Crawl Spaces directly impact the quality of air in your home. Mold in crawl spaces can therefore be hazardous to you and your family’s health. Even if you don’t enter your crawl space, the airflow that is below your home will circulate throughout your home, spreading toxic particles.
Our certified crawl space mold removal experts follow ANSI standards to abate mold safely and effectively.
A crawl space is a shallow area under the home built instead of the traditional basement to create a foundation between the ground and the bottom of the home.
Being shallow and thus far from comfortable to visit, crawl spaces tend to be the most neglected part of homes. What’s more, some homeowners do not even realize they should care about crawl space cleaning, as they do not also consider crawl spaces parts of their homes!
Crawl spaces may be concealed from your view, but they determine the quality of air in your home by 30% and have a direct impact on home preservation and energy efficiency. This is why regular crawl space inspection and professional crawl space cleaning are vital to preserving your home and your health.
The following issues are signs to look out for:
The biggest way to prevent mold growth is to provide a dry area, because mold can grow anywhere where moisture is present. You may consider encapsulating the crawl space area to ensure that no moisture can penetrate the space. Dehumidification is also an option that can control moisture and keep the air dry.
Our crawl space cleaners perform a wide range of services providing a complex solution that you need to keep your crawl space safe and clean.
Mold causes serious health consequences with a direct negative impact on the quality of life. This is why Remedics restoration specialists recommend looking for signs of mold in all susceptible areas, such as spaces behind the bathtub and the refrigerator, dark and poorly ventilated corners and crawl spaces.
Crawl spaces often have it all for mold to start growing.
Moisture, darkness, the lack of proper ventilation, higher than freezing temperatures, and the wooden floor joists – mold’s favorite food – are all ideal conditions for mold spores to flourish and grow new colonies.
There are several reasons why crawl spaces tend to have moisture problems. The first reason is condensation that commonly occurs in warm months when warmer outside air contacts cooler air of the crawl space through ventilation.
Second, if your crawl space has not been encapsulated or when a vapor barrier has not been installed correctly, rising damp will cause constant crawl space moisture. Rising damp is a natural occurrence, as ground moisture usually moves upward: if it is not stopped by sealing, it will further affect the subfloor and can even rise through the foundation into your home.
Another source of moisture is a so-called “penetrating damp.” Damp can penetrate even encapsulated crawl spaces dues to plumbing leaks, leaking walls, or failures in your heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems both within and above the crawl space.
In addition to cleaning and insulation, you might need crawl space repair services to maintain your crawl space in a proper state and preserve your home. Lengthy exposure to insects, moisture, and mold, makes wood rotten and weakened. While professional crawl space cleaning and sealing may halt the damage, some wood may still need to be replaced or at least reinforced with another beam.
Additionally, sinking support posts, weakened rotting support beams, and poorly designed systems make crawl spaces sag and weaken with time. Not addressing these issues promptly, you will soon notice some of its consequences: sagging, uneven and ‘springy” floors, cracks in drywall, sticking or jamming doors.
We, in Remedics Restoration Carolinas, repair the damaged crawl space wood and take care of the integrity of home structures.
Our emergency response team is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to take your call. Whether you’re facing water damage, fire, smoke, or mold issues, Remedics Restoration Carolinas is ready to help you recover fast.
