Crawl Encapsulation for Winston-Salem (Select ZIPs)

Crawl spaces in Winston-Salem

Winston-Salem is the Triad’s largest city after Greensboro, with about 250,000 residents at the 2020 census. It formed in 1913 when the Moravian town of Salem, founded in 1766, joined the tobacco and textile town of Winston. R.J. Reynolds, Hanes and the banking industry built much of the city, and Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem State University and the UNC School of the Arts are here today.

That long history means the city has a wide range of homes. Old Salem and the older neighborhoods around downtown hold some of the oldest houses in the Triad. Areas like Ardmore and West End are full of early 20th century homes and bungalows. After World War II, brick ranches spread across the city, and newer suburbs grew toward Clemmons, Lewisville and Kernersville.

Coverage

Winston-Salem is at the western edge of our service area. We serve selected ZIPs, mostly on the eastern side of the city closer to Kernersville and Greensboro. Send your address or ZIP and we will confirm before scheduling anything.

What we see in Winston-Salem crawls

• **Older homes with low clearance.** Bungalows and early 20th century houses often have brick foundations and crawls that are only a foot or two high in places.
• **Mid-century ranches with HVAC below.** Air handlers and duct systems in vented crawls are very common. Sweating ducts and wet insulation follow.
• **Additions over separate crawls.** Many older homes have rear additions or enclosed porches built over their own, often damp, crawl section.
• **Old ground cover.** Torn plastic or none at all.

Clay and slopes

Forsyth County sits on Piedmont soils similar to Guilford’s, with plenty of clay. Many older Winston-Salem neighborhoods are hilly, and homes built into a slope often have one wall of the crawl that stays damp. Water from the uphill side soaks the soil and seeps through the block. In those cases we look at grading, gutters and sometimes an interior drain on the uphill side before sealing.

Historic districts

If your home is in a local historic district, exterior changes may need approval. Most encapsulation work is inside the crawl. Closing vents can change how the foundation looks from outside, so check with the city’s historic preservation staff if you are unsure. We can close vents from the inside to keep the exterior look.

Request an estimate

Send your address or ZIP first so we can confirm coverage. Include photos of the crawl access and anything you have noticed. If you are east of the city, see our Kernersville page.