Before & After Photos

The wood underneath your floors, including subfloors and joists, are susceptible to damage from moisture lingering in your crawl space. We get many calls from homeowners who want us to come out and look at their sinking or soft floors, and most of the time, moisture is the cause! We moisture-proof and encapsulate a lot of crawl spaces in order to prevent this damage or further damage, but sometimes the wood is just too far gone. Did you know that we can also handle that as well? Check out the work recently done by our wood-working crew!

This home owner realized they needed our help when the floors started buckling. We were able to help them by installing a vapor barrier, wall curtains, column wraps, a dehumidifier, and sump pump. This created a clean space that will help the owners floors lay back down and keep from buckling ever again.

This home was experiencing severe moisture issues in the crawlspace causing mold and musty smells. Andrew Gallagher inspected the home and found the wood to be holding 15-60% moisture along the joists. This is dangerous because it will cause toxic mold and rot to from on the wooden foundation. It especially thrives in a damp, dark atmosphere, like under your house. Before this issue got worse, our team came in and totally dried and cleaned out the crawlspace. We installed our sump pump in the lowest spot to collect the ground water, then put our vapor barrier CleanSpace liner in and up the walls, and finally connected our dehumidifier to the system to get the air fresh and clean. Our system totally regulates the crawlspace humidity and moisture content, keeping the home stable, dry, and clean for years and years to come. 

Buckling floors had become a frequent problem for these homeowners. Once replaced, not even two weeks had gone by before he noticed the same issues coming back. In order to keep these floors from buckling again, we'd have to tackle the actual source - crawl space moisture. As you can see in the first image, this crawl space had been left completely exposed. Moisture from the ground and openings to the outside contributed to the high humidity that was affecting these floors so quickly. In order to prevent this, we sealed off the crawl space and installed in our encapsulation system. The second image might look like a whole new space, but it is the exact same spot on the underside of this home, now fitted with our high quality CleanSpace Liner. This barrier, along with our crawl space dehumidification and sump pump systems, creates a dry and managed space, where humidity can't thrive, and moisture problems are eliminated. These floors have never been safer!

Whenever it rained, water from the nearby slope would send water directly into this homeowner's crawl spaces. Overtime, this created a bad moisture/humidity problem. The effects could be seen on the top side of their home, most noticeably the buckling floors. In order to take care of this moisture problem and prevent further damage, our crew came in to seal off the crawl space and install our encapsulation system. This system includes multiple different ways to fight moisture, like the CleanSpace Barrier you can see in the photos. Combine this durable vapor barrier with our crawl space dehumidifer, sump pump system, and an airtight crawl space door, and the perfect solution is formed. This crawl space is now safe from runoff, water intrusion, and high humidity levels!