Before & After Photos

Trench Lock can be a great addition to a basement waterproofing system.  Installed at the doorway, it can catch water coming in from outside and deliver it through the Water Guard system to a sump pump in a basement.  

A homeowner in Herndon, VA wanted to reduce the chances of mold and humidity in their crawl space area. This crawl space was vented, like most homes in our area, and the vents let warm humid air in which is cooled by the subterranean crawl space. This causes relative humidity to go way up and condensation to form all over the crawl space surfaces including floor joists and ducts. Then mold can grow, wood will rot, and musty odors can appear. To address this, the 3 Pros team sealed up the vents and a dimpled plastic drainage matting is installed on the floor to create a thermal break. A heavy duty liner, CleanSpace, is installed across the floor over the matting and up the walls. Finally closed cell spray foam is installed on the walls to the top of the rim joist. 

When our team arrived to this job, the crawl space was in bad shape. Fiberglass batt insulation was falling off the ceilings/walls due to being so heavy with moisture. Not only was this making the insulation completely ineffective, it also was a breeding ground for pests and mold. To fix this situation and make the customer's home healthier, we removed the dirty insulation, installed drainage matting and CleanSpace Wallie to encapsulate the crawl space, and applied spray foam insulation to the walls and joists.

This dirt floor, uninsulated crawl space was transformed with our CleanSpace encapsulation system. 

This home in Stafford VA had a crawl space that was cold, dirty, wet and had mildew collecting all over.  The existing insulation attached to the crawl space ceiling was loose and smelled musty.  The floors of the crawl space were covered with dirty old plastic that was trapping moisture allowing more mildew to appear.  Our production crew cleared out all of the old insulation material and plastic floor covering before spraying to help prevent future issues.  The dirt floors were smoothed over to make a more level and even surface.  The open vents of the crawl space were sealed and then Silver Glo insulation paneling was installed on all of the crawl space walls.  Smaller blocks of Silver Glo were cut to fit inside of the rim joists to the home and were air sealed in with Spray Foam.  This air seal will eliminate the opportunity for outside temperatures and moisture to impact the conditions inside of the crawl space.  Insulating the walls eliminates the need to insulate the ceiling of the crawl space.