Water and crawl spaces
Mold and moisture remediation
Tier B · 26 towns covered
Cleanup and humidity control after a long-running moisture problem. Often paired with encapsulation.
If this is what you're dealing with, you're not the first person on this stretch of coast to run into it.
How this normally shows up
- Discolouration spreading across framing over months
- Allergy symptoms that ease when you leave the house
- A smell that gets stronger in humid weather
- Visible growth on joists, subfloor, or the underside of insulation
The usual approach
Cleanup without fixing the moisture source is temporary. Any contractor worth using will want to deal with the water first and the growth second.
$1,500 – $6,000 — typical range, not a quote. What your home needs can only be settled by a registered contractor who comes out and looks at it.
We publish this for reference but don't currently pass these jobs on. If it's part of a wider moisture problem, tell us about that and we'll route the whole thing.
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Tell us what's happening →Coverage
Towns we cover for this
Only the areas where this work actually applies.
Inland mainland
Flat sandy tracts with a high water table. Crawl spaces and slab are the common foundation types here.
Bayfront and lagoon
Dredge-and-fill lagoon communities at low elevation with tidal influence on groundwater.
Long Beach Island
Salt air, timber and concrete pilings, and housing stock split sharply between pre- and post-Sandy.