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These homeowners flipped their older home and they were excited to start their future in this home. Shortly after they moved in, they began to notice that the garage floor was cracking and that their bathroom and bedroom had started to show wall cracks. They were very concerned about this problem, so they decided to give us a call to see what was happening in their forever home.
System Design Specialist Tom Studer drove out to this home to see what was causing the garage floor and the walls to crack. Tom found that the garage was falling down because there were large voids underneath the footing. He also found differential settlement happening along the garage wall that was affecting the other rooms with wall cracks as well. He discussed these problems with the homeowners, and how we could fix them, and the homeowners couldn't have been more eager to have these problems fixed. On of our installation crews went to the home and used a Push Pier System to lift and stabilize the garage from any further damage.
The homeowners were so excited to have their problem fixed, and they are relieved that their forever home is stable. Check out the push pier system in action, lifting and stabilizing the home and the garage!
This home's downspouts were releasing water right on its foundation. This can cause a washout of the dirt and future foundation issues. While we were out doing concrete repair work on their driveway, we buried the downspouts to prevent future issues.
These homeowners wanted to refinish their basement, but their bowing basement walls were stopping them. The problem was that they had top shear on one of their foundation walls and hydrostatic pressure from the soil on the outside of the walls. Our team fixed these problems by installing PowerBraces on the "problem" wall. We decided to use PowerBrace because the walls were poured and the deflection wasn't to the point of requiring another fix. Now the wall is stable and these homeowners can start their refinishing project!b
This homeowner was using his covered porch space as an exercise room, however he recently noticed that the floor was a bit unstable. He was concerned that he wouldn't be able to exercise in his room if he didn't try to it, so he decided to give us a call.
We had System Design Specialist Daryn Britton look at the structure of the porch and determine what was causing the floor to feel unstable. Daryn found that the floor was unstable because there was not a strong enough support system underneath the porch. In order to fix this, Daryn suggested that the homeowner had SmartJacks and a new support beam installed. The homeowner liked this solution, so we had an installation team use these products to lift and stabilize the homeowner's porch. The homeowner was happy with the outcome, and he is excited to use the space without worry now. Check out the new support structure under the porch!
These homeowners were struggling with severe sagging floors which were causing problems when they were renovating their home. When they decided to have something done about this, they gave us a call and we sent System Design Specialist Justice Haven. Justice inspected the homeowner's crawlspace as sagging floors are commonly a result of crawlspace problems, and he found that the crawlspace had a lot of water which had weakened support structures. He determined that this was due to the soil in the dirt crawlspace washing out and leaving moisture to cause problems with the structure. After discussing these problems with the homeowner, Justice designed a solution in which the crawlspace would be encapsulated and kept dry, as well as new support would be added to combat the sagging floors problem. One of our installation teams came out to this home and installed SmartJacks and supplemental support beams to reinforce and stabilize the flooring, then, they installed CleanSpace Vapor Barrier to encapsulate the crawlspace and keep it dry. The homeowners were very happy with the outcome and they were excited to have their renovation continue. Check out the newly supported crawlspace!