Crawl Space Repair Before & After Photos

Before we could get started encapsulating this crawl space, trenches and ditches had to be dug to allow access for our team and duct work. 

This customer was having issues with bugs coming into their house that seemed to be coming up from the crawl space through cracks in the floors. He said that they had recently moved to this area and had only been in this home for about 1 year. The customer said that it looks like there was an encapsulation installation attempt years ago, but they only got about ½ way done. It is not quite what it should be to be effective. Their crawl space needed to have some attention, or an upgrade to get them the protection that they were looking for, for their home. The customer said that they have ants coming in every nook and cranny from the floors. Part of their home is on a slab, part of it is a split level, and part of it is on a pier and beam. They were using a dehumidifier inside the home, in the area that the split level was located. In their previous home back east, they had an encapsulation in their crawl space. They knew and understood the benefits that it provided for their home and was interested in getting a quote for an encapsulation for this new home.

Olympic Restoration Systems was contacted for an assessment of their home. We had a Specialist visit the property and they proposed a quote to the customer. They proceeded with a crawl space encapsulation for their home from Olympic Restoration Systems.

This customer lives in the historical district of McKinney and in order to keep the home is pristine condition, they needed to get a moisture barrier in their crawl space.

Olympic Restoration Systems was contacted for an assessment of their crawl space. We had a Specialist visit the property and they proposed a quote to the customer. They proceeded with a crawl space encapsulation for their home from Olympic Restoration Systems.

We applied Mold-X2 Cleaner and a Botanical disinfectant to all exposed wood within the crawl space. We regraded the soil to direct the water seepage to the newly installed sump system. We removed all debris from the crawl space. We installed two SmartSump pump systems with two liners, two cast iron pumps, two CleanPump stands, with two airtight lids, two airtight floor drains and a WaterWatch alarm system. We installed two UltraSump battery back-up pumping systems with a charging/control box that had an alarm and a 120-amp sealed maintenance-free battery. We installed an EZ Flow Pipe to capture the incoming water and direct it to the sump pump. We installed a CleanSpace crawl space encapsulation system. We installed a CleanSpace Drainage Matting under the CleanSpace liner. We installed two SaniDry Sedona dehumidifiers to keep the humidity low. We installed two small pumps to move the water from the dehumidifiers to the sump pumps or out of the crawl space. We installed two wireless sensors in the crawl space, which will send the temperature and the humidity readings to a small panel inside the house. A separate dedicated circuit/outlet for the sump pump and for the dehumidifier were installed. We installed an EverLast Door.

This customer was referred to us by his father who also had a crawl space encapsulation completed by Olympic Restoration Systems. After hearing how we were able to help his father resolve many issues in his home related to crawl space moisture problems, he was concerned that his home may have similar issues. We sent one of our System Designs Specialists, Ross, to the home to complete a free crawl space estimate.

After assessing the crawl space, Ross found evidence of moisture issues. He proposed a solution to encapsulating the crawl space to the homeowner and the homeowner accepted. We sent our production team to complete the crawl space repair, which included placing a drainage matting, CleanSpace vapor barrier, SmartSump sump pump, and a SaniDry Sedona dehumidifier.

The owner of this property called because the home failed inspection after the inspector was unable to crawl through the crawl space. The crawl space was too wet and had faulty insulation that was falling off of the floor joists. We sent one of our System Designs Specialists, Ross, to the property for a free crawl space inspection and estimate. Ross found many moisture issues in the crawl space and proposed a full crawl space encapsulation system. The system included installing a drainage matting, vapor barrier, sump pump, and dehumidifier, and closing off all outside air to the crawl space. This would make the crawl space a conditioned area, and prevent further moisture issues. The owner was pleased and proceeded with the crawl space repair from Olympic Restoration Systems.