If your Chili home has a crawl space that smells musty, shows signs of mold, or has wood that looks dark and soft, it needs professional attention. Pests that enter your Chili home through the crawl space find conditions ideal for nesting, dark, damp, and protected from weather. The structural wood in a Chili crawl space can begin to rot in as little as one season if moisture conditions are severe enough and go unaddressed. Insulation that has fallen from the floor of your Chili crawl space is a sign that moisture has been affecting that area long enough to compromise the materials.

Black mold covering subfloor joists in your Chili crawl space shows moisture has been present long enough for fungal colonies to spread. A Chili crawl space that is never inspected or maintained is one of the most common sources of moisture, mold, and structural damage in the home. Standing water accumulating in your Chili crawl space after a heavy rain means the drainage underneath is either absent or overwhelmed. The air in your Chili crawl space moves into the living areas of your home, meaning whatever is growing or collecting down there is affecting your family.

Ductwork sweating in your Chili crawl space indicates the temperature and humidity differential is causing condensation on the metal. If your Chili home was built with a vented crawl space, current best practices strongly favor encapsulation to control moisture more effectively. A musty smell in a Chili home that you cannot locate in the living areas is almost always coming from an unaddressed crawl space condition below. Vented crawl spaces in Chili homes are outdated designs that draw humid outside air directly into the structure during summer months. Access doors in Chili crawl spaces that don't seal properly are leaving gaps that allow unconditioned air and moisture vapor to rise into the home.

To speak with the EcoSpect team about your Chili home, call (315) 679-6351 today for a free estimate.