Did you know about 65% of the homes in Los Angeles are built with crawl spaces? This means home crawl spaces were built to provide a buffer between the house and its inhabitants and the damp, wet earth below. The problem is these crawl spaces are often ignored by homeowners for things such as mold, water leaks, sewer leaks, and more. Twin Home Experts has performed over 1200 crawl space emergency clean up jobs in and around Los Angeles. Let’s take a look at all the different crawl space issues that may be hidden in your Los Angeles home that you may not have known.
#-1 MOST DANGEROUS CRAWL SPACE CLEANING in your Los Angeles home:
We often get calls from homeowners stating that they are seeing fungus growing out of their walls. When we arrive to track this fungi growth, we crawl and find a fungus called Poria Incrassata taking over. This fungus starts from a roots system on the outside, then creeps into the crawl space, then starts to eat the wood substrates, then into the walls, and if not caught right way, this can eat your house structure causing major damage to your home.
Here is a video of an example where twin home experts found poria “the house eating fungus”:
The challenge with poria incrassata is that insurance does not cover this and it can get expensive.
How much does it cost to remove poria incrassata from crawl space?
Cost to remove poria incrassata cam range from $1,500.00 to $50,000.00 in our experience.
Twin tip:
Perform periodic crawl space inspection, especially if you have a lot of Plant life around your home. This is the breeding ground for poria incrassata.
#-2 NASTIEST Los Angeles Crawl Space Cleaning:
This is something that we can never get used to, and that is SEWER CRAWL SPACE CLEANING!
This often leads to a very bad odor in the home and can cause massive infiltration of sewer flies. This is caused by a broken deteriorating sewer drain pipe, allowing the sewage to spill into the crawl space with every toilet flush.
Twin Home Experts have to show up with special extraction equipment, Tyvek suits, and a full mask to stop us from not only the bacteria but vomiting 🤮. This is so the thing we can never get used to.
How much does Sewage crawl space cleaning costs in Los Angeles?
This can range as low as $800.00 but can be as high as $10,000.00. Depends on how much needs to be cleaned? Accessibility?
Twin tip:
Make sure your drain system does not deteriorate and inspect your crawl space to prevent this expensive clean up that most insurance policies will not cover.
#3 - RATS IN CRAWL SPACE CLEANING:
Rats in your crawl space can be a major issue if not taken care of right away.
Rats are more aggressive than any time before due to COVID-19. We have stopped the rodent food source as they are used to so they are heading into more home’s crawl spaces, chewing through pipes, then getting into the home’s food supply while then getting back into the crawl space to nest and breed.
Twin tips:
Make sure your crawl space is completely sealed up preventing any animal life from creeping in.
#4- CRAWL SPACE WATER LEAKAGE:
Twin Home Experts gets these calls during the rainy season “my crawl space is flooded” and “there is excess water we need to get rid of”. This happens when heavy rains comes in Los Angeles and then the rainwater migrates into the crawl space without a way out.
This requires hydrostatic leak detection work to determine how the water is leaking into the crawl space, then a proper preventative measure can be put in place.
Water leaking into the crawl space can cause severe mold, fungus, and bad indoor air quality issues.
Twin tip:
After a rain, perform a crawl space inspection. This will help determine if your crawl space is waterproofed properly.
#5- Crawl Space Mold Cleaning:
Los Angeles Crawl space cleaning can be very easy or a major challenge.
The first step BEFORE doing crawl space cleaning is to stop the moisture source into your crawl space. This is done by first performing an inspection to trace out the leak source:
Top causes of crawl space mold. Water pipe leak? Rainwater seepage? Humidity? Drainpipe leak? Rule and solve this first before paying a Los Angeles crawl space restoration company. This is the huge competitive advantage that Twin Home Experts has over most crawl Los Angeles crawl space cleaning companies. We have the technology and expertise to find the leaks but to permanently fix the leaks into your crawl space.
#6- Water Pipe Leak in My Crawl Space:
These calls are usually “hey, my water bill is super high and don’t know why”. Twin Home Experts comes out to do a leak detection and sure enough, we crawl under the house and find a pinhole leak on the waterline. This typically occurs on the hot water line. We have seen these types of crawl space leaks go on for months.
Twin tips:
These are typically covered by insurance, ONLY if you don’t have major mold. The insurance company will deny coverage due to long term leaking.
Need Help With Your Los Angeles Crawl Space? Contact Twin Home Experts
Well folks, we hope this helped you with your Los Angeles crawl space cleaning tips. If you should have more questions please give us a call at 818-623-8739 or email us at by clicking here. to send us an email.
