MidSouth Crawl Space Solutions Before & After Photos

This home in Louisiana was having mold and moisture problems in the crawlspace due to insulation holding water. Like a sponge, insulation will absorb water and hold on to it, nestling it close to the subfloor and joists. This leads to a bigger issue because wood + water = rot. Having a dry crawlspace is necessary to maintaining the life of your home. Once we removed the problematic insulation, we encapsulated the space leaving no room for moisture to creep in. Not only does our system free the crawlspace up to stay healthy, it also insulates it by completely sealing off every opening and crevice. So the need for insulation is now obsolete.  

When it comes to repairing foundations, our main goal is to make sure the foundation is stabilized and safe. Our crews will attempt to achieve some lift, but will not sacrifice the stability of the home to do so. In this home's case, the foundation cooperated enough with us to seal up this crack quite a bit! 

This homeowner reached out to us with great concern over the noticeable settlement in the middle of his home. It was creating even more hard-to-ignore effects on the outside, and as you can see in the before image, the inside of his home as well. Large voids has formed under his floor and slab of his home, resulting in a dangerous lack of support. Fortunately, we came prepared for the perfect solution. Our crews were able to inject our expanding PolyFoam beneath the slab to fill the void and strengthen the surrounding areas. Not only did this level out the floors and add protection, we were able to get rid of some of those nasty gaps that had formed around the home as well. Great job team!

When these homeowners reached out to us they told us that not just crawl space moisture, but standing water had been a problem for a long time. Any time it would rain the crawl space would fill with different spots of water, and the constant mildew smell would just get worse. They tried to solve this with a standard sump pump, but it just couldn't keep up, and the problems continued. They had already done a little research into encapsulations and was hoping we could have someone explain it to them a bit more. We gladly sent out one of our system design specialists, who not only did a thorough inspection of the entire crawl space, but took plenty of extra time to sit down with the curious homeowners and explain the benefits of encapsulation in depth. Fast forward a bit, and now we have our whole system installed under the home doing exactly what they had dreamed about. The underside is sealed and wrapped, and our triplesafe sump pump is doing the job that the last one could not! 

Our LumberKote polymer sealer is designed to protect your joists and sub-floor system from excessive moisture. This product will keep your home's framing from growing mold and rotting out from under you. It's the first non-toxic sealer in the market! Once dried, LumberKote forms a resilient and hardy micro-film that protects your wood from moisture problems, saving you money down the road. This homeowner wasn't ready for a full encapsulation, and opted to just have our LumberKote sealer installed. Once sprayed, the LumberKote dries with a satin, semi-transparent orange finish. It's a MUST product for every conventional foundation!