Oak Ridge, TN
Call Today For Free Crawl Space Estimate: 865-205-0270
If you are looking for a crew in the Oak Ridge Tennessee area to come and encapsulate your crawl space, and upgrade that area of your home, then we are a single phone call away! The number that is listed on this site will put you in touch with real people who can talk you through the encapsulation process, and help you understand exactly what is happening the entire time that they are working in your home. This is a great way for you to make your homes crawl space safe from outside water damage, and a great preventive measure, so call us today!
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If you are in need of emergency care!
If you notice standing water, mold formation, cracking in your foundation, or any other kind of serious damages in your crawl space, then you are in need of emergency care in your crawl space. Do not wait for things to get better on their own, because more often than not, things get worse the longer that you wait for them to go away. Damages in your crawl space, when left to their own devices, can spread and cause problems like mold formation, weakened joists, damaged concrete, and other problems could cost you a lot more than the initial problem would have. Water removal is one of the simplest kinds of repairs to take care of in your homes crawl space, but that isn't to say that it isn’t dangerous if not quickly removed and repaired as soon as it is discovered. If you are in need of emergency water removal, or mold remediation, in your crawl space, then you call the number that is listed on every page of this site. The Oak Ridge TN crawl space repair company is available any time of the day or night to help you with any problems or questions that you have about the repairs, services, and billing that you might have. When you call our office you can be confident that your emergency will be taken care of as quickly as possible, by some hands that know all the ins and outs of the crawl space repairs. Don’t wait any longer to have your home be safe and taken care of properly, call our offices today.
Does crawl space encapsulation add value to your home?
Updating, adding on, and repairing things around your home is the best, and quickest, way for homeowners to add the value of the home. When people are trying to sell homes, they often put themselves in the place of the buyer, to get their home off the market as quickly as possible. In today’s age, most home buyers want to get into a home is not going to need any serious repairs or tender loving care because they are already investing a lot of money to buy a home in the first place. Most studies say that moving is one of the most stressful things that you can do in your lifetime, so of course adding home repairs on top of that is extremely frustrating and hard to deal with. So, if you are going to sell your home, before you put it on the market, you should make sure to fix certain things around your home. Starting with the crawl space is one area of the home that is not thought about, but is really important to deal with. One of the best upgrades that you can have done to your crawl space is to have it encapsulated. What is crawl space encapsulation? When you have your crawl space encapsulated, then you have the area enclosed in an envelope where no air or water can come in or out of the crawl space.
To start the encapsulation process, you are going to want to make sure that you have a team of professionals handling the repair for you. DIY, while it can be really fun and fulfilling if you are doing a little home improvement around your home, is not a good idea to deal with serious repairs around your home. When you don’t have the proper training to deal with something like the plumbing of your home, then you shouldn’t touch it, because you could do more damage to your home than anything good to it. So, when you start your crawl space encapsulation, you want to make sure that you go directly to the repair experts in your area to take care of it. Once that team is on site, then they are going to go down to your crawl space and remove any water that is in the area. All standing water is removed by a vacuum. After the standing water is removed, the water vapor that is in the air needs to be removed. This is usually removed with a dehumidifying unit, that takes out all of the water out of the air. Only after all of the different kinds of water is removed from the crawl space of your home, can the vapor barrier be installed on the ground of your crawl space. The vapor barrier is a sheet of plastic that is vacuum sealed to the ground of the crawl space to keep any ground water from coming up into the crawl space and causing water damage. Keeping water out of the crawl space is the entire point of having your crawl space encapsulated, so having a vapor barrier installed is step one in dealing with the problem of water. After the vapor barrier is installed, then the next step is to seal off any air areas that could allow water or air to come through to the crawl space. After there isn’t any way for air to get through your crawl space, then the opening of the crawl space itself is closed off. This means that there will be no way for you to go in or out of your crawl space without ruining the envelope that you crawl space is in. So, when you encapsulate your crawl space, then you can’t use it as an extra storage space any longer.
To start the encapsulation process, you are going to want to make sure that you have a team of professionals handling the repair for you. DIY, while it can be really fun and fulfilling if you are doing a little home improvement around your home, is not a good idea to deal with serious repairs around your home. When you don’t have the proper training to deal with something like the plumbing of your home, then you shouldn’t touch it, because you could do more damage to your home than anything good to it. So, when you start your crawl space encapsulation, you want to make sure that you go directly to the repair experts in your area to take care of it. Once that team is on site, then they are going to go down to your crawl space and remove any water that is in the area. All standing water is removed by a vacuum. After the standing water is removed, the water vapor that is in the air needs to be removed. This is usually removed with a dehumidifying unit, that takes out all of the water out of the air. Only after all of the different kinds of water is removed from the crawl space of your home, can the vapor barrier be installed on the ground of your crawl space. The vapor barrier is a sheet of plastic that is vacuum sealed to the ground of the crawl space to keep any ground water from coming up into the crawl space and causing water damage. Keeping water out of the crawl space is the entire point of having your crawl space encapsulated, so having a vapor barrier installed is step one in dealing with the problem of water. After the vapor barrier is installed, then the next step is to seal off any air areas that could allow water or air to come through to the crawl space. After there isn’t any way for air to get through your crawl space, then the opening of the crawl space itself is closed off. This means that there will be no way for you to go in or out of your crawl space without ruining the envelope that you crawl space is in. So, when you encapsulate your crawl space, then you can’t use it as an extra storage space any longer.