We live in a 1955 pier & beam home here in Johnson County. Well we had to repair one of our toilets because it was sinking into the crawlspace. When we took the floor up, the beams underneath our toilet were rotten, and when I say rotten I mean they just disintegrated in our hands. But it wasn't just around the toilet it was every single joist and outside wall plate. And the mold spores......holy moly they were bad and this bathroom was an add on to the house. It was done in 1990 because we found newspaper behind one of the walls.
So my husband said we needed some more vents around the house to let the air flow into the crawlspace. So I did some research on crawlspaces and vents when I came across crawlspace encapsulation. We had never heard of this encapsulation miracle.
We decided to get some quotes and a little knowledge about this encapsulation and how it works because we didn't want to go through this again with rotting beams and replacing whole bathrooms and kitchens. We have only just remodeled one bathroom, and even that bathroom had water underneath it.
So we got the quotes and we decided to have DFW Crawlspace do our encapsulation. Mark was amazing and the price was so reasonable. He want under our home, took photos and designed the area where the sump pump and dehumidifier would go and where the electricians would put the lighting system underneath.
Mark and his team, the fabulous Cowboy and his sweet wife Yolanda, came to start work on November the 1st and wow did they work. Some areas in our crawlspace were only 10 inches deep. One part of our house had an add on that was only 8 inches deep. For that space we did take the floor up for Mark and his team because they wouldn't have been able to access it due to a concrete beam, to make it easier for them. We had one massive hole in the bathroom so another hole in the house wasn't a big deal to us.
So the whole process was to take a week but because it was so tight under our home, the guys doing the electrics had to come out the following Monday, which was no big deal to us. They fitted 10 lights under our home, connected the sump pump and dehumidifier. Great guys.
Now for the miracle......holy moly what a difference to our home this system has been. Never ever have we been able to have a temperature of 78 degrees in the house with 64% humidity without us having to put the A/C on. We did on one day have an inside temperature of 81degrees and humidity at 67% and I did have to put the A/C on for a little while. And what we like about the dehumidifier is, when the crawlspace gets to warm it switches itself on then goes off when the desired temperature is reached. We are so looking forward to the summer because we don't think we will be using the A/C as much as we have to, and we won't be sweating in the house.
So DFW Crawlspace, Mark, your family of workers thank you so much. Just amazing company to work with. Fellow Texans get this crawlspace encapsulation in your homes if you have rotten beams, mold, warped floors, high inside humidity and DO get DFW Crawlspace to do the job, we just cannot say enough good things about them.
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