Replacing damaged insulation can be a costly endeavor. That doesn’t mean, however, that the effort isn’t worth it. When you replace your damaged insulation, you are:
Protecting Your Crawl Space
As mentioned, your crawl space has significant sway over just how healthy your home is. A crawl space that’s protected from moisture damage is a crawl space that is going to prevent similar damage from spreading through the rest of your home. Comparatively, a crawl space that actively suffers from insulation damage is going to be more susceptible to moisture damage. As moisture makes its way into your home, you will start to see signs of the damage it leaves behind, including bowing walls, mold growth, and higher electrical bills.
When you replace damaged insulation, you get ahead of this kind of damage. You deny mold spores the incubator they need to grow, and you make sure moisture doesn’t have a place to rest and negatively impact the health of your space. You also lower your electric bills and prevent animals from making their way indoors, generally making your home a more enjoyable space to live in.
Protecting Your Family’s Health
As mentioned, there are several crawl space conditions that can have a detrimental impact on the health of your family. If you allow mold to take root in your crawl space, for example, your family can start to show signs of respiratory problems, even if none of you has a history of suffering from similar conditions.
When you replace your crawl space insulation, you deny those dangerous mold spores the opportunity to start growing. Not only that, but you provide your family with a warm and well-supported home to live in. In doing so, you lower the risk of injuries, illnesses, and other conditions that might put your family’s health at risk.