Before & After Photos

Our Energy Savings Package is the perfect combination for customers looking to be more energy efficient. Much of your home’s air quality is a direct result of the condition of your crawl space. To prevent that air quality from being tarnished, it's necessary to keep humidity and moisture out and insulate the space from extreme temperatures. Unfortunately for this Sawyer, MI home, concrete block walls and dirt floors (like those in the before picture) offer very little resistance when it comes to water, air, and outside temperatures.

The crew was able to change all of that with SilverGlo wall insulation and the CleanSpace vapor barrier – two of the products included in our Energy Savings Package. The SilverGlo walls seen in the after photo will reflect heat back to its source, keeping the crawl space cool or warm depending on the season. CleanSpace is a durable plastic liner that won’t be penetrated by moisture. With the package working together, this home will save a bundle on their heating and cooling costs.

When this customer started thinking about putting her house on the market, she knew she would have to do something about the mess in her crawl space. As you can see in the before photo, the moisture that was getting into the crawl space had caused quite a few problems. The tarp that was supposed to be protecting the crawl space was covered with water, debris was everywhere, and the piers and walls were water stained.

To solve this problem, the crew installed the SmartSump (see after photo) to pump out water and encapsulated the crawl space with the moisture barrier CleanSpace. CleanSpace is the white liner that covers everything in the crawlspace including the piers, walls, and floor. The sump pump will collect all the moisture that doesn’t get through the barrier and direct it out through the discharge line. Selling this home will be much easier when potential customers see the completely encapsulated crawl space, instead of the pit that it used to be.

This home is a summer home for the owners but every summer they have problems with a damp crawl space and that gives off a mildew smell. They also said with the damp crawl space they have noticed mold growth. No one wants mold in their house, it can cause health issues, is horrible for resale and it looks awful. 

The crawl space had a sump pump but it wasn't doing its job. Our team installed CleanSpace to encapsulate the space and a new sump pump. The pump installed is the King of all sump pumps, the TripleSafe. This sump pump has 3 pumps in the one liner. It also has a cover so the water that gets in stays in and isn't evaporated back into the crawl space, leaving it wet. 

Following the storm, Brian realized water flooded into his basement. He knew the standing water couldn't stay, so he called Ayers for assistance. We sent our professionals to his house, who recommended WaterGuard, a drainage piping system designed to be placed on top of the footing rather than alongside it. This prevents drainage pipe clogging by catching water and avoiding soil. Brian loves having a dry basement!

Patrick was having trouble with water leaking in his basement and decided he needed to get this repeated issue he was having checked out. After calling Ayers out for inspection, our crew determined his basement could use our TripleSafe Sump Pump System along with our UltraSump 4 Battery Backup Sump Pump System.  

The TripleSafe consists of three sump pumps that fit in one liner. The primary pump does the main job of keeping water out. The second pump is there in case the other fails. Lastly, if there is a power outage, this is where the need for the UltraSump comes in. This is a great system to have in the event your sump pump stops working, as it gives additional protection against water damage if your primary sump pump fails. It has an automatic switch that turns on the battery-operated pump if water rises above the AC pump operating range. This system can remove up to 12,000 gallons of water with a fully charged battery. An alarm is even in place if the backup pump turns on. 

Patrick is now content with this new system in place, keeping his basement dry!