Photo Album: Damp and Moldy Crawlspace Waterproofing in Montreal
Moisture has damaged our client’s home in Montreal by causing unpleasant odors and also attacking the wood.
Our specialist John Konstantinids recommended installing the CleanSpace encapsulation membrane, made of 7 polyethylene layers, to cut moisture and reduce mold; and a SaniDry Dehumidifier which is the most powerful and most cost-effective Dehumidifier available.
Molds in a Crawl Space in Monteal
You can see in this picture the growth of molds on the wood in the Crawl Space of this house in Montreal.
Molds don’t affect the Crawl space area only, but it does affect your house since air flows upward to the house.
The effects on the house includes Dust mites, molds upstairs, aggravated asthma and many other negative sides’ effects.
Molds deteriorating the floor joists in a Crawl Space in Montreal
In addition to what we have mentioned in the previous picture, mold spores can deteriorate the wood, and floor joists in a Crawl Space .These joists starts to melt into a softening sill plate as they rot which might lead to a very dangerous situation
Very small entrance to the crawl space
Most of the time, the access to the Crawl Space can be very small as in our client’s house in Montreal. But our team is equipped for such any difficulties.
Vents in a Crawl Space in Montreal
As opposite to what might people think, Venting can aggravate Crawl Space moisture problems since it can bring humidity into the area, from which the condensation will make everything wet, leading to mold growth and to rotten wood.
Start of Work in a Crawl Space in SouthWest,Montreal
Since the crawl space of our client in Quebec City was filled with dust, our team has installed machines to blow dust out from the basement in order to clean it .
This is very bad for our client’s health since it will penetrate easily into the upper level of the house.
Isolating the Crawl space in Montreal
Our team has inserted a CleanSpace liner which is the Key to solve your dirt crawl space problem.
The CleanSpace will stop water from flowing up to the soil, and through or off the crawl space walls.
In addition it will not get ruined if someone crawls on it and is very cost effective
Inserting the SaniDry dehumidifier in Montreal
The SaniDry air system will dry any basement or crawl space no matter how damp it is and will always keep them this way.
The SaniDry takes up to 100 pints of water per day out of your crawl space air, while using the same energy as 40 pint dehumidifier.