I have had a small moisture problem in my crawlspace recently - I noticed a dark spot coming up under my vinyl floor in the bathroom. We crawled under the house and found that the in one spot at the back of the house, the foundation is wicking up moisture, right up the concrete, to the brick, to the subfloor, and there is mold/mildew growing - after 14 years of living there with absolutely no moisture issues at all. :mad: So we will have to pull up the vinyl and replace that subfloor section. But natuarally I want to address the cause of the issue. I called a crawlspace/foundation company and scheduled an inspection (free) to see what the options were. I knew I would have to listen to a sales pitch, but I just wanted to see what they thought about it, and what the choices were. Obviously, sealing crawlspaces is a very profitable venture. The guy quoted me a $12500 price tag :eek: for laying down about 1700 st of 20mil vapor barrier, sealing the vents, and installing a shiny new dehumidifier (with its own GFI outlet of course). I have to admit, it sounds like a good thing to have done, but there is no way that I am paying that kind of money for it. :NO NO NO: I'll look into a DIY project perhaps. Has anyone else had this done? What sort of costs did you experience? I have googled around a bit, and it sounds to me like the companies are raking in the profits on this service. BUT, the one MAJOR question that I forgot to ask him. The vapor barrier goes up the foundation brick, to within a few inches of the wood (so that the termite guys can inspect and treat). Makes sense. But...if there is condensation going up that concrete foundation, from the ground....exactly how does a vapor barrier, that is running up that concrete, prevent the wicking of that moisture up the brick and into the wood?

The general was known to a family i know but he didnt have small enough equipment so he hired an excavator he dealt with before. After the waterproofing job was done, it still leaked and i took pics and showed him. Many calls and months went by then into winter and i finally got ahold of the excavator and he said he'd be out in spring to dig things up and fix. of course more than 6 calls later to him and 2 calls to the general, no results and it's been a year since they were here. So what do you contractors actually view as legitimate threats and you'd come back to fix it? 1. legal action (expensive and long and i really dont want to go that way) 2. BBB 3. ads in the local paper detailing the facts of my case or maybe just an ad saying please call me, you havent fixed my problem from last year yet! 4. signs around his neighborhood (it's rural so not seen by many but would get the point across) 5. visit his house and ask why he wont return my calls and of course he'd tell me not to visit but maybe that would make the point before i was kicked off 6. say i will go to the paper and the tv stations, it's not very likely to actually get a story but you never know. 7. your idea????? as you can tell i'm frustrated, is there some kind of statute of limitations that maybe they are trying to stall and get this past?