Gibsonville, NC Professional Basement Waterproofing & Crawl Space Repair

A concerned homeowner in Gibsonville, NC contacted Carolina Basement Systems after noticing her wet and fiberglass-covered crawl space was coated with mold! This is an issue that no one wants to deal with. Mold can cause health problems, wood rot, foundational failure, dust mites, high energy bills, and much MORE. Good thing this homeowner contacted the local professionals to handle this issue once and for all!

Our amazing team of well-trained experts here at Carolina Basement Systems started this job by removing all debris and fiberglass insulation littering the crawl space. Next, they treated the area for mold using Mold-X2 Botanical. This is an all natural formula cleans mold-contaminated surfaces within seconds. Next, our SilverGlo crawl space wall insulation system was installed to hold back moisture from the crawl space walls. Lastly a code compliant vapor barrier was used to aid in protecting the space from any water vapor from the ground below.

Another satisfied customer and another crawl space saved thanks to Carolina Basement Systems!

Moisture was finding its way into this crawl space through the ground, wall, and air. Mold growth was rampant, and the musty air was being filtered through the home. The homeowners new they needed help.

We inspected the crawl space thoroughly and found that we had the solution to solve the moisture problems. So, the homeowner hired us to install our patented CleanSpace vapor barrier, SilverGlo wall insulation, and our dehumidifying air system. Once installed, these products keep water vapor out of the crawl space air and protect the dry air from temperature fluctuations.

The homeowner was thrilled to have the health of his home so drastically increased.

Constantly flooding and high humidity was causing a lot of mold to grow inside this crawl space. The mold was on most of the floor joists and the musty smell was being circulated throughout the home. This issue plagued the home and it is a common problem to have when there is little protection from water inside a crawl space.

To solve the problem, we inspected the home and worked with the homeowner to choose the best options. The appropriate solutions seemed to be our interior waterproofing and a vapor barrier with drainage matting. This mix of products will work to keep the crawl space physically dry, by draining out any water intrusion, and it will keep the air dry and less humid because the vapor barrier will keep the moisture in the ground from evaporating into the air.

After we cleaned out the crawl space and installed our own long-term solutions, the crawl space looked great, and the homeowners were very happy with the results. This system has been protecting this crawl space for years, and it is designed to be the very best in crawl space protection.

Compared to our typical crawl space encapsulations this job was very simple, however the situation did bring about some challenges. The owner of the home did not want to upgrade the existing plastic covering inside the crawl space and was only looking for a waterproofing system. So, to do this we had to carefully pull up the plastic, without it ripping, and install our waterproofing products. In addition to this, we had to level portions of the crawl space back out after rain muddied up the ground around the sump pump pit.

Once our system was in the ground, and ready to protect the crawl space, it was relatively simple to make the job look clean and to re-lay the thin black plastic cover. We usually recommend a much stronger vapor barrier that is more resistant to rips and tears, as well as some other humidity and air quality control measures, but the job was finished as intended and just in time.

With the rain that week starting to pick up the crawl space needed something to keep it from flooding, and that is what we provided. The homeowner was happy with the installation and the protection it offered to his home.