Wet Dirt & Concrete Crawlspaces

What's in your Crawlspace?

40% of the air to a home comes from the crawl space.

Vapor barrier in crawlspace with wrapped insulation

Most homeowners don't think about the crawlspace located under their house. It is only when na issue makes itself known that a serious problem is discovered.

Dirt crawl spaces are pretty much the same as having a dirt floor in your home. Moisture from the water table seeps up through the soil and into your crawlspace, making the air in the area very humid. The average crawl space sucks ten gallons of water per day into your house. It's a perfect breeding ground for mold, mildew, and harmful bacteria.

Maybe you have even tried a few do-it-yourself solutions like installing a dehumidifier that seems to constantly run. That's because there's always water in the ground. Your crawlspace acts just like a sponge and it just fills up again with humidity from the earth the second you remove it from the dirt crawl space. Basically, you're paying to endlessly suck moisture from the earth.

If you've already installed plastic sheeting in your crawlspace - this is a fairly common low-end solution - then you might notice you're still having issues like slime or algae growing on the plastic, nesting vermin and insect infestations, or humid air that seeps up into your home and causes condensation on windows. This is because the plastic acts as a temporary barrier but the water is still in your crawl space.

Sometimes a crawlspace is constantly inundated with water. Although not that common, when it does happen it can be disturbing; especially if the water keeps streaming through and rising higher and higher. If there's already a sump pump installed it may be running night and day. How much are you paying to relentlessly remove what will naturally come back to replace itself?

Perma Dry Waterproofing can provide helpful answers to your crawlspace problems. A crawlspace specialist will investigate the crawlspace, identify problems and develop a plan to correct them.

Our crawlspace specialist looks at each crawlspace as being different; we are not locked into one corrective procedure. This allows us to develop a plan with a permanent solution, based on the crawlspace and its individual conditions. Crawlspace specialists will look at the entire crawlspace to determine your waterproofing needs.

Our interior crawl space solutions include:

Our exterior crawl space solutions include:

Foundation coatings
Drain board
Sump pump and emergency back up pump
Gravity drain
Dry well
Drainage connection to sewer
Downspout drainage

Learn more at CrawlSpaceServices.com.