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Facts Concerning Vented Crawl Spaces
Did you know that 40 to 80% of the air you breath in your home comes from the crawl space?
Did you know that the average humidity in most vented crawl spaces remains above 70%, providing the perfect environment for mold and mildew, wood decay, termites, and other pests?
Have Healthy Home Environment inspect your home's crawl space for signs of damaging moisture, mold, mildew, and fungus.
Venting a crawl space may actually increase the moisture beneath a house during the summer. Venting during the winter may decrease the humidity in a house so much that the hardwood floors develop gaps, and windows and doors might warp. In addition, venting may increase energy loads, resulting in higher cooling and heating costs. That is why it is important to control the environment beneath the house as you do your living space.
System Specialist:
Tim Sellers
336-376-0081 (office)
336-516-1591 (mobile)
Located in
Graham, North Carolina
What does research say about closed crawl spaces?
Research completed by Advanced ENERGY(c) and funded by the U.S. Department of Energy has shown that "properly closed crawl spaces are substantially drier and more energy efficient than well-constructed, code-compliant, vented crawl spaces".
