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I was out in Maryville yesterday looking at a crawl space that had already been treated by a pest control company. They'd laid down a new vapor barrier and done a borate treatment on the wood to kill fungal growth. The homeowner thought everything was taken care of.

I was out in Maryville yesterday walking around a house, trying to figure out where water was getting into the crawl space. The homeowner had done everything right - good grading all around the foundation, gutters flowing properly, no obvious problems.

I was out in Maryville yesterday doing a crawl space inspection. Before I even opened the crawl space door, I do what I always do - walk the perimeter of the house to check drainage, grading, and how water moves around the foundation.

Most people think radon mitigation is pretty simple - drill a hole, stick in a fan, run some pipe to the roof. Done. But that's not how it works if you want a system that actually protects your family. I just finished installing a radon mitigation system here in Knoxville, and like every installation we do, it involve

This morning, I got a call from a realtor. She had buyers interested in a home, but the inspection flagged fungal growth and moisture in the crawl space. Her solution? "I think all we need is a vapor barrier and a fungus treatment."

Every time a storm rolls into Knoxville, my phone starts ringing. Homeowners want to know if they need a battery backup for their sump pump. It's a fair question - nobody wants to wake up to a flooded crawl space because the power went out during heavy rain.

I was out in Powell yesterday checking on some work we did about eight months ago. The property owner called us back to make some adjustments to the jacks we installed, and honestly, I was excited to see how everything held up.

A customer called me a few years back about her crawl space. She'd already paid a big company - one of those billboard companies you see everywhere - to do a full encapsulation. But something wasn't right.