Crawl Space Hides Organic Growth

Monday, May 13th, 2019 by Ashley Walther

Challenge

This homeowner in Hume, VA was looking to make the floors in their home warmer in the winter. What we found in the crawl space was interesting to say the least...

Solution

As we removed old insulation, trash, and wood from the crawl space we found a lot of cool growth in the crawl space. When we showed this to the homeowner they mentioned they had mildew odors throughout the home during the summer. Vented crawl spaces allow high humidity in the crawl and lots of mold/mildew growth to occur.

3 Pros encapsulated the crawl to prevent this from happening and to keep the floors above warm and comfortable this winter!

Check out this mold/mildew growing under the wood left in the crawl by the homeowner for years...

The crawl had high humidity and a damp floor. We installed "dimple mat" to allow it to dry out.

Dimple mat allows water to flow under the crawl if ever needed, yet dries it out.

The team installing the "Terra-Block" on top of the dimple matting. Terra-Block keeps the Earth from sucking the heat out of the crawl space.

More Terra-Block views...

The finished crawl space with 20mil anti-microbial CleanSpace vapor barrier.

The walls of the crawl have been sealed and insulated with closed cell foam spray.

No more cold floors this winter... and no more "stuff" growing in the crawl space!

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Crawl Space Hides Organic Growth

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