Evansville, IN Wet Crawl Spaces and Sagging Floors

Squeaky, Spongy And Springy Floors?

Right now, you've probably noticed that your crawlspace is more moist than usual. Besides the possibility of mold, mud, and moisture, it's a good idea to check your wooden subfloor joists for bowing, bending, and buckling.

Are you noticing squeaky, spongy, and springy floors? That's because the moisture in your crawlspace is causing the wood to buckle and loose it's ability to bear weight from the floors above grade. Did you know that according to the University of Illinois Small Homes Council, as much as 18 gallons of water per day can evaporate into a crawl space under a 1000-sq.-ft, house?

That means that your wooden joists could be saturated quickly, in fact, it could be as little as 5-7 days! In Evansville, IN, wooden floor joist problems usually manifest as spring and summertime sagging, spongy, and squeaky floors, that seem to improve in the winter. This happens because more humidity finds its way into crawlspaces when the temperature under the home is significantly cooler than the air outside.

Repairing your Evansville, IN crawlspace has two steps:

1. The crawlspace must be converted from a vented crawlspace into an encapsulated, humidity controlled crawlspace. The Healthy Spaces installation team will remove any old plastic, debris, etc and smooth out the crawlspace floor. They will install a custom water removal system to direct moisture out of your crawlspace. Next, they will roll out dimple roll, a plastic sheeting with divots in it that helps direct moisture to the french drain style system. After the dimple roll is installed, they will install the CleanSpace crawlspace encapsulation engineered film. This product is very durable and is guaranteed against rips or tears for 25 years! One of the nice benefits of Cleanspace is that it is white and will make your crawlspace a brighter place to visit when you want to store things down there. The Cleanspace will be placed on the floor and along the walls to create a sealed system. The crawlspace will be fully isolated from the ground and outside air, which will allow you to control the humidity level.
2. Bowed, bent, buckled, or bulging beams need to be replaced, as do old teleposts, which will have rusted and/or bent. Wood subfloor joists and rusted teleposts will be replaced with quality, guaranteed Foundation Supportworks products. In most cases, installation takes less than 3 days and you will instantaneously feel the results because your floors will not be spongy, bent, or bowed any more.

Depending on the extent of damage to your Evansville, IN crawlspace, there may be other products and solutions available to you. Call a Healthy Spaces crawlspace expert today for your free evaluation and estimate. Call us today at 1-812-602-4025 and we'd be happy to set you up with one of our under the home experts!