Crawl space encapsulation and basement waterproofing in Shepherdsville, KY

Homes in Shepherdsville

A river town, a floodplain and a lot of vented crawl spaces

Shepherdsville grew up on the Salt River and along I-65, and the older neighborhoods around Buckman Street and the river sit on flat, silty ground, and the Salt River flooded parts of town in April 2025. Out from the center, ranches from the 1960s to the 80s and the subdivisions of the 1990s onward along Highway 44, Highway 61 and Hebron Lane are mostly built on vented crawl spaces, with walkout basements where the ground rolls.

The soil here is heavy clay, like most of the ground around Louisville. Clay drains slowly, so it holds water against a foundation for days after a storm. In Shepherdsville the common problems are damp crawl spaces with soaked insulation and mold on the joists, standing water under houses near the river after a wet spring, and sump pumps that cannot keep up. Encapsulation with a dehumidifier fixes the crawl spaces; interior drainage with a sealed, backed-up sump handles the basements.