Is there a thread on crawlspace encapsulation?

gasstingy · 04-20-12, 12:42 PM

OK, I was wrong in my previous post when I said they told me my order had shipped complete. I assumed it shipped complete because I did not scroll down on the UPS website after I input the tracking number and saw the expected delivery date. I tracked it again after I thought about it, and I'd already posted the previous comment. Turns out that in the tracking info, it showed 1 package shipped that weighed 3 pounds. Since their website said the vapor material I ordered weighed 88.01 pounds by itself, so had I paid attention, I would not have made a negative comment about Americover.

Now, moving on a bit. Last night I got home and the other package had arrived, a dandy of a roll of vapor barrier material! The packaging consisted of wrapping medium weight corrogated fiberboard {cfb} around the material to cover the long sides and barely any cfb material wrapped over the ends of the material. It didn't look like it hurt the ends to be exposed, but there was a spot on the side of the roll where the cfb was gouged. The vapor barrier material was skinned, but not punctured. I would call that a testament to the puncture resistance of their 12 mil thick material.

Now I have a project for this weekend. I hope to get most of the under porch work done Saturday, a rather tough time table for me because the wife has other plans for me after about 1:30 pm. Oh well, I have the rest of my life to complete all of my projects.

04-20-12, 12:42 PM	#9
gasstingy Journeyman EcoRenovator Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Arab, AL Posts: 491 Thanks: 109 Thanked 49 Times in 43 Posts	OK, I was wrong in my previous post when I said they told me my order had shipped complete. I assumed it shipped complete because I did not scroll down on the UPS website after I input the tracking number and saw the expected delivery date. I tracked it again after I thought about it, and I'd already posted the previous comment. Turns out that in the tracking info, it showed 1 package shipped that weighed 3 pounds. Since their website said the vapor material I ordered weighed 88.01 pounds by itself, so had I paid attention, I would not have made a negative comment about Americover. Now, moving on a bit. Last night I got home and the other package had arrived, a dandy of a roll of vapor barrier material! The packaging consisted of wrapping medium weight corrogated fiberboard {cfb} around the material to cover the long sides and barely any cfb material wrapped over the ends of the material. It didn't look like it hurt the ends to be exposed, but there was a spot on the side of the roll where the cfb was gouged. The vapor barrier material was skinned, but not punctured. I would call that a testament to the puncture resistance of their 12 mil thick material. Now I have a project for this weekend. I hope to get most of the under porch work done Saturday, a rather tough time table for me because the wife has other plans for me after about 1:30 pm. Oh well, I have the rest of my life to complete all of my projects.