Foundation Repair Before & After Photos

Greg in Madisonville, KY, had joists in his crawl space that were not installed correctly, so he had cinderblocks put underneath there to fix the sagging. Now that some time has passed, the cinderblocks are no longer touching the floors and they're leaning. The problem with installing block columns is that as the concrete columns later settle into the soil below, additional shims may need to be added. In other words, this is a fix that will need to be repeated, again and again. This option doesn't also address the root problem. 

Our team installed 7 SmartJacks. SmartJacks are steel support systems used to permanently stabilize and level the girders and floor joists in a crawl space. SmartJacks do not replace the existing columns and piers but add strength and stability to what is there. Once the system is tightened, the support beam and floor joists are immediately stabilized and the above floors and walls can be lifted back toward level. 

Do you notice that some of your first-level floors are sloping or sagging? Do you see gaps between your floors and walls? Healthy Spaces is here to help! We offer a free, no-obligation inspection. 

Some signs of your foundation becoming unstable are visible cracks, but what about the problems you don't usually think of? Do the floors above your crawl space seem bouncy, soft, or unlevel? This is exactly what Linda W. from Hanson, KY was experiencing. Her floors began to slope and was slowly creating a gap between the floor and interior walls. When she saw this problem arising, she gave Healthy Spaces a call to fix her problem. 

Design Specialist, Damon Cheatham, came to Linda's home and provided her with a free estimate. He took a look at the foundation issues and provided her with a proposal to go over. Damon recommended a SmartJack System to cure her sloping floors. The SmartJack Stabilizer is a steel support system used to stabilize and level the girders and floor joists in a crawl space. The system has been laboratory tested to support loads of more than 60,000 pounds, making it the ideal system to stabilize your sagging floor, any walls sitting on top of that floor, and additional loads from the home. 

With the job complete and the floors stable again, Linda is enjoying the changes the SmartJack system has made to her Hanson, KY home. 

Do you have stair-step cracking in your basement walls? Kathie's home in Foundation Repair Newburgh, IN had stair-step cracking all throughout her basement. In one area, the wall started to bow in. The walls begin to fail when there's so much pressure being exerted from the soil surrounding the home. After being referred by her neighbor, Kathie called to schedule a free, no-obligation estimate to repair her basement walls.

Our team installed 18 Wall Repair Newburgh, IN to the failing foundation walls. This wall anchor system will permanently stabilize your foundation wall by anchoring your walls to the hard-packed virgin soil beyond your foundation. This holds the wall in place and will straighten the wall back to its original position over time. 

In Monroe City, IN, a home with a basement needed repairs to the cracks that were spreading throughout the basement walls. The crack was in the middle of the walls that spread throughout the rest of the walls, leading to wall failure. If a problem such as this one is not solved, then it can lead to severe issues such as leaning walls and walls sliding in at the bottom of the structure. The homeowners needed reassurance that their basement walls would not give out soon. 

A GeoLock Wall Anchor System was installed to stop wall failure in its tracks permanently. The rectangular, silver wall anchor system performs effectively by utilizing plates that are buried in the soil outside the basement wall. It will be installed to have up to 480 square inches of bearing surface. This system provides great stability and is designed to straighten the basement’s wall failure. The GeoLock Anchor System presents minimal disturbance to the home, lawn, and landscaping. Without the disturbance of their landscaping, it thrilled the homeowners about not having to worry about wall failure anymore!

Homeowners Robert and Juliet of Lynville, IN began to worry when they saw visible cracks in their foundation. This is often a sign of your home settling. It was bulging out due to swelling soils.  The soil was swelling because groundwater was present. That created another problem--leaking walls.

Design Specialist, Damon Cheatham, was called out to help these homeowners. Upon inspection, they decided that the PowerBrace System would be the best fit for the problem. The PowerBrace System is designed to permanently stabilize your home's foundation. Its purpose is to support basement walls and allows for straightening over time. It has a joist reinforcement method which helps with distributing the weight evenly. This eliminates the worry of damaged wood floor joists that are common with other foundation correcting systems.