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Homeowner Mike, who lives in Boonville, IN, has noticed that his floors have begun to slowly sag over the years. After doing some research, he reached out to Healthy Spaces to have his situation assessed. Design Specialist, Donnie Stuteville, looked at her issue and proposed him a SmartJack System.
The SmartJack System is made of zinc-plate and hot-dip galvanized steel to prevent rust and eliminate weakening from moisture, mold, and wood rot. They had a load capacity of more than 60,000 pounds making them ideal for stabilizing a home's sagging floor. The concrete is dug up and filled with tightly-compacted crushed stone to provide the proper weight barring exertion needed for each column. Once the holes are filled, the SmartJacks are installed and cemented down to the floor and connected to the girder system. Each SmartJack is tightened to permanently stabilize the floor, and even potentially lift the floors back to level.
Steve from Foundation Repair Boonville, IN just purchased this home and it had several issues such as Sagging Floors in Boonville, IN, rotten wood, and he thought there were some moisture issues in the crawl space. After searching on Google for companies that could repair sagging floors in Boonville, IN, Steve came across Healthy Spaces. Crawl spaces experiencing sagging, sloping, or uneven floors can be caused by columns settling due to weak soil/poor footings, rot-weakened joists, or support columns spaced too far apart.
Our Foundation installation team installed a new supplemental beam, along with repairing the sill plate and joists. We also installed 4 SmartJacks. Our SmartJack system provides support for sagging and undersized beams, which restores stability and straightness to sagging floor joists in a crawl space. Now Steve can sleep with peace of mind knowing his home is back on a solid foundation.
Water in your basement? Cracks in your foundation? Leaky foundation walls? Call Healthy Spaces - we can help! Healthy Spaces specializes in basement waterproofing, foundation repair, mold remediation, crawl space repair, and total basement finishing.
With cracking in this Edwardsport, IN basement walls happening before homeowner, Seth S. eyes, he knew it was a project much larger than he could fix himself. A few years ago, the crack started out small, but over time it widened and grew. He decided to give Healthy Spaces a call about his foundation issues, and an appointment was quickly set.
Design Specialist, Damon Cheatham, came to Seth's home and did a thorough inspection of his basement. Once they put a plan together, our foundation crew came out and installed PowerBraces to support the walls. The PowerBrace is an adjustable steel I-beam system with two important benefits: stabilizing bowed or tilting walls, and (over time) forcing bowed or tilting wall sections back to their original position. All PowerBrace components are manufactured to exacting standards, with an anti-corrosion zinc coating that will keep them looking like new for decades to come!
A homeowner in Washington, IN, wanted to sell their home soon but wanted to take care of the cracks in the basement wall. This is a clever approach since this will increase the value of their home after. Foundation issues impact three important parts of your life, such as the impact on the safety of your home, your home’s value, and your peace of mind that is at risk. The cause of cracks in the walls is because of foundation settlement. Settlement is the movement your home experiences when the soil below can no longer support its weight. By repairing the cracks in the walls, the home has a chance of creating a higher value for itself.
To bring the wall together again, the GeoLock Wall Anchor System wall is set into place. Wall anchor systems comprise galvanized steel earth anchors that are embedded in the soil out away from your foundation wall. They connect the wall to steel wall plates with galvanized steel rods. A benefit of a wall anchor system is the ability to be tightened during dry periods. The GeoLock wall anchors have a higher soil capacity, so they provide greater stability and are designed to straighten the failed wall. By taking action and improving the foundation of their home, they can now sell the home in the future with no trouble.
Donna in Tennyson, IN, had a basement wall that was bowing and recently started leaking water when it would rain. Their neighbor had work done in their home by Healthy Spaces and referred Donna to us.
The soil around your home can put enormous pressure on foundation walls. When there's constant pressure on your foundation walls from the outside, and the only thing holding up your foundation wall is the wall itself, the wall will either bow or crack. In Donna's case, her wall started bowing.
Our team installed 5 GeoLock Wall Anchors. Wall anchors are placed in the ground outside the home. Steel rods attached to soil anchors extend through the foundation wall and wall plates. Wall plates will hold walls in their current position without any further adjustment. A cool benefit of wall anchor systems is their ability to be tightened during dry periods, allowing for more straightening of your wall over time.
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