A Damp Basement or Crawlspace Affects Your Entire Home

Whether you have a damp basement or a damp crawlspace, that musty air is not limited to that space. This undesirable air is moving throughout your entire home.

Perhaps you notice a musty odour? Do any of your family members suffer from respiratory challenges, allergies, asthma issues or ongoing symptoms of a cold or the flu?

The cause may be due to your wet basement or crawlspace and is not a problem to be ignored if it is affecting your family’s health.

To understand how a damp space can affect your family’s health, let’s first look at how air circulates in a home. If there is water penetration in your basement or crawlspace, it increases the humidity level in your home. The lower areas of your home are cooler, and when this humid air warms (when it comes in contact with your heating system and floors, for example), it rises throughout your home and escapes through the roof. More air is drawn in from the outside and up from the lower levels as air vents into the upper levels.

This airflow in your home is known as the ‘stack effect’.

The continual high moisture level in your home due to your wet basement or crawlspace is the ideal breeding ground for mould and allergens (such as dust mites). We know from the stack effect that this problematic air is circulating throughout your home.

This moist air not only affects your family’s health; it also affects the structural integrity of your home, energy costs, resale value and the overall enjoyment of your home.

We have permanent solutions for your wet crawlspace and basement problems and offer complimentary inspection and written estimate. Please reach out to us; 1-800-638-7048.