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I'm standing in a crawl space in Hendersonville, Tennessee. It's already been encapsulated. The homeowner didn't have this work done - it came with the house when they bought it. And now they're dealing with problems that never should have happened. A pest control company did the original work. Sump pump in the wrong

I spent today riding with Josh from Crawl Logic Gulf Coast. We knocked out two inspections together, and the first one was a perfect example of why I do what I do. The homeowner is selling their house. They got a home inspection that flagged some crawl space issues. So they called a company to come out and give them a

I was out in Franklin, Tennessee today looking at a crawl space that somebody else had done. The encapsulation itself wasn't bad. The liner was in place. Everything looked fine from a distance. But when I got to the dehumidifier, we had a problem. The unit was sitting right next to the access door, pushed up against

It's 5:30 in the morning. I'm pulling into our new warehouse in Nashville, ready to start the day. Someone swerves in front of me out of nowhere. I dodge left to avoid the collision and hit the curb hard. Two flat tires. Not exactly the start I had planned. Now I'm standing in the parking lot looking at my Honda, kno

Most crawl space inspections go like this: someone shows up, takes a few photos, pulls out a laptop, and tells you that you need to spend twenty thousand dollars on an encapsulation. Then they're gone. You're left sitting there with a quote and no real understanding of what's happening under your house. You don't know

A realtor called me about a week ago. She had a deal that was about to fall apart. The home inspection came back requiring a vapor barrier, insulation pull, and fungus removal in the crawl space. Pretty standard stuff. She got a quote from one of those big three-letter companies. They wanted $37,000. They were trying

Just wrapped up a spray foam encapsulation in Nashville. This one came out great. It's our 125 mil system - the highest-end option we offer. Spray foam up the walls, heavy-duty vapor barrier on the floor, dehumidifier installed and ready to run. When you see it all come together like this, you're looking at a crawl sp