Remove moisture to prevent mold, mildew and wood rot. We evaluated the top-rated picks to help you choose the right crawl ...

Fog harvesting (or dew catching) is an ancient practice dating as far back as the Incas, who placed buckets under trees to ...

Kraft Heinz crowned Kalpana Systems—a Dutch technologist behind a ‘thin film with the precision of a single atom’—as the winner of Rethinking Materials’ recent Global Innovation Challenge. The ...

The barrier typically comes in the form of sheets of plastic or foil-backed fiberglass insulation and is used during insulation installation to block vapor transmission. In many cases, vapor ...

One way to lower the humidity in your crawl space is by installing vapor barriers, a thick plastic sheet often made from polyethylene that blocks ground moisture. If you have a dirt-floored crawl ...

Vapor barriers are a crucial part of any moisture management system in a crawl space and are not difficult to install. If you ...

A crawl space needs a vapor barrier, at a minimum, to protect a home from moisture. Often, a crawl space will have a plastic liner for a vapor barrier, but some homeowners will use a radiant vapor ...

Vapor barrier films, also known as moisture barriers, are thin sheets made from various materials, including plastic, metal, or foil laminates. These films act as a protective layer, preventing the ...