MidSouth Crawl Space Solutions Before & After Photos

Hearing about our company on the radio, this Summit Mississippi homeowner gave us a call about his crawlspace. He had vent fans in his crawlspace and was having severe mold and moisture issues; so much so that his sub floor was rotting out below him. Melissa Johnson performed the initial inspection and gave him a free quote on what our solution would be. In the many years we've been fixing crawlspaces, we've found that ventilation is root cause for moisture. Allowing outside air to penetrate under the house causes it to get trapped and build up. This moisture will latch on to anything that will hold it, especially wood. Unfortunately this means the joists and subfloor. Once it has enough moisture buildup, mold will start to grow. If not treated immediately and properly, mold will rapidly take over and create musty smells in your home and concurrently rot out any wood in the crawlspace. 

Before we began work, we treated the mold with our powerful Mold-X2 spray. This rids the wood of mold in seconds. Not only will it benefit your crawlspace, but it allows our crew to work in a safer environment. Our solution is to treat your crawlspace like you would the inside of your home. We seal up all the vents and wrap the crawlspace in our 20 mil CleanSpace liner to create a moisture barrier from the outside air. We also add a sump pump in the ground to collect ground water moisture that moves under the liner. This will automatically pump it out and away from the crawlspace. Finishing the system, we install a dehumidifier to regulate the humidity under the house. 

This customer had replaced their floors, found water on the plastic sheeting in their crawl space, had duct work re-insulated, cleaned the crawl space, and put in 4 exhaust fans trying to repair the moisture problem with his home. None of these solutions solved his issues. A MCS customer found out about his struggles and gave him our name. He called our office and was able to get an inspection done that day! Corey Becker performed the inspection and showed him photos of what was going on. He introduced him to our encapsulation system and the customer decided that was the best way forward. Cody and his crew performed the work. Crawl space repair is our specialty and we were able to save another home from water damage!

Unfortunately, this homeowner's crawlspace was struggling with moisture so badly he had to replace his subfloors due to rot. He gave us a call to make sure his new wood didn't rot again. The vented crawlspace was allowing moisture to constantly be brought in. He also had plastic sheeting laying on the ground, trapping moisture under it. Without creating a moisture barrier, plastic will do more harm than good. Our CleanSpace liner is similar to a pool liner in durability and thickness. 

We used this product to seal off the crawlspace from the outside after sealing off the vents. We also installed a pump and dehumidifier to make sure nothing gets built up and stays at safe levels. We left with a happy customer!

Two photos taken by one of our talented crews in the same crawl space, before and after installing our CleanSpace Liner.

This customer had insulation in their crawlspace in an attempt to keep the home warm. This caused more issues than just cold floors though. The insulation attracted water, keeping the moisture close to the floors which caused mold and rotting on the floors. We removed the insulation, sprayed a mold removal, and then encapsulated the crawlspace. This corrected the cold floor issue, took care of the mold, and then created a controllable environment where rot cannot take place.