Crawl Space FULL Of WATER

So today was my first day inspecting a crawl space since I had my elbow surgery. We have had quite a bit of rain here in the past few days. The houses were surrounded by standing water, and the crawl space was full of standing water! Temperature was thirty something degrees, and getting soaking wet, well that has made for a chilly day so far!
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[@stinger4095]

Your videos are the best regarding crawlspace flooding. Great content for us DIY guys. Greatly appreciated for keeping it real and saying it like it is👍 Thanks Tanner......

[@TannerFlowers]

I appreciate the real ones too. Thank you.

[@MarksThinkTank]

I'm doing a DYI crawl space clean-up and insulation. It is bad enough, but after watching your videos, I just count my blessings. Thanks for all your content!

[@TannerFlowers]

You're very welcome and I appreciate you watching. Thank you.

[@TheShadeManGuitar]

Is should be code to have a sump and drain in any house with a crawl or basement for new builds

[@TannerFlowers]

I agree.

[@Heffbomb]

Wow that's the wettest crawl space I've EVER seen!

[@TannerFlowers]

I've made women this way for years, but I've never seen a crawl space so wet! What a mess! Woooooo! Good hearing from you Heffbomb!

[@mosoworks619]

You going under and taking a video. I already know you do your with with pride and you do your damn best to make it right. Thanks for sharing!

[@TannerFlowers]

Thank you for saying that! We give every project our all!

[@coffeeblack370]

I’m an HVAC installer, I need to move out to Tennessee so I can crawl In one of your crawlspaces! Nobody up where I’m at has a nice clean crawl. Most of them look like this one in the video! Hard to run a line set in a soaking wet crawl. Love your videos!

[@TannerFlowers]

I love my coffee black too! Haha! Thank you very much for commenting. And I appreciate the support!

[@originalk9111]

Would you avoid buying a home with crawl space? I am here in Maine.

[@TannerFlowers]

Not necessarily. Just depends on how everything looks.

[@savannahmccullough6779]

This is why when you go house hunting you go after a big rain. So you an see the problem areas

[@TannerFlowers]

That is a very good tip.

[@truthseekerKJV]

Most people won't have their house on the market during these times. They put them on the market in the spring time so the flowers are blooming, the sun is shining, and the house drainage problems are sleeping.

[@teresaevans4840]

Fantastic point 👉

[@TannerFlowers]

👍👍

[@WattsUpVlogs]

This is what my house is doing right now

[@TannerFlowers]

That ain't no good man.

[@cdphotography2]

I know it's been 5 years but was there a follow up video, before/after. Also, I visited your website and so glad you now service the N. Carolina area. You will be getting a call from me. This is for anyone; I've watched several of Tanners videos and see hot water tanks in the crawl space. Me personally I've never saw this but a recent visit by our plumber said it could be relocated there. We are thinking tankless, due to side and efficiency. Has anyone had their hot water tank relocated?

[@TannerFlowers]

This project never did go through. Not sure whatever became of it. I was in NC in March of 2023, personally training a privately owned company there. The owner is very meticulous.

[@GiorgioPranzo]

Last time I've see a crawl space this bad I was in Venice Italy 😉

[@TannerFlowers]

Haha! That's funny. ;)

[@GiorgioPranzo]

@@TannerFlowers ;-)

[@JohnSmith-qg6wz]

Is it best to direct water away from the house before it gets there instead of a French drain & sump in the crawl space?

[@TannerFlowers]

Yes. But must be performed correctly. Almost every job I have ever posted, already had exterior drainage in place.

[@angelacarter6593]

This is what my crawl space looks like. The water table keeps rising because of the rising Lake Michigan water level. I'm just trying to educate myself on my options. I appreciate that you went inside. It's hard for me to imagine how a French drain and a sump pump are going to do anything in my situation since the entire yard is under 6 inches to a foot of water. The water is actually over the access door to the crawl space.

[@TannerFlowers]

😯😯😯 Oh that's bad!

[@btodarent]

Did you do a video on the install of this home?

[@TannerFlowers]

No.

[@sheltdog8463]

Needed a raft for that inspection!

[@TannerFlowers]

Haha! For real! :)

[@gavenboyd1274]

I’ve done crawlspace work for months, and let me tell you, pulling insulation is one of the hardest jobs

[@TannerFlowers]

Probably my least favorite of all!

[@travisallen8158]

Back pain and sore body all day.

[@TannerFlowers]

@@travisallen8158 guaranteed!

[@travisallen8158]

@@TannerFlowers , how do u charge for extraction and insulation removal?

[@TannerFlowers]

@@travisallen8158 by the job.

[@frankheilmeier3930]

Okay, it’s wet. What to do about it that is permanent?

[@TannerFlowers]

Lots of examples at CRAWLSPACEARTISTS.COM

[@michaelcorsetto3517]

What’s something like this cost ?? I have a similar but not as bad of a situation. If I was in your area and I would pay whatever necessary for you to do my job.

[@TannerFlowers]

20k-30k normally to look like one of my finished projects. CRAWLSPACEARTISTS.COM

[@btpearce]

Are those homes on city sewer ? If not how does the septic systems work? That land will not perk .

[@TannerFlowers]

No. They are all in the county, and on septic. It is not a good situation that's for sure.

[@DarkKnight-ym6nc]

I would like to hire this dude to inspect my home!

[@TannerFlowers]

Thanks Dark Knight! I crawl under them suckers almost every day!

[@cruzintheraw]

06:00 You ain't crazy... You got sense... cuz you ARE THE BEST... I KNOW home owners appreciate what you do... (or they BETTER)... I've had foundation/plumber people come out... remove the crawl space door... take a peek... and give their estimate... I run them off cuz they REFUSE to go into the crawl space... Gotta go thru several people before I find someone with YOUR kind of commitment... 08:24 'Let's get to work'... LOVE IT!!!

[@TannerFlowers]

I appreciate smart people. Thank you!

[@wyonia1]

WOW I have an older home and it floods under my house. However I don't have this much water under my home. I have a sump pump. I cant believe a new home owner is stuck with such a mess. That goes to show that not all new homes are great. All that new construction and then to see whats under the house....sad..

[@TannerFlowers]

You are correct. Thank you for commenting too! 👍

[@skibike22]

Why do you replace all the insulation in-between the floor joists instead of insulating the foundation walls and rim joists?

[@TannerFlowers]

Why would you insulate the foundation walls and rim joists, instead of insulating between all the floor joists? I have been tracking temperatures inside more than 200 homes and crawl spaces consistently, since 2008. If you want to maintain temps inside your living quarters, do what you see me doing. If you are into fads, do what you questioned me about, and see how much additional square footage you end up heating come winter. Don't take my word for it though! There's a lot of people that don't, that end up wishing they did. But hey, if I knew what I was doing, I'd make videos of every single project, and show the world. Wait a minute...... ;) Thanks for commenting. Fun question. Have a great evening.

[@caliplanet]

Would you be interested in a crawl space job in California with a similar problem :)

[@TannerFlowers]

You are welcome to send me info at CRAWLSPACEARTISTS.COM I will review it with my team. If they approve, I do not mind to send them.

[@muhammadsabeel3671]

I recently bought a house and now I found alot of standing water in crawl space I have pumped that water many times but it comes again especially when it rains and now I have put waterproof concrete in half of crawl space and no water is coming up from the concrete but rest of the crawl space is full of water what will be your suggestion about putting concrete in crawl space ?

[@TannerFlowers]

I have only seen it cause tremendous problems, due to it actually keeping water in the crawl space longer. I will comment below with a link as to what needs done...

[@TannerFlowers]

Here you go kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6TbaXyfhb2KhLc

[@kaybuzz976]

Hey Tanner, I have just come accross the same problem under our new place in Michigan. about 6-8 inches of standing water ontop of plastic sheeting which was on top of clay. after you drained all that water out what did you do to dry out the space? Mine has all sorts of mounds and dips and since its water logged clay I cannot work or dig in there. Any recommendations on how to dry it out? My first thoughts are to cover it in a layer of topsoil or fill dirt to absorb the moisture... cheers and great video, it was like watching a first hand video of when i went in to mine!!!

[@TannerFlowers]

You will have to pump the water out, then dig your basin hole, get your sump pump set, and discharge line ran outside, and then do the rest of everything you see me doing here kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6TbaXyfhb2KhLc

[@honestabe7349]

Did you get this job? How did you stop the water from flooding the crawlspace? Is there a video?

[@TannerFlowers]

No I did not. Not sure what they did. It needed all kinds of outside dirt work as well.

[@honestabe7349]

@@TannerFlowers in this instance would you have recommended an exterior drain to try to protect the foundation in lieu of or possibly in addition to an interior crawlspace drain. Seemed like an awful lot of water basically house was in a lake.

[@TannerFlowers]

No. I never advise exterior drains, unless it is during a new construction, and is installed properly, below the footer. I would have performed some outside dirt work, and then stuck to the recipe on the inside. I never change anything. And our finished results are better than anything you will ever be able to find. There's reason for that. It's not by chance.

[@maniakatcho4120]

Where are you from. If you from Australia melbourne I need to talk to you

[@TannerFlowers]

Cleveland, TN. Just a few miles up the road from Melbourne, Australia.

[@kingmaroon6852]

I have same problem how can I fix it ? please

[@TannerFlowers]

Look at my recent video, "The Most Educational Crawl Space French Drain Video Ever!"

[@lupitacarballo0305]

How much do you charge to fix this problem?

[@TannerFlowers]

We actually didn't end up doing this particular project.

[@renenava5213]

Ok we get it but Lupita wants to know and me too about how much will be the cost of fixing that mess if it’s in your hands to repair the problem 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@doitalldavey8788]

Tanner my foundation continues to have moisture and standing water it's driving me crazy

[@TannerFlowers]

It's a hard riddle to solve sometimes. What have you done so far to correct the issue? Are your gutters directing water away from your home as they should be? That's usually the first place to start in identifying water problems.

[@doitalldavey8788]

I figured some issues recently but been watching ur channel over a year. I have an iron drain line one elbow rusted through causing a drip. The cast iron line is run along the ground could have more rust. When rains though it really picks up under there to. Just watched ur french drain video I will look into gutters and it rains a lot were I'm at.

[@TannerFlowers]

@@doitalldavey8788 creating the french drain system properly, and leading that into a basin (which would then be the deepest point), will give the water a place to fall into. Then your sump pump will discharge and water collected within the basin, to outside, and away from your home.

[@charlesholmes3623]

Cheap insulation? What kind do you recommend

[@charlesholmes3623]

My crawlspace is not this bad but I am about to replace my insulation

[@TannerFlowers]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/ena0nWOEj8R4e7s This is all we will install. Been using it just shy of 13 years.

[@charlesholmes3623]

@@TannerFlowers sounds good. Thanks

[@TannerFlowers]

You're very welcome.

[@marybethkuberka6842]

Do you do work in madisonville TN or can you recommend someone in my area. My ground doesn’t perk and after heavy rain we get standing water. We have a lot of moisture even with out heavy rain.

[@TannerFlowers]

That's a little over an hour from me here in Cleveland, but if you want us, you can have us.

[@marybethkuberka6842]

Tanner Flowers can you email me your contact info [e-mail]

[@TannerFlowers]

[e-mail] is my email address Mary Beth.

[@junkbusterstn]

@@TannerFlowers would you come out to Orlinda TN?

[@billgateskilledmyuncle23]

I want a monolithic dome.

[@TannerFlowers]

Me too. :)

[@thomasswihart85]

I just got done doing a 1000 square feet about knee high. Really sucked

[@TannerFlowers]

I guarantee you it did! Props to you for getting it done!

[@thomasswihart85]

@@TannerFlowers sometime during the week gonna put a French drain all around the 4 walls. The water was stagnant 😷 the woman lives on a canal, her crawlspace is 5 feet high which makes things easier

[@thomasswihart85]

@@TannerFlowers must of been over 6000 gallons of water

[@TannerFlowers]

@@thomasswihart85 it gets in there and ain't got nowhere to go.

[@Eyeseemoneywarzone]

Damn and I thought mine was bad

[@TannerFlowers]

Heard that! Some of them are ponds underneath.

[@Eyeseemoneywarzone]

I’m trippin over a little mud. Lol you’ll need a boat for those crawl spaces and don’t forget your fishing pole. Lol 😂

[@TannerFlowers]

I threw in a largemouth bass joke in our most recent finished project video. Lol. I may have said one in this one too. Haha! I can't remember.

[@moavic5087]

Hahaha! You’re crazy bro

[@TannerFlowers]

That's what people keep telling me! Haha! Go figure! Thanks for tuning in Moa Vic!

[@RaineyPowerTraining]

😂 I thought my crawlspace was bad. It has about 6in of standing water through about 30% of the crawlspace. Going to be doing tile drains and sump pump

[@TannerFlowers]

Some have ponds underneath them!

[@RaineyPowerTraining]

@@TannerFlowers In this videos scenario does the water just come in from the ground all around being so saturated? It just rises up into the crawlspace?

[@TannerFlowers]

Yes. The footer trenches are typically always the lowest points in the surrounding area of the home. Water will always make its way into those lowest points. Depending on ground water levels, positive pressure within the ground can push water up, but in most situations, it is drainage water, making its way through the ground, that we cannot ever see, and it gets trapped into these low points, until it is removed, or has had time to settle back into the earth.

[@RaineyPowerTraining]

@@TannerFlowers Thanks for the reply! I appreciate it

[@TannerFlowers]

Thanks for tuning in!

[@sammyelliott5554]

Not only is this ground water, it is in a high humidity state, i.e. Southern states, open vents allows humidity in a cooler crawl space can actually make condensation drip 24/7 , 365 days equals what you see in this video plus the ground water. Not sure if this home is on a septic system or not but if so,it will fail too within time. Shame on this city or county for allowing a builder to develop this swamp land.

[@TannerFlowers]

You are correct in all you said. 👍👍

[@truthseekerKJV]

I see a bill that will require refinancing.

[@TannerFlowers]

Haha! Sounds about right!

[@quacktony]

TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN

[@TannerFlowers]

I started keeping my life jacket in the truck after this one!

[@billgateskilledmyuncle23]

So glad my crawlspace doesn't have insulation.

[@TannerFlowers]

It is not a requirement. But, it would benefit you. Floors, ceilings, and exterior walls of the home, should be insulated for maximum heating and cooling efficiency inside the actual "living quarters" of your home.

[@billgateskilledmyuncle23]

@@TannerFlowers my electric bill barely hits 200 and that's in February typically. The good side is enough heat in the crawl space and my pipes never freeze, though I suppose one could just insulate them too.

[@TannerFlowers]

Yes. If need be.

[@Rick-tb4so]

Says nothing about the builder.

[@TannerFlowers]

Thanks for commenting. 👍

[@billgateskilledmyuncle23]

Failed encapsulation = underground swimming pool

[@TannerFlowers]

No encapsulation attempt here. But you are correct though. ;)

[@billgateskilledmyuncle23]

My house would not be a candidate for encapsulation without spending a lot of money otherwise to keep water out. I have an exterior sump and french drain that I did and 2 more sumps under the house because my backyard was sloped by imbeciles who sloped everything at the house. If it comes a downpour, all 3 pumps will run moving like 110 GPM's and standing water will still accumulate. As soon as the rain stops, the puddles will drain very quickly.

[@TannerFlowers]

I have a ton of videos addressing everything you just said at CRAWLSPACEARTISTS.COM

[@joea2274]

Lol I have seen alot more water than that it sucked.

[@TannerFlowers]

I am sure it did! I have seen literal ponds underneath homes so bad, that I crawl right back out, and say, "No thanks!"

[@pensivevideos351]

I have a solution. Don’t get a crawl space

[@TannerFlowers]

Not a bad solution.

[@billgateskilledmyuncle23]

Slab is worse if you don't build it up high enough and concrete will suck water up to the surface. My garage does it all the time, have to run dehumidifier to dry it.

[@TannerFlowers]

@@billgateskilledmyuncle23 you are correct. :)

[@NoCompM2]

This is the worst I've ever seen, damn.

[@TannerFlowers]

Lucky I didn't drown!

[@55afishead]

Drama queen equals more money! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TannerFlowers]

All the way to the bank. 👍