I've lived in my home for almost 6 years now. Before I bought it, the inspector found evidence water had been in the crawl space, so the cost of remediating the crawl space was deducted from the purchase price.
After I moved in, I had 3 different crawl space remediators provide estimates to install a sump pump, replace the vapor barrier, seal air leaks, insulate and seal air ducts etc etc. However, not ONE of them knew (or cared) where the water was coming into the crawl space FROM. They'd "fix it all w/a sump pump, seal it up and no more problems!"
That never made sense to me. I wanted to know WHERE the water was coming from before sealing everything up.... 6 years later, the yard drainage has been permanently fixed. I was the one to figure out where the water was coming in from after countless times in the crawl space, and an embarrassing amount of time spent in the yard inspecting downspouts, downspout drains, puddles on the foundation, pools in the yard and so on.
Now that the water situation was corrected, I wanted to get my crawl space remediated. Seven contractors later, a very smart and picky neighbor of mine referred me to NW Crawl Space Services. WHAT A BREATH OF FRESH AIR THIS contractor is! Because I'd done extensive research on my own over the years, I knew what I had and didn't have in the crawl space. Matan came out as scheduled, we walked the yard to look at my drainage system first. THEN he went into he crawl space and formulated a plan to remediate it. He told me many things I did NOT need (which I somewhat knew) and the things I DID need. THIS contractor is actually honest! For the first time a crawl space contractor whose plan made SENSE!
Needless to say, I eagerly scheduled the work. The crew came out as scheduled, were polite and worked hard all day. After they left, I admit, I went into the crawl space to inspect myself. I was 1000% impressed. A week later the other co-owner, Lior came to inspect the work his crew did in my crawl space. Everyone's delighted!
After all these years having that crawl space mitigated, AND having a contractor I can trust what they tell me, AND it makes sense, AND they have a maintenance program that THEY go into the crawl space periodically to make sure all is in order?? I cannot TELL YOU how delighted I am w/their work, efficiency, expertise, professionalism, service, knowledge base, and responsiveness. If you need an HONEST opinion of your crawl space, call NW Crawl Space Services and save yourself a LOT of time and headache. AND Matan and Lior are BEYOND delightful and KNOW their work. No salespeople, you're dealing with the OWNERS of the company. I'd give them 100 stars if I could. Forever grateful! read more