Supplies:
- Garden rake
- Retractable safety knife
- Landscape fabric pins
- Warrior Roofing 30 Lb Felt Quality Roof Deck Protection (4 rolls)
My goal for the second day of this project was to prepare for the new vapor barrier. This was a very dirty job but not at all difficult. It was pinned in place, but I easily removed it and pulled it out of the access door, and had it taken off with the trash. I then raked the entire crawl space to clear rocks and other debris using a regular garden rake. This was difficult, and I still wasn't pleased with the results several hours later.
I decided at the last minute to pick up some felt paper to lay under the new vapor barrier. I had seen underlayment used in several online tutorials and noticed different types available on several crawl space product suppliers' websites. It is typically recommended for crawl spaces that will have a lot of traffic or be used for storage. I chose to use Warrior Roofing 30 Lb Felt. I do not know how this product differs from the felt underlayment that is manufactured specifically for crawlspaces, but I felt that it would provide cushion and protection. Furthermore, having the felt on the floor would provide a nicer and much cleaner work environment until I laid the floor down. This task was quite simple. I rolled the felt to the far end of the crawl space, pinned one end using landscape fabric pins, rolled it out, and repeated until the entire floor was covered.
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