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I'm out in Knoxville today looking at an old house with sagging floors. And when I say old, I mean old - this crawl space was hand-dug out of solid limestone, probably 80 or 100 years ago. The homeowner's noticing what everyone notices when their crawl space has structural problems - floors that feel soft or bouncy wh

Just got back from a week snowboarding in Utah, and the first thing I did was come out to Maryville to check on a job my crew finished while I was gone. This is something I do with every job - doesn't matter if I was here during the install or not. I come out, I walk through the crawl space, I check the work, and I ma

When Equipment Fails, Your Contractor's Support Matters

I'm out here in Knoxville looking at a crawl space in an older home - probably built in the seventies. And I've got to tell you, I haven't seen water marks this high in a crawl space in a long time. The homeowner told me she didn't think the water had reached the subfloor yet, but that it had gotten close. And I though

I'm out here in Knoxville looking at a crawl space that was done by one of my old competitors. They used to be a local company - probably started by someone who cared about doing good work. Then they got bought out by a private equity group, became part of a franchise, and well... here's what happens. This homeowner p

Just wrapped up a crawl space encapsulation project here in Maryville, and I wanted to walk you through what we actually did - because "encapsulation" can mean a lot of different things depending on who you're talking to. This homeowner had already gotten quotes from some of the big billboard companies. The pricing di

I'm wrapping up a job here in Knoxville for a homeowner getting ready to sell. They had their home inspection done, and like most inspections, it came back with a list of crawl space issues that needed fixing before the sale could go through. Vapor barrier needed replacing. Fungal growth needed treatment. Foundation c

We did an encapsulation job in Englewood a few months back. Everything looked great, system was working perfectly. Then the customer called - she had water coming in by her crawl space door. So we came out, found an unsealed conduit pipe running through the wall, sealed it up. Problem solved. Or at least we thought it