Most crawl space companies show up, do the work, and leave. You never really know what happened down there. You just hope it was done right.
I'm heading up to Rantoul today to check in on a job. Full crawl space encapsulation—two-inch high-density foam on the walls, vapor barrier, a couple of floor jacks under a sagging washer/dryer and furnace area.
Rain used to mean one thing for a lot of homeowners: a little knot of worry. Is everything okay down there? Is the crawl space holding up? Most people just hope for the best and move on with their day.
A lot of folks think crawl space repair works like most home fixes. Someone shows up, fixes the thing, and leaves. That's just not how it works down there, and it's not because we're dragging our feet. It's because the job has stages, and each one depends on the one before it.
If your crawl space floor looks dry, you might think you're in the clear. But moisture doesn't only come from the ground. It can come from the air around your ductwork. It can come from a downspout sitting too close to your wall. Both of these can cause real problems, even if the floor underneath looks perfectly fine.
A homeowner in Central Illinois had already called a couple of companies before she called us. Both came out. Both gave her a big number. Neither one ever went under the house.
Think about it for a second. When's the last time you actually went under your house? For most people, the answer is never. And that's not because you don't care about your home. It's just not a place people go. Crawl spaces are not something that people get into regularly, so if something's going wrong down there, yo
A homeowner we worked with recently had two quotes already in hand before we ever showed up.
A crawlspace can look finished and still not be doing its job. We recently walked into a crawlspace that had already been "encapsulated" by another company. From the outside, it looked complete. But when you looked closer, the walls weren't fully covered.
