Reduces The Chance of Floor Repairs & Better Structural Integerity: If you have a wet crawl space, your house foundation is going to eventually have structural issues. Moisture rots wood and causes hardwood floors to buckle.
Breathe Easier: As much as 40% of the air that is in your home comes up through your crawl space. Mold thrives and grows in dark and damp areas with poor ventilation. Mold reproduces by making spores, and the bad thing about spores is that they go airborne. Which means that you are inhaling those spores which eventually leads to health issues.
Increased Energy Savings: In the summer months, it’s much harder to cool your home down if the crawl space is filled with hot air that remains humid in the space. When you extract the humid air from the crawl space, your air conditioning system should be able to work better and more efficiently, keeping your home the right temperature year-round.
Fewer Pests: With damp wood comes termites and termites will competely eat away at your home. It only takes a couple of months to start seeing structural damage. Blocking off the vents in your crawl space helps with rodents like mice from making nests and finding their way into your home.
Attractive Selling Feature:Potential buyers comparing two similar houses will find the one with an encapsulated crawl space more appealing.
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