Crawl Space Encapsulation in Augusta, GA

We're local and know our market: Augusta sits on red clay that does not absorb water. Rain puddles at the surface, pushes into crawl spaces, and the summer heat does the rest: when it is pushing 107 outside, the cold HVAC equipment most homes here keep in the crawl space sweats against the humid air. Dripping ductwork is one of the most common problems we find, and the heavy downpours this season brings overwhelm the clay all over again.

The housing stock tells the same story two ways. Downtown Augusta homes date back to the 1800s, and their original crawl spaces have carried generations of moisture. Out in Evans and Martinez, the 1990s subdivisions are hitting 30 years old with nothing done under the house since the day it was built. Both end up needing a real assessment, not a package pitch.

Around Augusta and Evans the soil is red clay, and red clay does not absorb water at all. We do not get a lot of steady rain here, we get heavy downpours, and those overwhelm the clay and run right into the crawl space. In a sandy soil that water drains away fairly quickly, but here it just puddles on top of the ground and sits. That is what turns one storm into a real water intrusion problem under the house.

The other big one in the CSRA is condensation off the ductwork. A lot of homes here have the HVAC system down in the crawl space, and in the heat of summer the contrast in temperature makes that ductwork sweat. Around Evans we are mostly working on homes built in the 90s that are now about 30 years old and have never had anything done, so the issues are finally showing up. Over in Aiken the soil is really sandy and those houses do not tend to have the same moisture problems, so there we are doing more insulation and fungal treatment on older homes that have just been neglected.

An Augusta encapsulation gets 12-mil or 20-mil poly backed by a 25-year warranty against natural degradation, a Santa Fe dehumidifier, the Compact 70 or the Oasis, each carrying a 6-year manufacturer warranty, and Liberty pumps moving condensate and groundwater out of the space.

On the walls we install R10, two-and-a-half-inch Bora Foam board on essentially every encapsulation. It contains borate, which makes it termite-resistant, so the same system that dries out your crawl space helps defend it from termites.

Kevin Hudson owns and runs this branch and is on the job himself, with 14 years in crawl spaces and a local Augusta pest-control background before that. He is not a commission salesperson tied to one proprietary product; he builds the solution around your house and your budget. On price, the market splits three ways: the cheapest crews lay loose plastic over a space for $1,000 to $2,000, national foundation chains average $15,000 to $30,000, and a typical Crawlspace Medic job runs $5,000 to $10,000. The free inspection sets the scope.

Fungal treatment anchors most of our Augusta work, alongside crawl space insulation and vapor barrier, a good share of it 10-mil.

Inspections are free, photographed, and measured. We read wood moisture on a scale where 12 to 16% is safe and anything over 20% means active damage is likely, and we show you our own current photos rather than someone else's alarming ones. Conditions under a house change fast here; a crawl space that was clean when you bought the home two years ago is not guaranteed clean now, so always ask for pictures. We take fresh ones on every visit.