3 Pros Basement Systems Before & After Photos

This home in Stafford Virginia had a wet and cold crawl space.   The extra humidity lead to areas with mold growth and the existing insulation had become home to some unwanted pests.  The old insulation was falling in section making the floors above cold and a lack of air sealing was allowing nasty, musty air to leak into the home and rooms above.  Our Certified Home Performance Sales Pro Jaron visited to perform a free inspection and was able to design a project to help.  Here is what it looked like before and after our team was able to transform the crawl space with a vapor barrier, ground insulation, closed off vents and air sealed rim joists.  

Our service technician Brent Bevens visited this Clifton VA home for annual follow up service on a crawl space to check on the sump pump we installed last year.  He removed the unit from its base/liner to clean and test it.  Here is a nice visual of the before and after.  Sump pumps by nature can get dirty and potentially clogged from sediment and dirt in the water they pump out of a home which makes our annual service all the more valuable.  

This Clifton VA crawl space originally had gravel floors with black plastic materials covering it in an effort to "manage" the moisture and wetness in the space.  Traditional methods like that do not really work and can often create more problems than it eliminates.  Plastic material,  covering cold, wet floors can actually trap moisture below and add to the musty, mildew heavy smells in the space and promote poor air quality in the home above.  Our production team began this transformation by covering the gravel with the brown drainage liner shown in the "before" photo.  This keeps moisture and air below the eventually sealed floor covering and allows air to move and help the moisture evaporate.  Clean Space was later used across the entire surface and up the crawl space walls.  

One of the most important steps in any crawl space projects, is the last step.  That step is closing the door or access point to the crawl space to keep it sealed off and safe from outdoor air and temperatures.  Closing off vents and covering the walls of a crawl space is almost useless if the door or access point to the crawl space isnt properly sealed and continues to allow dust, allergens and moisture to come inside.  We offer this great Everlast Door as a solution.  Here we replaced an old, dry rotting wooden door that has clear signs of many tears of weather exposure, for an Everlast Door made from long lasting materials that will not rust, rot or decay.  With multiple latching points, the Everlast Door helps create the tightest seal possible.  

This Reston VA home had falling insulation that was failing to properly insulate the rooms and living space above from the uncontrolled environment of the crawl space.  The walls of the crawl space were not insulated and there vents allowing outdoor air to move freely in and out of the crawl space.  This external air can bring dust and allergens that can impact the air quality inside of the home.  Our Production Team Leader Carlos directed his team in removing the existing insulation before sealing up the vents to the crawl space and using spray foam to insulate the walls.  This turns the crawl space into a controlled environment with no influence from outside air temperatures.  It all makes the air quality in the home better and helps to reduce the energy costs for the homeowner.