Crawl space repair in Spartanburg, SC
Crawl space help for the Hub City, the county seat of Spartanburg County.
Spartanburg had 38,732 residents at the 2020 census. It's the county seat, home to Wofford College and Converse University, and earned the Hub City nickname from the rail lines that once fanned out from it like spokes on a wheel.
Old houses, old crawl spaces
Hampton Heights, a few blocks south of Morgan Square, is the city's oldest intact downtown neighborhood, with Queen Anne and Neoclassical houses and early 1900s bungalows. Homes that age typically sit on brick piers or a brick perimeter wall, often with bare dirt underneath and floor framing that's been through a century of humid summers. Wood rot at the sills, sagging center beams and missing ground cover are common finds.
Mill village homes
Cotton mills have operated around Spartanburg since 1816, and by the early 1900s about 40 textile mills had been established, many with villages of company houses beside them. The village next to Beaumont Mill is now a local historic district. Mill houses were generally built plainly, and many sit on piers rather than a full perimeter wall. Many have been renovated more than once, and the crawl spaces show it: notched joists, patched subfloor and ducts added in tight spaces. A careful inspection is worth it before closing on one.
Permits inside city limits
Building Inspections, part of the city's Development Services, handles permits for property inside Spartanburg city limits. The city asks you to confirm an address is actually inside the limits before applying, since a Spartanburg mailing address doesn't guarantee it.
Common questions
Do you cover Hampton Heights and the mill villages?
Yes. Call with your address and we'll connect you with a crawl space company that works in the city.
My address says Spartanburg. Is it in the city?
Not necessarily. The city asks applicants to confirm a property is inside city limits. Otherwise Spartanburg County or another town handles permits.
Services in Spartanburg
- 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
Musty smell, sweating ducts or a floor that's started to dip?
Call the number above and a local crawl space company will help you figure out what's happening under the house.