Recent content by dgarrity

Good advice!! I will get an engineer to look at the whole situation. Thanks again, dgarrity

I do not understand why I would need to do a perimeter drain as there is no water under the house and no drain pipes under the house. And I do not understand your comment about radon. Please advise. Thanks, dgarrity

We have not been able to find any evidence of water under the house, but your comment about the foam being a great insulator, but will still leave the framing exposed really made sense to me as I had the same concern and I am not experienced in this area at all. So is the only other option be...

nealtw, An engineer has looked at the cracked beam and it has been fixed. Just posted the photo so you could see what the condition of the wood is in the crawl space so you could advise what I need to do to get the moisture out of the crawl space. One company recommends that I have a crawl...

We had something done very similar to what you described...just worried about the moisture in the crawl space now.

nealw and GBR, Thanks so much for your suggestions. I like the idea of having an engineer inspect the floor. I have included some pictures of the crawlspace and would love your thoughts. Thanks, dgarrity

GBR/Gary, Thanks for your help with this problem. I keep getting conflicted advice...everyone has a different solution for the problem. Any advice on who to use to have this work done? So far I have gotten a quote of $20,000 which is more than I want to spend on a 43 year old home of about...

There are no sewer leaks or open water or water leaks or any evidence of water. I am told the moisture is coming through the ground and the humidity of living in the south near water. The moisture reading was 18% and supposedly 24% is high and 13% is ideal. I believe the foundation is pier...

I purchased a house about 4 years ago and a year ago I started noticing that my floors were uneven as you walked from one side of the house to the other...it reminded me of a wave, a little down, then back up, then down again. My flooring is a combination of carpet and wood flooring and the...