Photo Album: Stabilizing Floor Joists with SmartJacks in Saint Petersburg, Florida

Mary recently had an engineer inspect her home in Saint Petersburg, Florida, after noticing sloping areas in the floor. The engineer found many of the wooden floor joists in the home’s crawl space had suffered from wood rot and deteriorated as a result. Mary reached out to LRE Foundation Repair for assistance, and one of our Design Specialists created a plan to replace the rotted floor joists and permanently level and stabilize the home’s floors with the SmartJack system. Designed to replace standard block piers that are prone to settling into the underlying soil over time, the SmartJack system provides permanent stabilization without the risk of settling or corrosion. Following our team’s repairs, Mary’s floors are now completely level and fully supported, alleviating her concerns about her home’s stability.

Deteriorating Floor Joists

The wooden floor joists in the home's crawl space have deteriorated over time, weakening their support for the floors above and causing them to slope.

Wood Rot

Moisture damage has caused the wooden floor joists in the crawl space to rot, diminishing their capacity to support the home's floors. Additionally, mold build-up is a real concern if this issue is left unaddressed.

Original Block Piers

The original block piers in the crawl space had shown signs of settlement and deterioration, weakening their ability to support the floor joists above.