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Crawl Space Mold & Mildew

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CRAWL SPACE MOLD & MILDEW in TN

For homeowners with a crawl space foundation, it is very important to make sure that the crawl space is properly maintained. Keeping your crawl space safe, dry, and healthy will lead to an overall healthier home.

One of the biggest issues for homeowners with a crawl space is the growth of mold and mildew. This means that there is a moisture issue in your crawl space, which can cause major structural damage and lead to several different health problems.

If you are looking for a solution to take care of the mold and mildew in your crawl space, contact the Nashville water management experts at Ground Up Foundation Repair as soon as possible.

Moisture in the crawl space is the result of excess surface water or groundwater around your home. This water can enter the crawl space by leaking through cracks in the foundation and foundation walls, or by seeping through the porous concrete of the foundation itself.

This crawl space water seepage and leakage can occur with both surface water, which pools around the surface of the foundation, and excess groundwater in the soil around the foundation walls.

Once the water enters your crawl space it can result in harmful water damage and moisture issues, including the particularly harmful growth of crawl space mold and mildew. 

Signs that your crawl space has a moisture problem that may cause mold and mildew growth:

  • High humidity
  • Damp or wet walls
  • Water stains
  • Damp or wet insulation
  • Condensation on pipes
  • Wood rot and metal rust
  • Visible mold growth
  • Musty odors

These may be signs of mold growth in your crawl space. Crawl space mold is dangerous because it could infect the air in your crawl space. This air makes up much of the air that is cycled through the rest of your home.

This means that if the air in your crawl space is infected with mold and mildew, the air that you and your family breathe throughout your entire home may be infected with harmful mold spores!

If you see any symptoms of a wet crawl space, call us right away. We are the Middle Tennessee crawl space repair experts.

SOLUTIONS FOR CRAWL SPACE MOLD & MILDEW IN YOUR TENNESSEE HOME

Ground Up Foundation Repair offers a variety of effective and affordable waterproofing solutions to take care of the mold in your crawl space.

To keep moisture from entering your crawl space in the first place, invest in the surface drainage, exterior drainage, and waterproofing systems from Ground Up Foundation Repair.

Surface drainage systems – consisting of the gutters, downspouts, and grading around the home – are designed to prevent water from collecting and pooling around the foundation.

Exterior waterproofing and drainage take it a step further, utilizing a waterproof membrane, drainage board, catch basins, drywells, and drain pipes to reduce the amount of groundwater around your foundation.

Perhaps one of the best ways to keep moisture out of the crawl space is with a method called crawl space encapsulation.

This waterproofing technique involves installing a water retardant material, known as a vapor barrier, all along the walls and interior surface of the crawl space.

This vapor barrier seals moisture out of the crawl space by preventing the diffusion of vapor through the concrete. If the water vapor is not able to seep through the concrete, it cannot enter the crawl space to cause issues such as mold growth.

For these and other crawl space-related solutions, contact Ground Up Foundation Repair today.

Our team is dedicated to providing the residents of Nashville, Murfreesboro, and the other surrounding areas of Middle Tennessee quality basement waterproofing solutions.

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