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Crawl Space Sealing Experts Serving Belleville, Florissant, O' Fallon & Nearby
Improve efficiency & home comfort with your local crawl space repair contractors
Sealing your crawl space eliminates vapor and energy problems that lead to mold, high utility costs, and uncomfortable rooms.
If you have an unsealed crawl space, the area is exposed to temperature changes and moisture from the outside. This can lead to a number problems in the home, including high heating and cooling bills, uncomfortable rooms over the crawl space, and mold and pest issues. The solution to these problems is crawl space sealing and insulation.
Woods Basement Systems, Inc. are the local crawl space contractors specializing in crawl space encapsulation, and we can help you get the right solution for your home. Our patented products are designed to eliminate energy problems and moisture in crawl spaces, ensuring a clean, healthy, and efficient space. Contact us today for a free quote on crawl space sealing and insulation in O' Fallon, Belleville, Florissant and the surrounding areas.
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AfterA dirt crawl space under a home can lead to unending problems. The earth has very high humidity in the soil. This water vapor moves easily into the crawl space and upwards into the house environment. Mold thrives and reproduces by producing airborne spores by the millions and some molds are toxic. Insects and critters of all kinds love the damp environment as well. The CleanSpace encapsulation system completely isolates your home from the earth. This dramatically reduces the humidity level in the air which, when combined with sealing outside air and dehumidification, will eliminate mold growth and rot from your crawl space and make the whole house a healthier environment.
The detail between the foundation wall, the sill plate, the rim joist, and the sub flooring allows for significant air leakage from the outside...especially when pipe wire penetrations are added. It is also this rim joist area that is often poorly insulated. Even when your rim joist is insulated with fiberglass bats, the outside air will still leak in through the bats, because this form of insulation acts as a filter. Spraying expanding foam insulation on the inside surface of the rim joist, to cover the sill plate down to the top of the basement wall, not only seals all air leaks very effectively, but it insulates as well.
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AfterIn Saint Louis, Missouri homeowner Janice P. wanted to seak and insulate her crawl space. With the cold winter air arriving, she wanted to make sure her home was properly inslulated before she wasted money on a large heating bill. She decided to call Woods Basement Systems to see if they could solve her crawl space problems. Our team insulated the crawl space by installing our CleanSpace Crawl Space Encapsualtion System, sealing the crawl space from the earth. This will keep the air inside your crawl space warm, as well as the air inside your home. Janice is happy knowing her crawl space is sealed and that her heating bill will be less this hoilday season.
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AfterDoes your home have a damp, musty smell? Are your floors cold during the winter? Do you or your family members suffer from allergies? Do you have a dirt crawl space under your home? We CAN help you with that! Dr. Energy Saver St. Louis installed a CleanSpace Crawl Space Encapsulation System in this St. Louis, MO home. Before our installation, the homeowners suffered all of the above. Since moisture evaporates from the dirt in a never ending stream, it brings mold spores, allergens, smells, and endless other problems into your living space. Our vapor barrier product forms a moisture barrier, making your once dirty, moldy, gross crawl space a thing of the past.
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Before
AfterA dirt crawl space under a home can lead to unending problems. The earth has very high humidity in the soil. This water vapor moves easily into the crawl space and upwards into the house environment. Mold thrives and reproduces by producing airborne spores by the millions and some molds are toxic. Insects and critters of all kinds love the damp environment as well. The CleanSpace encapsulation system completely isolates your home from the earth. This dramatically reduces the humidity level in the air which, when combined with sealing outside air and dehumidification, will eliminate mold growth and rot from your crawl space and make the whole house a healthier environment.
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Before
AfterA dirt crawl space under a home can lead to unending problems. The earth has very high humidity in the soil. This water vapor moves easily into the crawl space and upwards into the house environment. Mold thrives and reproduces by producing airborne spores by the millions and some molds are toxic. Insects and critters of all kinds love the damp environment as well. The CleanSpace encapsulation system completely isolates your home from the earth. This dramatically reduces the humidity level in the air which, when combined with sealing outside air and dehumidification, will eliminate mold growth and rot from your crawl space and make the whole house a healthier environment.
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Before
AfterA dirt crawl space under a home can lead to unending problems. The earth has very high humidity in the soil. This water vapor moves easily into the crawl space and upwards into the house environment. Mold thrives and reproduces by producing airborne spores by the millions and some molds are toxic. Insects and critters of all kinds love the damp environment as well. The CleanSpace encapsulation system completely isolates your home from the earth. This dramatically reduces the humidity level in the air which, when combined with sealing outside air and dehumidification, will eliminate mold growth and rot from your crawl space and make the whole house a healthier environment.
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AfterThis Edwardsville, IL homeowner used to have a dusty home and has had issues with spiders in the past. You can see that before Dr. Energy Saver air sealed the rim joist in this Edwardsville, IL crawlspace and installed a complete CleanSpace Crawlspace Encapsulation System, the dirty, dusty, musty air (along with unwanted insects) infiltrated right through the floor and rim joists. Now, this crawl space is clean, dry, and protected! Look at that transformation!
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Before
AfterA dirt crawl space under a home can lead to unending problems. The earth has very high humidity in the soil. This water vapor moves easily into the crawl space and upwards into the house environment. Mold thrives and reproduces by producing airborne spores by the millions and some molds are toxic. Insects and critters of all kinds love the damp environment as well. The CleanSpace encapsulation system completely isolates your home from the earth. This dramatically reduces the humidity level in the air which, when combined with sealing outside air and dehumidification, will eliminate mold growth and rot from your crawl space and make the whole house a healthier environment.
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Before
AfterA dirt crawl space under a home can lead to unending problems. The earth has very high humidity in the soil. This water vapor moves easily into the crawl space and upwards into the house environment. Mold thrives and reproduces by producing airborne spores by the millions and some molds are toxic. Insects and critters of all kinds love the damp environment as well. The Clean Space encapsulation system completely isolates your home from the earth. This dramatically reduces the humidity level in the air which, when combined with sealing outside air and dehumidification, will eliminate mold growth and rot from your crawl space and make the whole house a healthier environment.
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Before
AfterA dirt crawl space under a home can lead to unending problems. The earth has very high humidity in the soil. This water vapor moves easily into the crawl space and upwards into the house environment. Mold thrives and reproduces by producing airborne spores by the millions and some molds are toxic. Insects and critters of all kinds love the damp environment as well. The Clean Space encapsulation system completely isolates your home from the earth. This dramatically reduces the humidity level in the air which, when combined with sealing outside air and dehumidification, will eliminate mold growth and rot from your crawl space and make the whole house a healthier environment. While the drain system underneath the Clean Space connected to the smart drain will pump out any water underneath.
Common crawl space problems in homes in Greater St. Louis
Issues in crawl space are frequently caused by the design of the structure, which allows too much air transfer between the home and the outside. Crawl spaces are most commonly damaged by these three factors:
Outside Air Intrusion
Outside air is rarely the kind of air you want flowing into your crawl space. It's damp in wet weather, cold in the winter months, and hot and humid during the summer.
As hot, humid summer air enters a cooler crawl space, the humidity in the air condensates, collecting on insulation and wood surfaces. Wet fiberglass loses much of its insular quality, and becomes weighed down -- sagging and falling down from the joists in useless heaps.
In the winter, the cold air that enters a crawl space will affect your HVAC system, air vents, water heater, and hot water pipes. As they cool, they'll have to work harder than ever, and will cost you unnecessarily large spendings on your utility bills.
Mold & Structural Damage
As crawl spaces flood or maintain high humidity levels, mold will begin to grow on everything organic in the space -- including wood, stored items, and components of fiberglass (resins, dyes, paper backing, trapped particles, etc.). It can also grow directly on the dirt that makes up the floor.
If this mold continues to go unchecked, it will damage insulation and weaken structural wood -- including the joists and girders in a crawl space. Over time, this damage may cause the structure to sag downwards.
As it does, floors will become uneven and "bouncy", a musty smell will rise up, and interior doors may jam or stick. Finally, as the floor is pulled downwards, walls that are attached to that floor will be pulled in half, creating cracks in drywall. These symptoms may also occur if the supports are built on weak soils. As supports sink into the mud, your home sinks.
Wood-Destroying Insects
A crawl space offers moisture, food, shelter, and a consistent temperature year round. This makes them the ideal home for a wide variety of pests -- including termites, carpenter ants, cockroaches, mice, rats, snakes, wood-boring beetles, and more.
Once in the home, they will nest in insulation, destroy wood, create a potential fire hazard, and add harmful allergens to the home environment.
The key to controlling these pests in your home depends on eliminating as many of their life essentials as possible.
By sealing, insulating, and dehumidifying a crawl space, you eliminate their entrance points into your home and remove the life-sustaining moisture that otherwise keeps them living and breeding.
Our Crawl Space Products
We can provide you with a wide variety of patented, award-winning products that are made specifically for the crawl space environment. Our experts can upgrade your home's energy efficiency, as well as provide you with professional waterproofing, moisture control, and structural repair services.
Our systems can be quickly installed in your home -- with most taking a day or less to install. Our experts will inspect your crawl space and recommend the right solutions for your needs. No matter what you need for your home, we have a warrantied solution that's great for you!
Basic Crawl Space System
Our Basic Crawl Space Encapsulation System includes airtight vent covers, airtight access door, a clear cover for block wall openings, and our encapsulation liner.
Without Water Leakage
Features:
- Basic Crawl Space Encapsulation System
- 20 mil liner
Benefits:
- Durable 25-year Warranty
- UltraFresh Antimicrobial Additive Included
- Reduces Moisture & Humidity
- Keeps Out Outside Air
With Water Leakage
Features:
- 10 mil Encapsulation System Over Floor
- Perimeter Drain System (SmartPipe)
- SmartSump™ Sump Pump System
- Optional UltraSump® Battery Backup System
Benefits:
- Drainage Matting Creates A Space For Water To Drain
- Cast-Iron Zoeller® Sump Pump
- Water Alarm Included
- Optional Battery Backup Capable Of Pumping 12,000+ Gallons On A Single Charge
Energy-Saving Crawl Space System
Our Energy-Saving package substitutes the encapsulation liner on the walls with our SilverGlo™ insulation, which does triple duty as wall insulation, a vapor barrier, and a radiant heat barrier.
Without Water Leakage
Features:
- 20 mil Encapsulation Liner Over Floor
- 2" Thick SilverGlo™ Insulation With Radiant Barrier To Insulate (R11)
Benefits:
- Dramatically Reduces Heat Loss Through Crawl Space Walls
- Reflective Surface On SilverGlo™ Provides Radiant Heat Barrier To Reflect Heat Back Into Crawl Space
With Water Leakage
Features:
- 10 mil Encapsulation Over Drainage Matting
- 2" Thick R11 SilverGlo™ Radiant Barrier On Walls
- Perimeter Drainage System (SmartPipe)
- SmartSump™ Sump Pump System
- Optional UltraSump® Battery Backup System
Benefits:
- Dramatically Reduces Heat Loss Through Crawl Space Walls
- Drainage Matting Creates A Space For Water To Drain
- Cast-Iron Zoeller® Sump Pump
- Water Alarm Included
- Optional Battery Backup Capable Of Pumping 12,000+ Gallons On A Single Charge
Ultimate Energy Savings For Your Crawl Space!
For maximum energy savings, our complete package also includes our durable TerraBlock™ Floor Insulation, which is protected by our durable 10 mil vapor barrier.
Without Water Leakage
Features:
- 10 mil Encapsulation Liner Over TerraBlock™ Floor Insulation
- 2" Thick SilverGlo™ Insulation With Radiant Barrier To Insulate (R11)
Benefits:
- Dramatically Reduces Heat Loss Through Crawl Space Walls And Floor
- Reflective Surface On SilverGlo™ Provides Radiant Heat Barrier To Reflect Heat Back Into Crawl Space
With Water Leakage
Features:
- 10 mil Encapsulation Liner Over TerraBlock™ Floor Insulation
- 2" Thick R11 SilverGlo™ Radiant Barrier On Walls
- Drainage Matting
- Perimeter Drainage System (SmartPipe)
- SmartSump™ Sump Pump System
- Optional UltraSump® Battery Backup System
Benefits:
- Dramatically Reduces Heat Loss Crawl Space Walls And Floor
- Drainage Matting Creates A Space For Water To Drain
- Cast-Iron Zoeller® Sump Pump
- Water Alarm Included
- Optional Battery Backup Capable Of Pumping 12,000+ Gallons On A Single Charge
Upgrade your home with crawl space sealing and insulation
An unsealed, uninsulated dirt crawl space is guaranteed to create home energy comfort problems. As the local crawl space repair contractors in Illinois & Missouri, Woods Basement Systems, Inc. can provide you with complete solutions to these problems and ensure your home is comfortable and efficient.
Call us today at 1-844-204-8198 or contact us online to get started with a free estimate on our crawl space sealing and insulation services. We provide quality crawl space encapsulation services in O' Fallon, Belleville, Florissant, Decatur, Ballwin, Belleville, Champaign, St. Peters, Saint Louis and nearby.
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