How To Wrap Crawl Space Piers. It won’t take you long to figure out how to add pieces of the vapor barrier that run up the vertical structural members and then lap down onto the flat vapor barrier that’s on the dirt. Watch this video to see how to wrap posts and piers in a crawlspace.
As long as there is no evidence that the insulation in the floor assembly is being disturbed, or that rodents are chewing holes to gain access to the house, there is no pressing need to enclose the space under a house on piers. Starting from the ground we will wrap the piers all the way to the top. Standard building code calls for 6mil and we use 16mil to ensure your crawl space is equipped with a moisture barrier that will last.
It is ideal for sealing vapor barrier seams and adhering vapor barriers to vertical foundation walls and piers.
We then wrap your piers with a reinforced 12 mil polyethylene moisture barrier. Simply peel and stick using emeseal seam lock. Use in conjunction with the emeseal crawl space system to form a complete encapsulation. Starting from the ground we will wrap the piers all the way to the top.