Crawl Space Repair Photo Album: Insulation of a Crawl Space in Pointe St Charle, Montreal

A poorly insulated and poorly ventilated crawl space leads to moisture, dampness, and insects that like damp places. All this humidity can cool your house and therefore can increase in the price of your bill for heating. This was the case of our client from Montreal who contacted us in order to solve his Crawl Space problems. We have strongly advised to insulate his basement as quickly as possible with our CleanSpace, , our SilverGlo insulation panels and a SuperSump pump system.

Failure to isolate the crawl space in Montreal

Our client was trying to isolate his Crawl Space by using a Fiber Glass membrane. As you can see in the picture humidity never stopped and the Crawl Space problems remained.

Effloresence on the walls

Efflorescence is a big that of water infiltration in the area.

SmartSump pump installation in a crawl space in Montreal

In order to keep the crawl space dry, we installed the SmartSump pump system

The SmartSump pump has a high quality Zoeller 1/3 hp cast iron pump

The SmartSump pump has a high quality Zoeller 1/3 hp cast iron pump, which outperforms other pumps in all important categories such as pumping volume, build quality, durability, clog resistance, quiet operation and float valve reliability.

Drainage Matting installation on the floor in Montreal

In order to create an air space for water to flow to the sump on top of the concrete floor, and to stop the water vapor from penetrating up from the floor, our team has installed CleanSpace Matting before installing the CleanSpace Liner.

CleanSpace membrane installation

The technicians at Basement systems Québec installed the CleanSpace membrane in the customer's crawl space. The CleanSpace membrane is composed of 7 layers of high density polyethylene and is specified by being very durable which lasts as the house does and is very affordable.

Installation of the SilverGlo™ Crawl Space Wall Insulation in Pointe St Charle

The SilverGlo™ tiny particles reflect heat and lower the material's conductivity for superior R-value per inch, in Addition they reflect heat back into your crawl space for ultimate energy savings. That Thick Material is made from a 2"-thick insulation with a radiant barrier to both insulate and reflect heat back into the crawl space.

Installation of the SaniDry Dehumidifier in Pointe st Charle

The SaniDry dehumidifier is not just any Dehumidfier, but it’s the only machine that will get the best results and will dry any Crawl Space no matter how damp it is and will keep it this way.