Sealing & Insulating Your Crawl Space In Florida
Solutions For Sealing, Waterproofing, & Insulating Your Crawl Space
America's Housing Epidemic
Vented crawl spaces all over the United States are suffering with rotting, unhealthy crawl spaces. This has led to millions in home repairs and high energy bill costs.
These spaces are the source of expensive, unnecessary home repairs and present a major home energy efficiency issue!
By sealing and insulating your crawl space, you'll be able to avoid these problems, while enjoying energy savings, comfort, and a more valuable home.
At A NO Dealers, we specialize in repairing and upgrading crawl spaces of all shapes and sizes. We install vapor barrier systems, crawl space insulation, drainage, sump pumps, structural supports, and much more!
Since we opened our doors to business, our experts have upgraded thousands of crawl spaces across Florida, including in Gainesville, Saint Augustine, Orange Park, and the surrounding areas.
To schedule a free crawl space repair quote, contact us by phone or e-mail today!
Why Should You Seal & Insulate Your Crawl Space?
Repairing a rotting, unhealthy crawl space is hard work -- and it's hard to find someone who's willing to crawl into that moldy, mice-infested space to do the job.
If you do find someone willing to rip the damaged wood out and replace it in that dark, narrow space, you can sure it won't be cheap!
The best way to avoid an issue like this is to avoid the problem in the first place by properly maintaining your space. With a few simple upgrades, you'll start saving money on your energy bills right away.
You'll also enjoy warmer floors, experience fewer drafts, and will benefit from a healthier living space.
Common Crawl Space Problems
Issues with crawl spaces are almost always avoidable, and are most commonly the product of poor building practices and "cut corners" during construction. The building codes that supported many of these practices are quickly being phased out in the past decade, as the evidence of the damage that results mounts.
Crawl spaces are most commonly damaged by these three factors:
Outside Air Intrusion
Outside air is rarely the kind of air you want flowing into your crawl space. It's damp in wet weather, cold in the winter months, and hot and humid during the summer.
As hot, humid summer air enters a cooler crawl space, the humidity in the air condensates, collecting on insulation and wood surfaces. Wet fiberglass loses much of its insular quality, and becomes weighed down -- sagging and falling down from the joists in useless heaps.
In the winter, the cold air that enters a crawl space will affect your HVAC system, air vents, water heater, and hot water pipes. As they cool, they'll have to work harder than ever, and will cost you unnecessarily large spendings on your utility bills.
Mold & Structural Damage
As crawl spaces flood or maintain high humidity levels, mold will begin to grow on everything organic in the space -- including wood, stored items, and components of fiberglass (resins, dyes, paper backing, trapped particles, etc.). It can also grow directly on the dirt that makes up the floor.
If this mold continues to go unchecked, it will damage insulation and weaken structural wood -- including the joists and girders in a crawl space. Over time, this damage may cause the structure to sag downwards.
As it does, floors will become uneven and "bouncy", a musty smell will rise up, and interior doors may jam or stick. Finally, as the floor is pulled downwards, walls that are attached to that floor will be pulled in half, creating cracks in drywall. These symptoms may also occur if the supports are built on weak soils. As supports sink into the mud, your home sinks.
Wood-Destroying Insects
A crawl space offers moisture, food, shelter, and a consistent temperature year round. This makes them the ideal home for a wide variety of pests -- including termites, carpenter ants, cockroaches, mice, rats, snakes, wood-boring beetles, and more.
Once in the home, they will nest in insulation, destroy wood, create a potential fire hazard, and add harmful allergens to the home environment.
The key to controlling these pests in your home depends on eliminating as many of their life essentials as possible.
By sealing, insulating, and dehumidifying a crawl space, you eliminate their entrance points into your home, and remove the life-sustaining moisture that otherwise keeps them living and breeding.
Our Crawl Space Products
We can provide you with a wide variety of patented, award-winning products that are made specifically for the crawl space environment. Our experts can upgrade your home's energy efficiency, as well as provide you with professional waterproofing, moisture control, and structural repair services.
Our systems can be quickly installed in your home -- with most taking a day or less to install. No matter what you need for your home, we have a warrantied solution that's great for you!
Basic Crawl Space Product Combinations
Which combination of crawl space products you'll want depends largely on if your crawl space is flooding and how much insulation you'd like to install.
If your crawl space is also in need of structural supports, our SmartJack® system is compatible with any of these combinations. We can also provide you with our self-draining Energy-Star-Rated SaniDry™ CX Dehumidifier, or our Turtl Crawl Space Access System-- giving your crawl space that perfect final touch.
The tabs below lay out the product combinations that are most popular with our customers:
Basic Crawl Space System
Our Basic Crawl Space Encapsulation System includes airtight vent covers, airtight access door, a clear cover for block wall openings, and our encapsulation liner.
Without Water Leakage
Features:
- Basic Crawl Space Encapsulation System
- 20 mil liner
Benefits:
- Durable 25-year Warranty
- UltraFresh Antimicrobial Additive Included
- Reduces Moisture & Humidity
- Keeps Out Outside Air
With Water Leakage
Features:
- 10 mil Encapsulation System Over Floor
- Perimeter Drain System (SmartPipe)
- SmartSump™ Sump Pump System
- Optional UltraSump® Battery Backup System
Benefits:
- Drainage Matting Creates A Space For Water To Drain
- Cast-Iron Zoeller® Sump Pump
- Water Alarm Included
- Optional Battery Backup Capable Of Pumping 12,000+ Gallons On A Single Charge
Energy-Saving Crawl Space System
Our Energy-Saving package substitutes the encapsulation liner on the walls with our SilverGlo™ insulation, which does triple duty as wall insulation, a vapor barrier, and a radiant heat barrier.
Without Water Leakage
Features:
- 20 mil Encapsulation Liner Over Floor
- 2" Thick SilverGlo™ Insulation With Radiant Barrier To Insulate (R11)
Benefits:
- Dramatically Reduces Heat Loss Through Crawl Space Walls
- Reflective Surface On SilverGlo™ Provides Radiant Heat Barrier To Reflect Heat Back Into Crawl Space
With Water Leakage
Features:
- 10 mil Encapsulation Over Drainage Matting
- 2" Thick R11 SilverGlo™ Radiant Barrier On Walls
- Perimeter Drainage System (SmartPipe)
- SmartSump™ Sump Pump System
- Optional UltraSump® Battery Backup System
Benefits:
- Dramatically Reduces Heat Loss Through Crawl Space Walls
- Drainage Matting Creates A Space For Water To Drain
- Cast-Iron Zoeller® Sump Pump
- Water Alarm Included
- Optional Battery Backup Capable Of Pumping 12,000+ Gallons On A Single Charge
Ultimate Energy Savings For Your Crawl Space!
For maximum energy savings, our complete package also includes our durable TerraBlock™ Floor Insulation, which is protected by our durable 10 mil vapor barrier.
Without Water Leakage
Features:
- 10 mil Encapsulation Liner Over TerraBlock™ Floor Insulation
- 2" Thick SilverGlo™ Insulation With Radiant Barrier To Insulate (R11)
Benefits:
- Dramatically Reduces Heat Loss Through Crawl Space Walls And Floor
- Reflective Surface On SilverGlo™ Provides Radiant Heat Barrier To Reflect Heat Back Into Crawl Space
With Water Leakage
Features:
- 10 mil Encapsulation Liner Over TerraBlock™ Floor Insulation
- 2" Thick R11 SilverGlo™ Radiant Barrier On Walls
- Drainage Matting
- Perimeter Drainage System (SmartPipe)
- SmartSump™ Sump Pump System
- Optional UltraSump® Battery Backup System
Benefits:
- Dramatically Reduces Heat Loss Crawl Space Walls And Floor
- Drainage Matting Creates A Space For Water To Drain
- Cast-Iron Zoeller® Sump Pump
- Water Alarm Included
- Optional Battery Backup Capable Of Pumping 12,000+ Gallons On A Single Charge
Sealing & Insulating Your Home's Crawl Space
Along with energy savings, a healthier home, and a better-preserved structure, many homeowners use a sealed crawl space as a storage area for lawn furniture and similar items.
As an added benefit, the written warranty that comes with your completed installation is transferable to the next owner of the home, giving you a great edge, should you decide to sell.
Schedule Your FREE Quote!
We'd like to offer you an appointment with one of our specialists for a free, in-house inspection and consultation. We have a permanent solution for any crawl space issues you may have!
At A NO Dealers, our experts work with you to create a warrantied system that meets all the goals you've set out to accomplish. Before we leave, we'll provide you with a written crawl space repair quote that lays out your system and shows the cost in black and white.
If you'd like a full home energy audit, our expects would be glad to help you with this as well! We can take a whole-house approach of the building's energy use, using our award-winning home energy software to identify which energy efficiency investments would be most impactful for you and your home.
We proudly serve the Florida area, including Orange Park, Saint Augustine, Gainesville, Middleburg, Lake City, Ponte Vedra Beach, Palm Coast, Green Cove Springs, Saint Johns, Palatka, and many surrounding areas. Contact us today to schedule your appointment!
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