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I was out in Knoxville yesterday doing a yearly maintenance check on a crawl space we fixed for a customer. The previous company - one of the big billboard guys - had done such poor work that we ended up replacing everything they installed.
We're out here in Knoxville today installing helical piers around a foundation that's showing signs of settlement. You can see the cracks in the foundation wall - clear evidence that the soil underneath has shifted.
Remember when checking your crawl space meant grabbing a flashlight and crawling under your house? Most homeowners never did it. They'd install a dehumidifier, cross their fingers, and hope everything was working.
It Started With Just a Little Water. I was out in Friendsville yesterday looking at a crawl space with water intrusion. The homeowner knew water was getting in, but figured it wasn't a big deal since it would dry up after a few days without rain.
Just finished a job in Farragut where we had to replace 15 shims under a home's main support beams. The problem? The builder had used hardie plank - the same material you'd use for exterior siding - as structural support for the house.
I was out in Knoxville yesterday inspecting a crawl space, and once again, I found insulation installed completely backwards. And I mean, the instructions are literally printed right on the product - they tell you exactly which way the paper facing needs to go.
I was doing an inspection in Knoxville yesterday, and right there attached to the HVAC system was a whole-home humidifier. AprilAire brand - good quality stuff. But when I looked closer, water was dripping straight out of the bottom.
I've been doing a lot of quotes around Knoxville lately, and I keep running into the same frustrating situation. Homeowners call me after getting quotes from the big billboard companies, and they're shell-shocked by the prices.
I was called out to a home in Knoxville last week where the homeowners were frustrated. They'd had a radon mitigation system installed a couple years back. When their radon levels stayed high, the radon company came back and installed an even bigger fan. Still didn't work.
