The Basement Waterproofing and Foundation Repair Pros of Metuchen, NJ

Metuchen, NJ’s Favorite Crawl Space Encapsulation Professionals

Do you get a musty smell in your living space from time to time? Does it get humid in your living room for seemingly no reason? Maybe you’ve checked your windows and your doors, and they’re all closed. So what could it be? 

Many homeowners might not realize that the health of their crawl space directly impacts their living space conditions. Anything in your crawl space’s air gets sucked up into the rest of your home through what’s known as the Stack Effect. That can mean pollen, mold spores, humidity, and odors filling the air you breathe.

Without proper crawl space encapsulation and crawl space waterproofing, your crawl space becomes vulnerable to problems such as:

• Mold growth (such as toxic black mold)
• Wood rot in the floor joists and other supports
• Termites and dust mites (both love damp and humid environments)
• A wet crawl space is also attractive to other insects and even rodents

Don’t wait for these problems to pop up if you have a dirt crawl space. Blue Umbrella Waterproofing can encapsulate and waterproof your Metuchen home’s crawl space!

Is It Normal To Have Mice In Your Crawl Space?

Just as you wouldn’t want mice roaming your kitchen, you shouldn’t have them in your crawl space, either.

Mice are just like us. They want a place of shelter, a food source, and water to survive. Unfortunately, that means a dirt crawl space that’s damp and crawling with bugs is precisely what those mice are looking for.

These little critters may look cute to some, but they can harbor fleas that carry diseases, and they may carry diseases of their own, such as hantaviruses.

A good way to turn mice away is to encapsulate and waterproof your crawl space. This deprives mice of water, keeps away bugs they could eat, and blocks easy access to shelter. Ultimately, the mice will look elsewhere!