What’s going on on my crawl space? If I had a dollar for every time a home owner asked me that after an inspection, I would be a rich man.
The fact is that most home owners don’t have any clue what is going on in their crawl. Why? Because most of the time, going down into your crawlspace means getting dirty, cold, exposed to spiders and perhaps a rodent or two. Crawling through wet mud and leaky pipes… it’s not fun.
When we do our Northwest crawl space inspections we are not just looking for drainage issues. We peak around and try to identify anything that seems out of place or perhaps might need to be looked at. For instance, last week we noticed 3 of the posts under the crawl space, the posts holding up the house were loose. We showed the video of us actually wiggle them around. They should be tight. Not good. We alerted the home owner and they decided to get them taken care of.
My point is knowing what is going on in your crawl space gives you a peace of mind knowing that the foundation of your home is safe, secure and healthy.