Crawl Space Repair Photo Album: Crawl Space Encapsulation & Moisture Control in Manhattan Beach, CA

A crawl space can have a major impact on the environment beneath a home. At this Manhattan Beach, CA property, Saber Foundation & Concrete Repair transformed an exposed-earth crawl space with a comprehensive encapsulation system. The project included covering the crawl space floor and foundation walls with a durable moisture barrier, installing drainage matting in applicable areas, carefully sealing around supports and other penetrations, and incorporating a sump system to help manage water beneath the home. The completed crawl space is dramatically different from the exposed soil and insulation visible before the work began. Browse the project photos to see the crawl space before and after encapsulation and how Saber approaches crawl space moisture control for homeowners in Manhattan Beach and throughout Southern California.

Crawl Space Inspection Before Encapsulation in Manhattan Beach

A measurement documents the limited clearance inside this Manhattan Beach crawl space before the encapsulation project began. The exposed soil and insulation show the original conditions beneath the home.

Completed Crawl Space Encapsulation in Manhattan Beach, CA

The crawl space after installation of a moisture barrier across the ground and foundation walls. The encapsulation material is fitted around the home's structural supports to help isolate the crawl space from the exposed earth below.

Crawl Space Moisture Barrier Around Supports

This completed section shows the encapsulation system extending throughout the Manhattan Beach crawl space and fitted around the wooden structural supports beneath the home.

Crawl Space Moisture Control System in Manhattan Beach

A view of the completed encapsulation around mechanical equipment and utilities. Careful installation allows the moisture-control system to cover the crawl space while accommodating existing components beneath the home.

Crawl Space Sump Pump Installation in Manhattan Beach

The crawl space system includes a sump pump installation designed to collect and discharge water from beneath the home as part of the overall moisture-management solution.

Crawl Space Drainage Matting Installation

Drainage matting installed across the exposed crawl space floor provides a durable layer beneath the encapsulation system and supports water management below the moisture barrier.

Crawl Space Drainage and Moisture Control System

This view shows drainage matting covering the crawl space floor while the moisture barrier extends along the perimeter walls, illustrating multiple components of the crawl space encapsulation system.

Drainage Matting Throughout Manhattan Beach Crawl Space

A wider view shows drainage matting installed throughout a large portion of the crawl space before completion of the encapsulation system.

Completed Crawl Space Moisture Barrier Installation

A wide view beneath the home shows the completed moisture barrier extending across the crawl space floor and perimeter while being sealed around structural supports.

Encapsulated Crawl Space Wall in Manhattan Beach

The moisture barrier extends up the crawl space foundation wall and is detailed around an existing opening, creating a more isolated environment beneath the home.

Crawl Space Drainage Mat Beneath Manhattan Beach Home

Drainage matting covers the soil beneath the home's floor system as part of the crawl space moisture-management and encapsulation project.

Dirt Crawl Space Before Encapsulation in Manhattan Beach

The original crawl space contained exposed earth beneath the floor system. This photo documents conditions before installation of the drainage and encapsulation materials.

Crawl Space Before Encapsulation in Manhattan Beach

Before encapsulation, this section of the crawl space had an exposed earth floor, open foundation surfaces, utilities, and insulation beneath the home's floor framing.

Exposed Crawl Space Before Moisture Control

Another view of the crawl space before repairs shows exposed soil, plumbing, insulation, and the structural framing beneath the Manhattan Beach home.

Crawl Space Foundation Before Encapsulation

Exposed soil, concrete foundation walls, insulation, and structural framing are visible before Saber Foundation & Concrete Repair began the crawl space encapsulation project.