04/27/2026
WHY YOUR INSULATION IS FALLING (and what’s living in it)
1. This crawlspace has or had a hot water pipe leak making insulation wet
2. Insulation only moves like that, in individual strands being pulled down individually, from snakes hunting mice as the snakes get caught on the wet insulation hunting mice in the insulation.
Fact: All Eastern unsealed crawlspaces over 1 year old have 25-100 mice nesting in the insulation.
Fact: Every crawlspace over 1 year old has a family of black snakes hunting as they come out of their burrow in the ground in their crawlspace every 12-14 days.
SOLUTION: No uncovered ground, no 80+% moisture in crawl, no camel crickets and cockroaches eating the mold, No mice hunting camel crickets and cockroaches, no mice no snakes.
Lesson: Cover ground 100%, air seal foundation vents and door and have AC lightly trickle in 1/10th of 1% of the AC's already dry 50% humidity air into crawlspace. NO $,$$$ DEHUMIDIFIER NEEDED.
Benefits:
18-22% better whole home energy efficiency
Healthy home air ... no more musty smell
Preserves wood floor indefinitely
No more cupping of hardwood floors
AC lasts 20-25% longer
If you have room down there its now all conditioned storage space
Raises property value by 4%-10%
[Link to www.sealedsolution.com]