Crawl Space encapsulation Solutions In Birmingham, Huntsville and Montgomery Alabama

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What is Crawl Space encapsulation?

H2O Crawl space encapsulation is a process of sealing your crawl space off from the outside elements. H2O Waterproofing provides crawl space encapsulation using a highly durable product known as a vapor barrier which will prevent any unwanted moisture or soil gas from entering your home. It is estimated that up to 50% of the air people breathe in their homes flows up from their house’s crawl space.

Crawl space encapsulation helps protect you and your family, but it also protects the integrity of your home's structure by making sure that no harmful substances seeps into any crevices or cracks in the floors or walls. The crawl space encapsulation from H2O Waterproofing is a practical, cost-effective way to shield your home from the undeniable humidity that Birmingham, Alabama experiences every year. As a homeowner in today’s environment, you must try to stop rot, mold growth, foundation cracks, animal infestation and more before it spreads through the rest of your home.

Crawl space encapsulations now meet all building codes.

Cat Urine smell in encapsulated crawl spaces

So lately there has been a huge movement to confuse homeowners and professionals alike as to what actually causes this cat pee smell that about 5% of encapsulated crawl spaces get.

I don’t know why, but self identified “Experts” have blamed this cat pee smell on everything from reinforced plastic to the poor hygiene of a homeowners cat. We have seen online video’s from the “ninja” explaining how reinforced vapor barrier is “glued” together and when that glue gets wet it falls apart and then the string in the middle gets wet and smells like cat pee. Personally, I have never experienced making contact with any kind of string that smells like cat pee when it gets wet. This company’s ideas are clearly born from the purest form of ignorance, lacking the knowledge but claiming to be an expert anyway. After all they have some “ninja plastic” they bought from the home improvement store to sell you, without the reinforcement that smells like cat pee of course.

The REAL Cause

In the videos we have posted online about this problem, we have identified the odor originates from the decomposition of plant material in the ground under the home. We also identified the elevated moisture levels in the ground, post encapsulation, plays a part in the cat pee smell complaint. We have continued to collect data on the conditions that surround this cat pee smell complaint, but have not been able to draw any conclusions....until now

Ammonia smell

Cat pee smells like ammonia, mostly because cat pee often has ammonia in it. Nearly everyone can identify what a claim of “cat pee smell” would smell like and ammonia is the common denominator. Ammonia is made up of Nitrogen and Hydrogen, NH3. When a plant breaks down in the soil, the bacteria decomposes the plant back into minerals other plants can use. If you look at the life cycle of Nitrogen you will see how ammonia NH3 (ammonium NH4) plays a role. (Info graphic courtesy of Wikipedia.org)