Quote Originally Posted by Foschi Exotic Serpents View Post
A crawl space is only about 3 to 4ft high. My house is on a foundation but with a crawlspace. It means the floor of the crawl space under the house was originally just the ground. Dirt. The concrete foundation is only around the perimiter. A layer of plastic and gravel was spread to help reduce moisture and gasses.

I have been doing some research and I need to invest in a dehumidifier with built in pump. It can be routed into a sink drain or the dishwasher drain. Im also looking into getting a vent fan for the crawl space and one for the attic.

Its looking like the only at home treatment is a bleach spray on every surface affected. Then to keep it dry indefinately. Im thinking this is the cause of my son and I being sick all year this last year. I definately have work on my hands now. Ugh.

So does anyone know what the proper bleach treatment is? Is it bleach mixed with water? At what percentage?

sorry..lol.....we dont have stuff like that out here in AZ...

I know my mother in law has this problem in the basement...they did research and found out under ground there was a running stream down deep in the ground under the house. She put a sump pump in????? Apparently as the snow melts (in MT) the stream runs higher. That is probably not your problem.

Do you think you could have someone come out and see if they can concrete the crawl space though?? Sorry I don't have any other advice. I don't even know the bleach mixture as we cut EVERYTHING out and threw everything even remotely touching away. Literally we were seeing the outside bricks of the house.

Please be sure that you are wearing a mask while doing this work as that stuff is nasty...especially in children ...and can cause, amongst other things, asthma.