Should I put gravel on a crawl space floor for drainage?

Karen Lundgren Foulk

3 years ago Updated: April 14, 2021

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Should I put pea gravel or equivalent on the crawl space floor to allow moisture drainage? Before putting the moisture barrier down. Thank u

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