Protect Your Home with Proper Insulation Insulation is essential for energy efficiency, keeping your home warmer in winter and cooler in summer. When properly maintained, it can reduce heating and cooling costs by up to 40%. However, water damage or pest infestations can compromise its effectiveness, requiring prompt removal and [...]
Dryer Vents & Your Crawl Space Portland Or, Vancouver Wa I have had the privilege of going into thousands of crawlspaces over the past decade and I am still alive to talk about it. You know the place I am talking about, that dark, confined area that you [...]
Groundwater Portland OR, Vancouver Wa Groundwater can be found almost everywhere. The water table may be deep or shallow; and may rise or fall depending on many factors. Heavy rains or melting snow may cause the water table to rise, or heavy pumping of groundwater supplies may [...]
Living here in the NW we all know how our weather can be. Someone can sneeze and suddenly it's snowing in the middle of summer! The one bit we all know very well is, rain. Oregonians and Washingtonians are known for our non-umbrella using hoodie wearing rebellions, but [...]
Attic Insulation Portland OR, Vancouver WA Drafty rooms can be uncomfortable in a home, especially during the summer and winter seasons. It’s important for homeowners to be able to control the indoor temperature in a cost-effective way. If your home is prone to drafty rooms or uneven temperatures [...]
Crawl Space Insulation Portland Or, Vancouver Wa Picture this: it’s the first cold day in the winter season and you have your furnace going. The entire house getting deliciously warm, but everyone in the house is wearing socks. Why? Because despite the heat going, your floors are still cold! Sound [...]
Crawlspace Vikings Bloom Pest Control & Home Services specializes in crawl space services—so much so that their crew are widely known as “The Crawl Space Vikings.” Over the past few decades, even Hollywood has become increasingly aware of the challenges faced in crawl spaces, and has demonstrated that awareness [...]
Oh Rats! By Nathan Head As an exterminator I have learned a thing or two about rats. One, people hate them; two, they want them gone. In writing this article I wanted to convey my personal experience as someone who has been dealing with these guys for a long time. [...]
What is a Crawl Space Simply put, your crawl space is the area under your home. It houses and gives access to wiring and plumbing. What are Crawl Spaces for? The top 2 reasons a crawl space is used is: It keeps your home off the ground. Meaning your home stays [...]
Crawl Space Vents Crawl spaces are an important part of the structure of the house, as most homeowners know; it keeps the house off the ground, which discourages bug infestations, is less costly than a basement, and makes it easier to access the heating and air conditioning work of the [...]
