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I was out in Vonore yesterday fixing another company's crawlspace work. The customer paid thousands for an encapsulation. Thought everything was good. Then they went to get their termite warranty and got denied. Why? The vapor barrier was installed wrong. No termite sight line. The inspector wouldn't approve it. So

I walked into a crawlspace yesterday that my crew had just finished. I wasn't there for the install. Didn't supervise. Didn't check in halfway through. And it looked perfect. Foam board installed correctly. Clean encapsulation with tight seams. Old sump pump swapped out. All the trash and debris gone. So clean the cu

I just finished a crawlspace job here in Knoxville, and I wanted to show you what it looks like when it's actually done right. Last time I wrote about finding a competitor's mess. Today, I want to show you the other side - what you should expect when you pay for quality work.

I was back in a crawlspace yesterday that we finished three years ago. Not because there was a problem with our work. Because the dehumidifier compressor went bad. Equipment fails sometimes - even good equipment. That's just reality.

Found a Snake Skin by This Crawlspace Door

I'm down in a crawlspace in Ooltewah today, and I want to show you something I see other contractors do wrong all the time. This house has a basement on one side and a crawlspace on the other. There's wood structure separating the two spaces. And some companies will just wrap their vapor barrier right over that wood b

I was out in Ooltewah today, just north of Chattanooga, looking at a crawlspace with standing water. The homeowner had tried to fix it themselves. They bought a sump pump from Home Depot, stuck it in a bucket, and dropped it in the crawlspace.

Got a call from a homeowner in Vonore last week. Seemed like a simple issue at first. He'd had his crawlspace encapsulated by another company. Now he was trying to get termite service, and the pest control company wouldn't warranty it. Why? The encapsulation was installed so high on the foundation wall that it covered