Crawl space repair in Nicholasville
Jessamine County's county seat, a few miles south of Fayette County on US 27.
Nicholasville homeowners can call to reach an independent crawl space contractor who works in Jessamine County. The city was founded in 1798 and incorporated in 1837, and it's grown fast since: its population rose more than 440 percent between 1970 and 2020, reaching about 31,000 residents, as it became a commuter town for Lexington.
Two kinds of housing
That growth curve shows up in the crawl spaces. Near the old downtown there are houses that are a century old or more. Around them sit decades of subdivisions built as Lexington commuters moved south along US 27. Older homes are more likely to need a full ground cover and framing work. Newer ones more often need a torn vapor barrier replaced, a dehumidifier added, or insulation rehung.
Water under the town
Town Fork, a partly channelized stream, runs south under downtown Nicholasville and drains into Jessamine Creek. Like the rest of the Inner Bluegrass, the city sits on limestone, at about 994 feet. Lots near drainage channels or with poor grading are the ones most likely to see water collect under the house after a heavy rain.
Permits
Nicholasville and Jessamine County handle their own permits separately from Lexington. Ask the contractor which office covers your address.
Common questions
Do you cover Wilmore and the rest of Jessamine County?
Call with your address and we'll try to connect you with a crawl space contractor who works there.
My newer Nicholasville house smells musty. Is that normal?
It's common but not normal. A torn or incomplete ground cover, open vents in summer, or a duct leak under the floor can all cause it. An inspection will tell.
Crawl space work in Nicholasville
- Crawl space encapsulationClose the vents, seal the ground and walls, and control humidity so the space under the house stays dry.
- Vapor barrier replacementReplace torn, thin or missing plastic on the dirt floor with a heavier, overlapped and taped ground cover.
- Crawl space dehumidifiersAdd, swap or service a dedicated dehumidifier that drains on its own and keeps the air below the floor in check.
- Crawl space insulationFix fallen floor batts or move insulation to the foundation walls when the crawl space is sealed.
- Floor joist and sill repairSister or replace rotted joists and sills and add support where floors bounce, dip or slope.
Other towns nearby
Damp smell, cold floors or a sag you can feel underfoot?
One call puts you in touch with a crawl space contractor who works in Lexington and the surrounding Bluegrass counties.