Crawl Space Services
Crawl Space Cleanout
Expert Skilled professional trained crews are here to help! You can count on us to remove your contaminated insulation, small animal Carcasses, feces, damaged materials, remove debris, removed damaged vapor barrier, seal holes and small air penetrations in the subfloor and rescreen your ventilation vent to prevent rodents gaining access back to your crawl space area.
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Even though crawl spaces are not a visible part of a house is not less important then the rest of your house, An untreated crawl space area can lead to several home problems, damage and Hazardous health conditions. untreated Damaged sewer lines, Broke Water Pipes and wet insulation can lead to severe mold issues, disconnected or loose wire can initiate a fire hazard, Rats , mice Raccoons and possums nests can lead to insulation contaminated with feces and urine that can spread all over your home.
New Insulation Install
Did you Know? Insulation is an important part to keep your in-home temperature stable and help to block the outside weather temperatures to braking into your house, also is one of the majors factors to reduce expenses on your energy bill.
When to replace your insulation?
Animal Damage insulation: rodents are one of the principal causes of damage and contaminate sub-floor and attic insulation. they commonly look for this places to use the insulation to warm up and create new nest, causing significant damaged and filling your insulation with bacteria, if you see any rodent around your home we reamend to have an specialist to inspect your crawl or attic area. This may save you a lot of money in repairs down the road.
Poorly installed insulation that isn't up to code: Did you know in the last years The energy code as gotten more complex! if the insulation don't meet the building codes, has been poorly installed or it is just old material that has excess wear and tear, this can be the principal cause for high energy bills.
Water Damaged or missing Insulation: Flooded Floors, Broke water pipes, damaged sewer lines and even high levels of rains can damage your insulation an reduce its efficiency, it it also well known that not many years ago we still were suffering from lack of building construction codes to regulate every made building, it is for that reason that many old houses today have little to none insulation installed.
Providing Sustainable solutions we will make sure to choose the right material with the right value to meet the standard Construction codes for your insulation install, Our professional team will make sure that at the time of installation seal any air gap between your subfloor cavity in the joist and secure the insulation in place using crossed bay to bay string nylon twine.
Vapor Barrier Install
The Vapor Barrier is essential in the crawl space area, vapor barriers prevent odors, moisture and some gases from coming up from the ground to your house, today constructions codes required that a membrane sealed color with a minimum of 6 millimeters thickness must be installed in the crawl space areas.
Time, Water Damaged, Rodents, crawl work performed for other contractors can wear, compromise and damage your Vapor Barrier, Also many old Houses where built with out Vapor Barrier Installed.
In Expert Skilled our professionals will remove your old damage vapor barrier, remove any trash, rotten wood, debris and rodent carcasses before moving forward to sanitize your crawl space area and install the new vapor barrier, The vapor barrier is lined up in sections and meticulously cut making sure is been properly attached to the foundation —— wall and stake down to the ground, also at the time of installation our ——- professionals make sure to have the right overlaps between each plastic section ——— and no wood is in contact with the vapor barrier to prevent moisture attraction.
