If your Clarkson home has a crawl space that smells musty, shows signs of mold, or has wood that looks dark and soft, it needs professional attention. Many Clarkson homeowners are surprised to find standing water, collapsed insulation, or rotted wood when they first look into their crawl space. The air in your Clarkson crawl space moves into the living areas of your home, meaning whatever is growing or collecting down there is affecting your family. If the floors in your Clarkson home feel cold in winter, have soft spots, or flex underfoot, the crawl space below may have already suffered significant damage.

Black mold covering subfloor joists in your Clarkson crawl space shows moisture has been present long enough for fungal colonies to spread. Pest damage to floor insulation in your Clarkson crawl space indicates rodents or insects have established a habitat in the moist environment. Ground moisture in Clarkson rises through unprotected soil and saturates the air in an open crawl space before moving up into the walls and floors above. A musty smell in a Clarkson home that you cannot locate in the living areas is almost always coming from an unaddressed crawl space condition below.

Spray foam insulation failing at the rim in Clarkson crawl spaces indicates the substrate moisture was not controlled before the foam was applied. Access doors in Clarkson crawl spaces that don't seal properly are leaving gaps that allow unconditioned air and moisture vapor to rise into the home. Old vapor barriers in Clarkson crawl spaces that are torn, deteriorated, or separating from surfaces no longer provide any protection. Condensation on pipes and metal components in your Clarkson crawl space indicates that the humidity level is consistently too high for the materials present. Ductwork sweating in your Clarkson crawl space indicates the temperature and humidity differential is causing condensation on the metal.

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