrete is heavy and mixing enough by yourself to cover your entire crawl space floor and walls is out of the question.

This is done several ways. And that leads to more mold. Concrete will keep out moisture and bugs. The traditional mud pad is a poured concrete pad over a roughly graded dirt floor.

Ceramic and stone tile will be too heavy and too difficult to install on the access door. Tile floors usually require an special underlayment on top of the. Most types of tile can be used above crawl spaces unless there are significant moisture problems in the crawl space. In this design a concrete pad called a mud pad is poured on the crawl space floor.

Installing a hardwood floor directly over a crawlspace exposes the wood to moisture from the ground and from the air in the crawlspace. The major exception is any crawl space access door in the floor. Getting concrete from a truck into your crawl space is a difficult. Concrete crawl space floors will be difficult to install after framing has begun.

That is 1 1 2 truckloads from a concrete truck. This is essentially a concrete barrier meant to help control moisture in the crawl space. The advantages of this solution are many. To pour a floor 3 thick over a 1500 square foot crawl space floor alone is 14 4 cubic yards of concrete.