Crawl space help in Verona

Verona had 2,792 residents at the 2020 census. It was founded in 1857 while the Mobile and Ohio Railroad was being built, took its name from Verona, Italy, and was chartered in 1860. During the Civil War it served as a Confederate supply depot and was raided by Union cavalry on December 25, 1864.

Older houses, open foundations

Towns with long histories tend to have a mix of older frame houses on piers and newer homes on block foundations. In the older ones, the crawl space may have no ground cover at all, piers spaced far apart and framing that's been patched over the years. Those homes often need floor support and a new ground cover before anything else.

Prairie clay underfoot

Like much of Lee County, the Verona area sits on Black Belt soils that Mississippi State University describes as expansive, water-holding clays. When that ground swells after wet spells and shrinks in dry ones, piers on shallow footings can shift. A crawl space company can check whether piers have moved and whether drainage around the house needs work.

Permits and licensing

Verona is a separate city from Tupelo. Ask the company what permit, if any, your job needs. For jobs over $10,000, Mississippi requires a licensed remodeler.

Services in Verona

• Crawl space encapsulationClose the vents, line the floor and walls, and keep the air under the house dry.
• Vapor barrier replacementNew ground plastic where the old sheet is torn, thin or missing.
• Moisture control and dehumidifiersDrainage, sump pumps and dehumidifiers for crawl spaces that won't dry out.
• Sagging floor supportPiers, beams and sistered joists for floors that dip, slope or bounce.
• Crawl space repairRotted sills and subfloor, fallen insulation, broken access doors and storm damage.

Nearby areas

• Tupelo
• Saltillo