Insulation is the last thing that goes in here, after the water has been given somewhere to go.
In Bonaire the insulation question comes after the water question. This is the low ground in Houston County, crawl spaces here take standing water in a wet season, and insulation installed into those conditions is ruined before it has done a winter.
What we usually find is fiberglass that has been soaked repeatedly. It is heavy, black, often on the ground, and it has been holding water against the subfloor for years. Removing it is as much about protecting the framing as about comfort.
So the order is drainage first, then a sealed ground cover, then insulation on the perimeter of a space that is going to stay dry. Doing it in that order means the material lasts. Doing it in any other order means paying for it twice.
Bonaire homeowners get the same scope every time, priced in writing before a crew books the date.

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