Can Cold Air Crawl?...

Not anymore!  The crawl space under my house needed a new cover, a cover to prevent the now cold air from crawling in.  So I finally did what I had planned last spring.  I made a super duper crawl space cover.

But you are only seeing half of the picture.  The underside is even better!  I didn't want water leaking in or cold air whistling through the cracks so I...

insulated it and surrounded the insulation with upholstery grade plastic, the really thick stuff.  If you look closely at my left hand, just above the ring finger, you will see something that I am famous for--blood when working.  I always manage to gouge, cut, scrape, poke, stab, or saw myself.  You can't see where I managed to have the cordless drill with screwdriver bit installed plow into my thumb.

I also made a useful, but not pretty, handle for the cover.  The lid fits fairly tight and I know I'll need the handle to lift the lid with.



Right now, outside temperature is 40, under the house 59.  I also replaced the battery in the remote underhouse thermometer and installed a vertical piece of 1/4" plywood (salvaged from the dump) in front of the hole that actually has to be crawled through to get under the house.

Nebraska--Less People, Less Stress