Crawl space repair in Boiling Springs, SC

Boiling Springs grew from 4,544 people in 2000 to 10,405 in 2020, according to census counts. It's a census-designated place, not an incorporated town, so it has no town hall or building department of its own.

Newer subdivisions aren't immune

Much of Boiling Springs' housing went up in the past few decades. Plenty of those homes were built over vented crawl spaces with a thin sheet of plastic on the ground. Ten or twenty years on, that plastic is often torn from service calls, batts have soaked up summer humidity and dropped, and the ducts and air handler sweat every July. If a Boiling Springs house smells musty or feels clammy in summer, the crawl space is a good place to start looking.

Graded lots and clay fill

Subdivision lots are cut and filled during construction, and the backfill against the foundation tends to settle over the first years. When it does, the soil can slope toward the house instead of away from it. On Piedmont clay, that sends roof water right to the crawl space. Regrading and longer downspouts are inexpensive fixes that should come before any encapsulation.

Who handles permits?

Since Boiling Springs isn't a town, crawl space jobs that need a permit generally go through Spartanburg County's Building Codes Department. The crawl space company can confirm for your address.

Services in Boiling Springs

• Crawl space encapsulationSeal the vents, line the ground and walls, and keep humid air out from under the house.
• Crawl space dehumidifiersInstall, replace or service the dehumidifier that keeps a sealed crawl space dry.
• Wood rot and moisture damageReplace decayed sills, joists and subfloor and fix the moisture that caused it.
• Sagging floor supportAdd piers, beams and sistered joists under floors that sag, slope or bounce.
• Crawl space drainage and sump pumpsStop water from pooling under the house with grading, drains and a sump.

Nearby areas

• Spartanburg
• Landrum
• Woodruff