Crawlspace Cleanouts
We haul out debris, torn plastic, and fallen insulation. A clean space is the only way to find the moisture source.
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A healthy home starts from the ground up
Protecting Charleston Homes from the Ground Up
Musty smells upstairs. Damp soil under the floor. Insulation on the ground. The problems you notice in the house usually start in the one room you never visit, and that is the room we work in. Crawlspace cleanouts, vapor barriers, encapsulation, insulation, and moisture control across the Lowcountry.
If your crawlspace only needs a vapor barrier, that is what we quote. We will not sell you an encapsulation to solve a barrier problem.
9 citiesacross Charleston and the Lowcountry, worked every week.
30-60 photoslabeled and shared with you on every job we complete.
Free inspectionswith no obligation and no pressure to buy anything.
Warning signs
Seven signs something is wrong below
You do not have to crawl under the house to know something is off down there. A crawlspace problem shows up in the rest of the home first, usually as a smell. One sign is enough reason for a free look.
- Standing water or damp soil under the home
- A musty smell in the rooms above
- Insulation sagging or lying on the ground
- Cupped, springy, or cold floors
- Condensation on ducts or pipes
- Visible mold or dark staining on the subfloor
- A humidity reading upstairs that will not come down
What we do
Five ways we fix what is under your home
Every service below is scoped to the actual problem. We quote the smallest fix that solves it.
Vapor Barrier Installation
Bare Lowcountry soil pushes moisture up all year. A lapped and sealed barrier stops it at the source.
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Full liner, sealed vents, and a controlled space. We recommend it when the moisture load calls for it.
Learn moreabout crawlspace encapsulationInsulation Removal
Wet batts hold water against your subfloor and lose R-value. We remove them and replace once the space is dry.
Learn moreabout insulation removalCrawl Space Dehumidifiers
A sealed crawlspace still needs humidity managed. We size the unit to the space and set the drain up right.
Learn moreabout crawl space dehumidifiersNot sure which one you need?
That is what the free inspection answers. We read the crawlspace first and recommend second.
Call (843) 408-3877How it works
Inspect. Document. Fix.
Three steps from the first call to a crawlspace that stays dry.
Inspect.
A technician goes all the way under the home, not just to the hatch. Ground cover, piers, subfloor, ducts, insulation, and vents all get looked at, with wood moisture and humidity readings taken as we go.
Document.
You get labeled photos and the actual numbers, so you can see what we saw without crawling under there yourself. Nothing gets described to you that is not also shown to you.
Fix.
We write a scope for the work the readings support, at a flat price. We say what is urgent, what can wait, and what needs nothing at all.
Why it matters
The air in your crawlspace does not stay down there
A house breathes from the bottom up. Warm air rises and leaves through the top of the home, and the air that replaces it gets pulled up from below. In a vented crawlspace, that means the damp air under your floor ends up in the rooms you live in.
That is why the first sign is usually a smell, not a puddle. It is also why a dehumidifier upstairs never fixes the problem. The moisture is coming from the ground, so the ground is where we start.
Charleston makes it worse than most places. High water tables, long humid summers, and foundation vents at grade keep pulling wet air into a space that never gets a chance to dry.
The honest middle
We would rather lose the sale than sell you something you do not need
Scare quotes are common in this trade. A homeowner gets shown a few dark photos and a five-figure number for work nobody measured. We do it the other way around. The readings come first, and the scope follows the readings.
Sometimes the honest answer is that your crawlspace needs one thing. Sometimes it is that it needs nothing at all. You will get that answer either way, in writing, with the photos to back it up.
Agents and closing attorneys
CL-100 came back with moisture findings?
When the report flags excessive moisture or fungi below the first main floor, the lender waits until it is corrected and documented. We perform the corrections and hand your inspector clean documentation for re-inspection.
Service area
Working under Lowcountry homes every week
Same humidity everywhere, different soil and elevation on every street. Each city page covers what we actually find under homes there.
What homeowners say
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Not sure what your crawlspace needs? That is exactly why we inspect first.
Free inspection across Charleston and the surrounding Lowcountry. Labeled photos and flat pricing, with no pressure to buy anything.