Putting A Concrete Floor In Crawl Space

Tile floors usually require an special underlayment on top of the.

Putting a concrete floor in crawl space.

Ceramic and stone tile will be too heavy and too difficult to install on the access door. Concrete crawl space floors will be difficult to install after framing has begun. Getting concrete from a truck into your crawl space is a difficult. Installing a hardwood floor directly over a crawlspace exposes the wood to moisture from the ground and from the air in the crawlspace.

Most types of tile can be used above crawl spaces unless there are significant moisture problems in the crawl space. Also since concrete does not provide a thermal break a temperature difference between the air and the concrete surface will cause condensation. This is done several ways. Permanently seals walls and floors.

To pour a floor 3 thick over a 1500 square foot crawl space floor alone is 14 4 cubic yards of concrete. The advantages of this solution are many. In this design a concrete pad called a mud pad is poured on the crawl space floor. Construction work that might need to be done in the crawl space will be much easier with a finished concrete floor.

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 essentially a concrete barrier meant to help control moisture in the crawl space. That is 1 1 2 truckloads from a concrete truck.

With and with out a vapor barrier. Problems with putting wood flooring over a crawlspace. And that leads to more mold. The traditional mud pad is a poured concrete pad over a roughly graded dirt floor.