Your home is a significant investment that you’ll want to keep in good condition as much as possible. Part of protecting your home in this way is reaching out to services that offer additional support and damage prevention for the various parts of your home. In your crawlspace, encapsulation services offer much of this support. However, many homeowners don’t fully understand crawlspace encapsulation and its influence on the home. Here are three of the most common myths we hear about crawlspace encapsulation, demystified.
- Newer homes don’t need crawlspace encapsulation. Many people associate new homes with a lack of any problems or concerns. After all, the home was just built, so what could be wrong with it? The truth is, the age of a home plays no role in its susceptibility to getting damaged. Crawlspace encapsulation helps prevent moisture-related damages in this area, which can happen no matter how old the home is.
- You can encapsulate your crawlspace on your own. Proper crawlspace encapsulation isn’t as easy as throwing down a tarp. To be most effective, encapsulation requires a certain level of skill and knowledge of how moisture travels into the crawlspace from the ground beneath it. For that reason, you’ll want to leave the encapsulation work to the professionals, not DIY instructional videos.
- Crawlspace encapsulation worsens indoor air quality. Actually, encapsulating your crawlspace can help improve your indoor air quality. Mold grows easily in a crawlspace that hasn’t been encapsulated, but preventing high humidity levels in this area helps prevent mold from growing. Without mold spores traveling upwards from the crawlspace to the rest of your home, you won’t have to worry about breathing these spores in.
Contact us here at Overwatch Pest Management for crawlspace encapsulation services.