Question about crawl spaces

[GLC1968]

Yes, part of our house has a crawl space - the other part has a full basement. We do have a vapor barier in the crawl space as well, but I have no idea if it is damp underneath. Based on the fact that everything is prety much always damp all winter, then my guess is that it is moist underneath, but we haven't looked. Maybe we should.

We do have a french drain and two sump pumps keeping our basement dry. The pumps run pretty much from November to June (gotta love the PNW). We also have a hand operated one that we will install inline in case we lose power for an extended period, but we've been lucky so far...

[staceysue]

My husband says that it's normal for the dirt underneath the vapor barrier to be damp but, if the vapor barrier is doing its job, it should be dry inside the crawl space itself. He said if it's actually muddy there may be a drainage problem.