Crawl Space Repair Before & After Photos

Castle Farms is a resort built in 1918 with a dirt crawl space that had substantial water damage. During rainy weather, water would enter the basement through the floor and walls. Standing water attracts critters and is a harbinger for bacteria and promotes mold growth. We laid a drainage matting underneath our CleanSpace crawl space liner. The raised dimples on our matting gives the water flooding into your crawl space a channel underneath your crawl space liner. That water is then sent to your perimeter drain and sump pump. The owner also chose to add a SaniDry dehumidifier to keep the crawl space clean and dry.

Larry called us with a crawl space in need of a makeover. With winter approaching, now is the time to secure your house against the elements, and that's what we did on his project.

After installing the Clean Space vapor barrier system to encapsulate the crawl space and protect it - and the house above it - from the ground's ambient moisture, we added SilverGlo insulating wall panels.

With these two changes, not only will the crawl space be protected from the ground below it, but the house will be protected, keeping floors warmer and energy bills lower.

Charles worried about the ability of moisture to enter his home through the crawl space. He wasn't convinced that his crawl space vents were fighting the problem, so he called Ayers. We sent a team of experts to his home to investigate and recommend a solution. Charles had open vents allowing outside air and moisture to enter his home, causing mold growth, leading to structural damage. The team decided to install the CleanSpace vapor barrier, an antimicrobial-lined material specifically designed to prevent and eliminate mold growth. Charles is excited to have a dry, mold-free crawl space!

After realizing there was water in their crawl space, these Petoskey, MI residents contacted Ayers to put an end to the problem. Our solution? CleanSpace. This durable liner is fixed to the walls and covers the floor to provide a barrier to moisture. The water is able to flow beneath the liner across drainage matting where it makes its way to the SmartSump where the water is pumped out of the crawl space. CleanSpace makes the crawl space dry, usable and much brighter.

This crawl space came a long way during the remodel process. As you can see in the after photo, the entire crawl space was covered with the plastic white liner CleanSpace. The moisture impenetrable barrier is perfect for dirt crawl spaces where it’s easy for moisture and water to pass through. CleanSpace can be wrapped around other objects, like the piers seen in the photos, to prevent moisture from affecting them as well. If moisture does enter this crawl space from another source, one of the other two products installed will swiftly deal with the problem. The blue box in the after photo is a SaniDry CX dehumidifier. Its smaller size makes it the perfect for crawl spaces, and its self-draining ability makes it great a complement to the SmartSump sump pump system, also in the after photo. The smart Sump will keep this crawl space continually dry by pumping out any water trapped under the vapor barrier. A full crawl space system like this will cover any and all possible problems for the homeowner.