Wood Rot in a Georgetown, DE Crawlspace
If the moisture content of the wood in your home is greater than 20%, wood rot can occur. Wood rot is when mold fungi attacks damp wood and over a period of time the wood is eventually “eaten” away. The fungus is something that we cannot control. Most fungi are microscopic, making it very difficult to see them. This is how they can infiltrate your home and begin a silent destruction.
DryZone understand the mechanics of mold and are here to give you a solution. We'll help you stop the moisture and repair the damage of wood rot.
Wood rot can result in severe structural damage to wood. A 1% decrease of the weight of wood can result in a 75% loss in the wood's toughness, causing floor joists and girders to begin to crumble apart in a very short period of time. Loosing the structural integrity of your floor joists can result in a uneven foundation and damage the structural integrity of your home.
To remedy the problem, you will need to address the moisture and humidity that feeds mold, rot, pests and other unwanted forces in your crawl space. The key to this is to keep your crawl space dry by installing a crawl space vapor barrier system and by running a powerful crawl space dehumidifier system.
Compared to other sources of structural damage (frost heave, foundation settlement, bowing foundation walls, etc.) it's relatively easy and inexpensive to reinforce joists and girders in a structurally damaged crawl space.
Girder and joist jacks can be installed at key locations along the structure. Once in place, the floor can be "jacked up" in an attempt to lift the floor back to a level position. If we find that a joist is severely damaged, a sister beam can be installed alongside the normal one for extra strength.
DryZone is the largest Foundation repair and Crawl space repair company on Delmarva. Our inspector Johnny loves identifying how he can save a home from further disrepair, and in the process save the homeowner thousands of dollars that they might have had to spend on the total replacement of the foundation or subfloor support.
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