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I'm in a crawlspace right now treating wood for a home inspector. The house is going up for sale, and the inspector found fungal growth on the floor joists. Watch what happens when the treatment hits that wood. It suds up. Turns white. That's the oxidation process working.

I'm out in Knoxville today installing helical piers on a house that's been standing for over a hundred years. This foundation has been patched multiple times. You can see at least six cracks just on this one section where someone tried to fix them with concrete. But the cracks kept coming back.

We're finishing up a foundation job today that closes tomorrow. The seller found out during inspection that his house had some settlement issues. The buyers wanted it fixed before closing. And honestly? That's fair. But here's where it gets interesting. We didn't just give him one big quote for everything possible.

I got a call from a realtor in Oak Ridge last week. A deal had just fallen through. The buyers loved the house. They were ready to close. Then the inspection happened. The crawlspace failed. Standing water. Improper drainage. The buyers walked away. Here's the thing - someone had already "fixed" the drainage. The se

I got a call from a realtor I work with this week. She sent me to a house in Oak Ridge that just failed inspection. The deal fell through. Completely dead. All because of the crawlspace.When I got down there, it was obvious why. Standing water. Insulation falling everywhere. Fungal growth on the floor joists.

I'm out in Farragut today installing an encapsulation with drainage. And I wanted to show you something that might save you thousands of dollars. See this flat strip of drainage? This is all this crawlspace needs. Not a full perimeter drain. Not some massive French drain system. Just targeted drainage where water actu

Got a call Saturday from a customer. Their dehumidifier was throwing an E4 error code - low compressor capacity. Unit needed to be replaced. Monday morning, I'm at their house swapping it out. New dehumidifier installed. Old one going back to the manufacturer. Customer paid nothing because they're under warranty.

I was out in Farragut this week working on a crawlspace encapsulation. We'd already pulled the old insulation, treated the subfloor, and installed a sump pump. The crew was putting foam board on the walls when I stopped by. Here's the thing - foam board on crawlspace walls doesn't do much. We've tested it. We've looke