All-Dry of the Carolinas Before & After Photos

This home was in the middle of being constructed in Greer, SC. The home owner had had work done by All-Dry of the Carolinas in his old home and was wanting to protect his new home from the start. Instead of waiting for something to happen once the home was built, the homeowner called us at All-Dry to install a total encapsulation of the crawlspace as preventative action.

                Our All-Dry of the Carolinas team started the project by installing our Silver Glo insulation. Silver Glo was installed as insulation for the crawlspace to prevent heat from leaving the house. Since heat moves from more to less, the Silver Glo works to keep the heat inside the home to keep the crawlspace and floors above warm. But Silver Glo isn’t your typical insulation; it is EPS foam with graphite infused into the foam to raise the insulation value by 24% over the standard EPS foam. Along with the graphite infused foam, it is covered in a shiny radiant barrier that reflects head back inside.

                Once the Silver Glo was installed our All-Dry team wrapped the crawlspace with CleanSpace. CleanSpace is a 20 mil thick liner that is laid across the crawlspace floor. This liner works as a barrier to keep moister that is produced from the ground out of the crawlspace.

In addition to the CleanSpace a TripleSafe Sump System was added to the crawlspace as a way of pushing excess water that enters from outside. The TripleSafe System has two different pumps along with a battery backup UltraSump. If the first pump fails or cannot keep up with the flow of water, the second pump will kick in to help out making sure that the water is getting expelled from the crawlspace. In the case of a power outage, the UltraSump battery backup will kick in until power is restored to the system.

                To finish up the process our All-Dry team installed a Aprilaire dehumidifier. The Aprilaire pulls the moisture from the air and pushes it into a condensate pump where the water is flushed from the crawlspace.

                Together with all of these products our All-Dry of the Carolinas team was able to install a perfect prevention plan to keep this new home safe and dry.

Here at All-Dry of the Carolinas we service many areas in SC, NC, and GA. One of our local areas that we service a lot is Greer, SC. Greer is located near the base of the mountains in South Carolina. Being at the base of the mountains usually results in thunderstorms during the summer months. As the hot air from the south rises, it meets the cold air that is coming off of the mountains; this is what causes so many thunderstorms in the SC upstate during the summer. This hot air that reacts with the cold mountain air is also the cause of high moisture levels in the air. Hot and humid air is speckled with moisture particles that are floating around. Since hot air moves to cold, whenever this air finds a cool crawlspace to move into, it takes its chance. When the amount of moisture moves into the crawl space it can cause foundation damage, mold, odors, increased heating and cooling bills, and pest.

In this Greer crawl space, there was a lot of moisture and water. As stated above, this can lead to negative effects on the home. When the homeowner realized how bad the situation was he called us at All-Dry of the Carolinas to help fix his problem.

In the before picture you see a dirty crawl space that has wet floors and high moisture levels. In the after pictures you can see that the crawl space has been completely encapsulated.

The customer had some major foundation issues that needed work done as soon as possible. You will see in the the pictures just how bad this customer's home was. While we did a lot of work in this home that was not just foundation repair, that part of the job is what will be focused on in this Before and After. In order to correct this major cracking in the foundation, we used several push piers to lift the house into a more level position.

The "before" photo shows the crack before the push piers had been installed. You can see how large this crack is in the foundation of the home. While some small cracks in foundations can (although they should not be) ignored, however this was not the case. Very rarely do foundations get this bad without a major event (i.e. sinkhole, earthquake) happening.

The "after" photo shows the same area after the push piers had been installed. The push piers are able to lift and level out the home. After the leveling is done, our installation specialists go back and fill in the crack, binding the two halves back together.

This homeowner had been dealing with a wet, unencapsulated crawlspace for quite awhile before deciding to give us a call. Fortunately enough, the crawlspace was in good enough condition that nothing too serious was going on, not yet at least. This gave the homeowner time to search for someone who he knew would take care of this issue the correct way. Through his search, he came across our website and liked what he saw!

The "before" picture shows the crawlspace when our System Design Specialist first visited the home. It wasn't in bad condition, but you can certainly see that the ground is a little damp. While that was the biggest issue, there was also quite a bit of debris on the crawlspace floor as well. Several pieces of concrete and rocks can be seen towards the front of the crawlspace.

The "after" photo shows the same area as before, but with our CleanSpace liner already installed. This can really change the look and function of the crawlspace. It looks much better than the clay floor that it had before, but also keeps moisture out of the crawlspace. The crew makes sure that the CleanSpace is sealed up completely using caulk, tape, and fasteners. We spare no expense to make sure that the CleanSpace is secured properly and keeps the moisture out of the crawlspace! This homeowner also had a dehumidifier installed in order to keep the humidity level down in the crawlspace.

We work in basements and crawlspaces in different states of disarray. Some areas we work in are completely flooded with water, while other times homeowners may just like the way that the CleanSpace looks. The great thing about our systems is that they can usually be installed no matter how good (or bad) of condition that the area may be in. However, you shouldn't judge an area just on looks, because sometimes an area may be worse off than it looks.

This particular crawlspace doesn't seem all that bad, but the moisture level was quite high. Fortunately, the owners caught the issue before any serious damage was done to their crawlspace. However, the homeowner did try and to mitigate the moisture problem before with an interior liner. Since this liner was much thinner and wasn't sealed correctly to the crawlspace wall. 

The solution to the high moisture level in the crawlspace of this home was to install our CleanSpace liner along the floor and walls. The way that the crew installs the CleanSpace ensures that the entire area is sealed off. There are several different ways that the CleanSpace is sealed up, including caulk, special fasteners into the wall, and the most used is tape. The tape is used to seal the top of the liner to the wall, but its main use is to seal the sheets of CleanSpace together on the floor of the crawlspace.