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I'm out here at an apartment complex in Knoxville, and the more I crawl around, the worse it gets. Someone already paid to have this crawl space "fixed." They've got vapor barrier down, they've got drainage installed, they've even got support jacks in place. But none of it's working. Actually, it's worse than not work

I'm out here in Knoxville today looking at a few really large apartment complexes. And I'm not here to do the original work - I'm here to see why the work that was already done is failing. One of my biggest competitors came through here and installed crawl space drainage systems. And let me tell you, what I'm looking

I'm out in Knoxville today looking at an old house with sagging floors. And when I say old, I mean old - this crawl space was hand-dug out of solid limestone, probably 80 or 100 years ago. The homeowner's noticing what everyone notices when their crawl space has structural problems - floors that feel soft or bouncy wh

Just got back from a week snowboarding in Utah, and the first thing I did was come out to Maryville to check on a job my crew finished while I was gone. This is something I do with every job - doesn't matter if I was here during the install or not. I come out, I walk through the crawl space, I check the work, and I ma

When Equipment Fails, Your Contractor's Support Matters

I'm out here in Knoxville looking at a crawl space in an older home - probably built in the seventies. And I've got to tell you, I haven't seen water marks this high in a crawl space in a long time. The homeowner told me she didn't think the water had reached the subfloor yet, but that it had gotten close. And I though

I'm out here in Knoxville looking at a crawl space that was done by one of my old competitors. They used to be a local company - probably started by someone who cared about doing good work. Then they got bought out by a private equity group, became part of a franchise, and well... here's what happens. This homeowner p

Just wrapped up a crawl space encapsulation project here in Maryville, and I wanted to walk you through what we actually did - because "encapsulation" can mean a lot of different things depending on who you're talking to. This homeowner had already gotten quotes from some of the big billboard companies. The pricing di