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An addition can sit over its own crawl space, and one side can stay wet while the other stays dry.
We do crawl space mold removal in Falls Church under houses of every age, and some of the oldest nearby were built over crawl spaces from the start.
When ground broke on Pimmit Hills in May 1950, 1,280 of its 1,642 homes went up on a slab or a crawl space, by the civic association's count, and owners later added back porches, basements, garages and second stories.
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An addition may stand on its own footings, over a separate crawl space or a slab, joined to the original house at a seam in the floor framing. The two sections can be vented and insulated differently, and one can stay dry while the other stays wet, so we map moisture in each section we can reach.
Tell us when you book if part of the house was added later. An addition's crawl space may have its own hatch or an outside door, and we want to reach every section on the same visit.
Bare soil gives off moisture into the air above it all year. A plastic vapor barrier over the ground slows that down, but only while it covers the soil and stays intact. A torn sheet or a gap at the walls lets ground moisture through again.
Water pooled on top of a barrier is arriving from somewhere else, usually a downspout, a plumbing leak or a low spot in the yard. Installing, replacing or sealing a barrier is a job for a crawl space contractor.
Foundation vents let outdoor air in, and in July that air is humid. When it meets wood and ductwork cooled by the house above, moisture can condense on them, which is how a crawl space ends up damp in a dry month. Supply ducts running under the floor can sweat enough to soak their own insulation and the joists beside them.
Some owners close the foundation vents for the summer, and some crawl spaces have been sealed by a contractor. Both change how the space dries, so tell us what has been done down there before the visit. A sealed crawl space with nothing drying its air can hold summer moisture in.
Insulation batts that have fallen onto the soil and soaked up water come out, and so does any joist or sill plate that has started to rot. Sound joists, the underside of the subfloor and the sill plates are treated where they are. Batts still up between the joists stay unless they are soaked or hanging loose.
The water source has to be fixed first, by you or the right trade, because mold comes back wherever moisture keeps arriving. On treatment day the home is empty: people, pets and plants leave, and furniture and electronics generally stay where they are.
The VaPURE sterilant goes in as a vapor and reaches surfaces, wall cavities, HVAC ducting, porous materials and the air. An antimicrobial protectant stage follows, which helps resist new growth once the moisture cause is fixed. Most homes are treated in a single day, and families are back the same evening.
Most homes need no demolition. When a material is too far gone, we say so in the estimate and it comes out. Afterward, air samples go to the same accredited third-party lab, which has no affiliation with EnviroPure.
EnviroPure is a licensed provider of Pure Maintenance's patented VaPURE process.
When the whole property is treated and a follow-up lab test within a year shows mold above regional averages, we re-treat at no charge.
This page covers one part of the job. The mold remediation page covers the rest.
After. Treat the growth first so it isn't closed in under the new liner, then let the contractor seal the space. Our moisture mapping shows them where the water was getting in.
A dirt floor feeds moisture into the crawl space air around the clock, so it usually needs a vapor barrier once the mold is treated.
The treatment deals with the mold and doesn't change how much water reaches the space. Keeping a crawl space dry takes a repair, such as a barrier over the soil, a fixed leak or downspouts carried away from the foundation.
Describe the stain, the smell or the leak, and we'll help you decide what to do next.
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