1. Damp St. Louis Crawl Space Solutions
Does your home smell musty? Can you tell it has rained just by walking into your house?
Are there unknowns living under your floors in your dirt crawl space? Fear of what can be found
keeps most people from looking - they don't even want to go down there and look because they are
afraid of what they will find.
Your St. Louis area home can have under-floors and ducts dripping with moisture. You may have
mold growing on the wood - and critters both microscopic and more easily seen if you dare to look
closely.
If you were to eliminate the moisture down there, your family's health problem would go
away. We can help.
A dirt crawl space under a St. Louis Missouri home is a very bad idea. The earth has very high
humidity in the soil. This water vapor moves easily into the crawl space and upward into the house
environment. A damp environment is very unhealthy and destructive. Insects and critters of all kinds
love damp environments and wet materials.
Rot and decay occur in damp environments causing structural damage. Mold thrives by producing
airborne spores by the millions, and some molds are toxic. The natural airflow in a house is from
bottom to top. This sucks the moist air and everything in it up into the living areas of the home.
Heating and cooling costs are higher in a home with a vented dirt crawl
space.

2. Mold spores, odors, humidity and critters create a very unhealthy
environment for people. Many people are allergic to these things, and
experience a host of symptoms and don't realize that their dirt crawl
space is affecting their health. Dirt crawl spaces do not have to be wet
or flooded to be extremely unhealthy.
There are only two primary ingredients needed for rot and mold to thrive: one is organic material,
like the wood beneath a home, and the second is water. Replacing the wood in a house is practically
impossible, so the only avenue to preventing structural damage and those musty smells is to
eliminate the moisture.
Previously the tactic was to add vents to a crawl space, which were
supposed to allow the moisture to dissipate. These vented crawl
spaces, instead of becoming less damp, end up being wetter for
several reasons. The stack effect, a house's natural tendency to draw
air in from the crawl space and lower levels upward into living spaces,
means that instead of letting moist air out, a house sucks more moist
air in! Another problem with venting a crawl space is that it allows all
kinds of bugs and critters direct access to a home.
Even if a crawl space is not flooded or visibly wet, that additional humidity can spell trouble for your
home - and your health. The fungus responsible for rot and mold not only eats away at the structure
of a home, but spreads by producing millions and millions of airborne spores. These spores are
prime suspects for aggravating allergies and many people don't even know what it is that bothers
them when they are at home.
The Healthy Home Crawlspace Solution
The Healthy Home Crawlspace Solution is the most comprehensive, energy efficient crawlspace
solution on the market today for St. Louis area property. This crawlspace encapsulation system
solves the issues with damp crawl spaces. It addresses all the issues that plague unhealthy
crawlspaces.
q Damp, musty smells
q High indoor humidity in the summer
q Creaking floors
q Bugs and rodents
q Cold floors in the winter
q Increased respiratory problems and even asthma
q Standing water after a heavy rain

3. Dehumidification
Even after encapsulating the crawlspace and sealing off the
vents, most crawlspaces will still need dehumidification. The
crawlspace is basically a vacuum that draws in outside air,
and It is nearly impossible to seal out all of the outside air
from the crawlspace. During the summer months, outside air
will infiltrate into the crawlspace and cause increased
humidity levels.
Ram Jack of St. Louis offers the Santa-Fe Dehumidification System. It is the most advanced
dehumidification system on the market today. The Santa-Fe will not only effectively dehumidify up to
5,000 sq. ft. of crawlspace, but it is a hospital grade air cleaner. The Merv-11 filtration will capture
any airborne allergens that might still be present in the crawlspace. All of this comes with an energy
star rating, and one of the lowest per pint costs for dehumidification.