Crawlspaces, Flooding, and Mold Growth Solutions and Information for Area Homeowners

3/4/2020 (Permalink)

YEP!! There’s Mold in that Crawlspace—Better Call SERVPRO for Remediation

Crawlspaces provide access to utilities and help to protect your home from the threat of flooding that seems a persistent concern throughout the area. As vital as these areas are for the construction and stability of your home, they are often poorly managed by homeowners and not given the attention and upkeep required to keep them in top form and prevent damaging effects that could permeate through the flooring and into the home itself.

Moisture is a common concern for this area of your property and without, can lead to a need for mold removal in the crawlspace and beyond. While your crawlspace has gotten partially designed to keep your home out of the line of fire of even moderate flooding throughout the region, dampness and moisture are common elements in these spaces that require removal and effective continued solutions to prevent conditions that can allow for the growth of mold Our SERVPRO® professionals can help.

Mold growing in this area might not feel like a pressing concern to many homeowners, but the spread of mold is deliberate and fast, affecting areas above this crawlspace quickly once the organism begins to affect many surfaces below the flooring. Given that much of your home’s construction is wood-based, including the beams and supports, mold can easily spread to this organic material and erode and decompose these elements as it feeds and grows.

Our SERVPRO professionals can respond quickly at the first sign of mold growth to offer both effective containment solutions and fast mold removal efforts for the affected materials where colonies have formed. We can also offer lasting strategies like crawlspace encapsulation that can help to keep this area of your home free from moisture and dampness, effectively preventing recurrences of mold growth for the future.

Mold growth is a common step to follow persistent moisture in the crawlspace of your home. Let our mold remediation specialists help you to remove this organism and restore the damage it has caused. Give us a call today at (256)-378-1319