jeudi 22 septembre 2016

Protect Your House And Your Lungs By Installing Crawlspace Encapsulation Atlanta

By Stephen Scott


Young people often suffer chronic airway obstructions, and they can have life-threatening reactions to mold and mildew. In the southern states, this is even more true due to the high presence of pollen as well as mold spores that invade homes, schools, churches, and other businesses they may frequent. Crawlspace encapsulation Atlanta, GA can protect these young people from exposure to harmful spores and bacteria.

Each and every mobile home has a subterranean space, and these houses are notorious for having mildew problems along floors and around windows. The subterranean space is usually only a couple of feet high, but spans the entirety of the mobile home. In the years past, anyone who had to do any sort of maintenance on the structure had to be faced with a dark, damp, and scary environment.

Within this dark and wet lies the black mold, mildew, cockroach residue, and rodent feces that crawlspaces are famous for. A person who has never had asthma can suddenly find themselves in the throes of an attack due to these conditions. In recent years some forms of lung cancer have been connected to the presence of mildew and mold, making black mold a life-threatening intruder.

To encapsulate the area means simply to put in place a barrier, floor to floor, covering everything including plumbing and duct work. All too often the duct work is what frees the mildew and disperses it throughout the house. By having that space encapsulated, it becomes part of the indoors rather than being a way for the outdoors to work inward.

Many older homes have spaces underneath them, known as root cellars. By lining a root cellar, one takes what had previously been dirt-floor, unfinished, unusable space and turns it into a dry, and cool storage area. These cellars also second as storm cellars, and the lining makes a dank storm cellar crawling with spiders and turns it into a place of peace and calm.

Some systems include water removal as well as a dehumidifier placed on the subterranean level. This is an excellent idea for anyone with allergies who does not care to have the dehumidifier in their room. These appliances can sometimes over-dry the air, causing other health problems.

Insects are also being protected against when one has such a barrier installed. In the South, we grow bigger better bugs than the rest of the country, and they love those dark and moist places best of all. Exterminators must descend into this ghoulish Hell on a regular basis, so they certainly thank you when the basement or subterranean spaces are encapsulated.

For those who have rental properties, they are encouraged to have all properties with subterranean space set up with these vapor barriers. The landlord carries a certain amount of liability for the health of their renters, and lung cancer due to the presence of black mold can be a tragedy for everyone. A landlord who allows an unhealthy situation to persist is liable for the damages suffered by their renter.




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