Photo Album: Crawl Space Encapsulation in Milton, DE

This album encompasses a homeowner in Milton, DE struggling with their crawl space. Their crawl space was a vented and was suffering from plumbing leaks.  Plumbing leaks can go unknown in a crawl space for many months or years due to the fact that most homeowners don't go in their crawl space very often. If their crawl space is vented, such as this homeowners, it can cause saturation of the soil and mold growth. Vented crawl spaces do not serve their purpose as well as contractors had previously thought. The insulation sags away from the subfloor and allows air to flow through it, making the insulation useless. This can result in humidity in the crawl space, mold, odors and high utility costs. Dr. Energy Saver Delmarva has the solutions for this homeowners many concerns.  To solve the plumbing leak, Dr. Energy Saver Delmarva installs TheSmartDrain. This is a dry well with an airtight cover featuring an sirtight floor drain. An alarm sounds when a plumbing leak occurs while draining the water into TheSmartDrain until the leak is fixed.  To solve the vented crawl space problem, Dr. Energy Saver will Encapsulate the crawl space. First, they will install SilverGlo insulation along the crawl space walls. This will seal off any future air leaks. Next, the Drainage Matting is installed over the dirt floor. The matting is dimpled to create air space for the access water to flow. Finally, the entire crawl space is encapsulated. The results are much lower humidity, a comfortable house and lower fuel and electric bills. Now the homeowner can be comfortable in their own home!