How Much Do I Need to Spend on Crawl Space Cleaning?

Find out the average crawl space cleaning cost and factors influencing pricing.

The crawl space in many US homes is often neglected due to minimal traffic. When you hear critters or smell foul odors, it’s evident there’s an issue in your crawl space.  Cleaning a crawl space yourself can be challenging due to limited space and accessibility.

Besides, you need to wade through dust, debris and in the process get all the foul smell. Consider contacting us, the experts at Attic Wizard, for affordable and effective cleaning solutions without breaking the bank. Therefore, let us understand how much it costs to effectively clean a crawl space.

Average cost of crawl space cleaning:

On an average, you may have to spend anywhere in between $6000 – $18,000 or a bit more for cleaning your dirty, dust & debris accumulated, rot & mold infested or critter & pest proliferated crawl space. Let’s look at the specific services and their respective rates, which is an approximate figure.

• Standard Cleaning

  Our skilled cleaners remove all debris from the crawl space, disposing of it safely away from your home. It would also go on to clean anything that is harming the energy-efficiency quotient of a house. Once such basic cleaning costs $750 – $2000 on an average. *The figures are again approximate values.

• Insulation Fixing

  When the insulation material in the crawl space is damaged or torn, the residence becomes less energy-efficient. So, replacing the damaged insulation with eco-friendly materials can cost anything between $1500 – $3500, depending upon the nature of damage and length of the crawl space. Though it is not a part of cleaning, sanitizing or decontamination, it comes to our eyes, when we perform any maintenance service for the attic or crawl space of any residence.

• Pest Removal

  Pests like bats, mice, rodents, squirrels, geckos can convert the crawl space into their homes. So, you need to hire our insulation experts for an act of pest eradication in a safe, hygienic, professional and uncruel manner. Pesticides are only administered, if the infestation is of a serious nature. The approximate cost can vary between $1000 – $2000, or may be less.

• Mold & Mildew Treatment

  After rain or humid weather, mold, algae, and mildew can infest your crawl space. We treat such infestations with anti-microbial products and agents. A mold infestation removal can cost anything around $1200 – $2000. It is all part of the crawl space cleaning & decontamination process.

• Fungus & Algae Eradication

  Cleaning fungi, mold or mushroom growth can cost the same as mold treatment. Prices are almost the same. Such fungus growth poses minimal threat to the attic or crawl space but can trigger skin allergies in sensitive individuals.

• Spraying Deodorant In Crawl Space

  With pest droppings and feces, the crawl space can produce intense foul smell if not treated or cleaned on a regular basis. Though cleaning will remove some mild smell, but not entirely. So, you need to go for deodorizing the crawl space with strong deodorants that can suppress the bad or foul smell coming from the area. The cost of one such act is more or less the same.

So, these were rough estimates and approximate figures, on much to spend on a crawl space cleaning service, as performed by experienced insulation contractors like us. It is definitely a ‘value-for-money’ service.