3 Pros Basement Systems Before & After Photos

This work in progress has already shown a massive visual change.  The owner of this Alexandria Virginia home had called us to help with cold floors and a musty smell coming from their crawl space.  Upon inspection, our Certified Home Performance Sales Pro Jason found the insulation inside to be falling and old.  There was excessive moisture in the space due to the extra water that wasnt making its way to the sump pump.  Our team was able to remove all of the old insulation and will be lining the ground with Clean Space after they finish using Silver Glo insulation panels to cover the walls and insulate from the outside in, rather than just below the floors above.  

This Alexandria VA crawl space had been partially conditioned with material installed to cover the dirt flooring and walls, but the insulation for the space was not done correctly.  The walls and rim joists in the crawl space were left uninsulated while traditional bat insulation was used to "TRY" and insulate the floors above the crawl space.  The bat insulation allowed for cold and or hot, unconditioned air from the crawl space to impact the floors above.  The outside temperatures and moisture were able to freely impact the crawl space due to open air vents and no insulation for the walls.  We removed the bat insulation and some of the wall coverings and proceeded to use spray foam to seal the air vents, rim joists and to insulate the walls.  No more free moving outside air causing humidity and we conditions in the crawl space.  

Although every basement waterproofing jobs starts inside, the projects can often extend outside of the home.  This drainage pipe was run as far away from the foundation of the home as possible.  We do whatever we can to try and return a home or the yard it sits on, back to normal once we complete a project. 

Transforming a bare crawl space into a controlled environment can improve the air quality and health for the people living in the home.  This crawl space went from having open vented air to the outdoors and wet dirt floors, to being sealed and insulated from outside.  No more musty air and odors for the homeowner and now more control of the temperature and energy use of the home.  

Crawl space encapsulated successfully