Keeping excess humidity out of your crawl space means significant mold and mildew mitigation. Quality crawl space door systems in combination with a dehumidifier can significantly reduce the humidity under your home, especially on those notoriously high humidity days. The humidity doesn’t just encourage mold and mildew, but it causes the wood under your home to rot faster and encourages insects and rodents to set up shop under your home. Finding quality crawl space doors is an integral part of protecting your home.

South Carolina and North Carolina are notorious for high humidity, especially as you near the coast around Myrtle Beach and Wilmington. This can be very problematic for homeowners. Excessive moisture in the home can damage the wood structure and affect the health of everyone residing there, pets included.

Perhaps you’ve see the signs. A lot of mildew, especially in the bathroom or cracking, peeling, or blistering paint on the walls and baseboards. You may have noticed that during the winter you get condensation on the windows and you may have even found mold growing in your bathroom or kitchen. All of these point to having too much moisture in your home.

If your home has too much moisture, it costs more to heat and cool it, and the risk of mold growing in and on the walls and in basements and crawlspaces is significantly higher. When you properly control the moisture in your home with insulation, sealing, and proper ventilation, you also lower the risk of mold growth and will save money on heating and cooling costs.