Untidy Space
This crawl space was extremely messy and musty. Just because this isn't an area of the room that homeowners don't usually look at, doesn't mean it isn't important! Due to the stack effect, the air that you breathe throughout your entire house is the air that enters through the basement or crawl space.
Structure of the Crawl Space
When our system design specialists viewed this home, it was evident that the wood that was helping support the crawl space contained water damage.
Wood Contains Water Damage
Here is a closer look that the damaged wood. This can create several issues for the homeowner which include: ruined wood and/or produce mold growth.
Unfinished Crawl Space
As you can see, this crawl space doesn't have an encapsulation system. This system is important to create a barrier from the inside of the crawl space to the outside of the home.
No an Asset to the Home
This Granite City, Illinois crawl space is dirty and unusable. Woods Basement Systems can help by installing out CleanSpace encapsulation system to make this crawl space usable again.
Water Leaked in the Crawl Space
Here is another area of the crawl space where the homeowner previously stored some of his possessions. Once removed, he could see that water had leaked into the space, leaving behind water damage on the concrete.
Breaking Wall
Although blurry, this picture helps capture what an unkept crawl space can do to a space. The water that has enter the space created this half wall to pull away from the cement.
Old Sump Pump
From another angle of the room, you can see that there was a sump pump where water had previously enter the space. You can also see the discoloration of the cement bricks that support this area.
Entrance to Crawl Space
Again, from a different view of the room you can see that the cement bricks have been greatly affected due to water damage. The image a few pictures ago had shown that this exact wall was pulling apart from the exterior wall, and now we see that the bricks are also severely cracked.