Crawl Space Science: What to Have Done. and Why

There is no shred of evidence or science that says vented dirt crawl spaces make sense and tons of evidence, right before our eyes, that says they are a serious problem. Yet over 250,000 new homes and thousands of additions are built each year with dirt crawl spaces. There are now 26 million of them. The building code not only allows dirt crawl spaces, but actually made the problem much worse by requiring them to be vented. Homeowners, and the U.S. economy are paying the price in so many ways. It s time for something to be done right now.

Your home costs money to operate to heat and cool, and to maintain. A vented dirt crawl space raises your heating and cooling cost 15% (to 25%) every month, and makes it very likely you ll have a big expense for mold removal and/or rotted wood replacement (guaranteed in the Southeast US).

And if it s worth owning a home with a dirt crawl space at all, it is certainly worth fixing....

After five years as a carpenter and builder, Larry Janesky founded Basement Systems Inc. in 1987 to provide basement waterproofing and crawl space environment services to existing homes. He soon learned that there was much room for improvement in the industry, and set out to make those improvements. He has since patented 23 products, with more pending and even more in various stages of design and development.

Larry is currently the president of the world s largest basement waterproofing and crawl space repair dealer network, Basement Systems Inc., that specializes in developing and providing products that result in dry below-ground environments. The company has won three business ethics awards, two consumer education awards, many quality and innovation awards, and was named one of the 20 Best Places to Work in Connecticut. Larry and his company have fixed thousands of crawl spaces since 1987.

Larry has been invited to a number of industry conventions to discuss his research and solutions. Larry has trained more than 3000 people over the last 16 years on basement waterproofing and crawl space repair. His articles have been published in Fine Homebuilding magazine, Permanent Buildings and Foundations magazine, and other publications. His first book in the "What to Have Done... and Why" series entitled, Dry Basement Science: What to Have Done... and Why, was published in 2005. In 2004 he published, "Dirt Crawl Spaces: America's Housing Epidemic."

Larry enjoys his free time in rural Connecticut with his son Tanner, daughters Chloe and Autumn, and his lovely wife Wendy. There he also builds and rides on his motocross track and ATV trails.