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We come across soaked and falling insulation all the time in crawl spaces that are dealing with moisture issues. Originally meant to help benefit the floors, this insulation was now holding water and actually speeding up the damage done to the floors. In our process of encapsulating the crawl space, we went ahead and removed all of this old insulation. Moving forward, it'll actually no longer be needed, as the sealed off, encapsulated space acts as its own form of insulation! It is extremely beneficial, but also just looks much nicer. Check out the difference in the provided pictures.
Here is one of our homeowner's crawlspaces before and after we installed our signature SmartJacks, that have since removed the problem of sagging and creaky floors for this home over in Coushatta, LA.
This home was rebuilt in 2007 with an open crawlspace. They gave us a call because they were having issues with their floors buckling due to moisture in the crawlspace. Melissa Johnson performed the inspection and recommended that they have the crawlspace bricked in, to seal it off from the outside air AND install an encapsulation. Our encapsulation system keeps the crawlspace dry and helps prevent floors from buckling in the future, and can even help already buckling floors settle down.
This homeowner was having moisture and mold issues in the crawlspace of his townhome. He needed to find a permanent solution and found our company online. One of our Design Specialist's, Ransom Ford, went out and took a look at the issues he was facing. Ransom was able to propose a solution and we installed our system a couple weeks later! We first cleaned out the crawlspace that was full of old plastic and broken bricks. Then we sealed off all vents and openings to the outside. Finally, we installed our waterproofing system that will keep his crawlspace dry, moisture free and mold free! We left with a happy customer.
Here is a look at a recent complete encapsulation we did for this homeowner in New Orleans. The after photo prominently features our CleanSpace Liner, which can be found throughout the entire crawl space, secured to the floor, walls, and supports of the crawl space. Making sure everything is properly covered with the liner is important to blocking our moisture intrusion and humidity issues. This encapsulation was planned out by our design specialist, Matt, and installed under our foreman, David, and his crew!