Crawl Spaces
Crawl space inspection.
We go in. A crawl space inspected from the hatch with a torch is not an inspection, and the problems that matter — rot at the sill, a failed vapour barrier, pest damage to framing — are all out of sight of the opening.
- Entered, not glanced into
- Vapour barrier
- Sill and framing
- Moisture and standing water
- Insulation
- Pest activity
48Hours to your report
2–3Hours on site
2004Inspecting since
3States covered
Why it matters here
Cold ground, warm floor, condensation.
In a northern climate a crawl space sits between frozen ground and a heated floor, and that difference is a condensation engine. Add a missing or torn vapour barrier and the moisture has nowhere to go but into the framing above it.
Seasonal and lakefront properties are the worst of it: closed up for months, unheated, often with vents that were opened one summer and never closed again. It is the single most common place we find rot that the owner had no idea about.
What you get
Three things this buys you.
Two to three hours on site for a typical property, and the report within 48 hours. If the utilities are off we bring propane and a generator and power the building up rather than reporting it as unverified.
We go in
Photographs from inside the space, not from the hatch.
Framing, measured
Moisture readings on the structure rather than an impression.
Limits stated
Where access is genuinely blocked, the report says where and why.
Where we draw the line
We inspect. We do not repair.
Our code of ethics forbids our inspectors from performing repairs, or from estimating repair costs, on a property they have inspected. An inspector who can profit from the problems he finds has a reason to find them.
You get a plain account of what is wrong and how serious it is. A licensed contractor prices and fixes it, and we will come back and re-inspect the work at a minimal fee.
Often booked with this
- Basement inspections
- Mold testing
- Water damage inspection
- Termite inspections
- Radon testing
- Log home inspection
Crawl Spaces
Book the inspection.
Monday to Friday 8am–6pm, Saturday 9am–2pm. Give us the address and we will scope the right inspection for the property.