Crawl Space Repair Before & After Photos

Dreary crawlspaces are as unwelcoming as a wet floor sign. Often they are dark. Often they are humid. Often they are littered with specks of water and the scattered remnants of debris. They are all the same and yet a little different. This crawlspace needed professional help. We know this because the owner always noticed a musty smell and flooding whenever it rained. As you can imagine, this could be quite the nuisance.

Something needed to be done. And this Columbia, South Carolina crawlspace was ready for the solution.

Judging by this “after” photo, we’ve done just that. Not only is the area wrapped neatly in our patented CleanSpace liner, but we’ve also installed one of our best SuperSump pumps. To the right of it is a trusty dehumidifier designed to dry out the air.

Very few items complement a moisture filled crawlspace like our patented CleanSpace liner. It is honestly the ultimate vapor barrier. Look at what a difference it has made. With its implementation, water vapor can no longer rise from the dirt and into the air. The CleanSpace on the walls actually block water that comes through the walls from ruining the moisture free environment.

Everything in the “before” photo is a product of an overexposure to water. The deep, muddy trench is where water has collected over the years and dried slowly. Along the crawlspace walls you can see a dark line where water had turned the trench into a pool at some point. This issue will no longer be present with the install of our CleanSpace.

One product that we do not get to install too often is the Turtl Crawlspace Entrance, which is a shame because it is a very cool product! They are installed when a crawl space entrance is located below ground level, which is one of the main reasons we do not get to put them in too often. These are airtight and leak-free entrances, so when it rains, you will not have to worry about water getting into your crawlspace.

The "before" photo shows the old crawlspace entrance, which certainly was not the prettiest sight. While it did have a cover, it still has a lot of areas for water to leak into. This entrance is also pretty tight to squeeze into, which the Turtl fixes!

The "after" picture shows the Turtl in action! As you can see, this entrance is much cleaner and nicer to enter the crawlspace in! You can also see the CleanSpace liner has already been installed in the crawlspace, which is another way we help to prevent water from making its way into the crawlspace.

One of the most important parts of an installation of our system is making sure that the water is pumped out of the home and far enough away that it won't get back to the home. Sometimes this may be just a few feet and sometimes this can be a few dozen feet. In this homeowner's case, it was the latter of the two.

This discharge line can be seen in the first photo. As you can see, the discharge line comes from around the side of the home, through the front yard, and to a bed in the front of the home. This may seem excessive, but because of where the home was built this was the closest area that the water would not run back towards the home. Our crews only remove what they need so that the impact that they leave is as limited as possible.

The photo that was taken after the crew was packed up and about to head home was much different then earlier. They do such a great job making everywhere that they work look like almost no work has been done. In this case, the area of grass that had been removed cannot really be seen. One of our goals is to solve your problems, while keeping our footprint as small as possible. The crew did a great job of this for this homeowner!

Mold and mildew can be a pretty serious issue, especially when under a home. Due to the Stack Effect, up to 50% of the air on the first floor of a home can be air from the basement or crawlspace. This means that any harmful allergens, such as mold particles can be constantly circulating throughout your home. 

This happened to be the case with this home in Columbia, South Carolina. This crawlspace was very low to the ground which made traversing and inspecting the area much more difficult. However when our System Design Specialist went under the home, he found high humidity levels throughout the crawlspace. In some area, on the floor joists, there was even mold growing. 

After learning about these issues, which they suspected, the homeowners decided have the work done that was quoted by our Specialist. This included drainage matting, 3-inch drain tile, CleanSpace, a TripleSafe sump pump system, and a dehumidifier. All of these products work together to ensure that water stays out of the crawlspace and the humidity levels stay below the point where mold can grow. The difference between the crawlspace before and after our crew installed our system is incredible!