Crawl Space Repair Photo Album: SmartJack Installation for Crawl Space Support in Saint Petersburg, Florida
Charles and his wife had just purchased their new home in Saint Petersburg, Florida, with the intention of remodeling it from the ground up. The house, originally built in the 1920s, showed its age, with the floors on the right side of the home exhibiting signs of sloping. They asked us at LRE Foundation Repair to conduct a thorough inspection of the crawl space and help design a plan to stabilize and level the home’s floors. Our Design Specialist entered the crawl space and immediately noticed that the original block piers supporting the floor joists had suffered from soil settlement, resulting in a lack of support for the floors and causing them to slope. Our production team installed our state-of-the-art SmartJack system in the key areas of the crawl space to provide sturdy and permanent support to the floor joists. Charles and his wife can now continue with their home’s renovations, knowing that their foundation is fully leveled and permanently stabilized.
Settling Block Piers
The original block piers in the crawl space have settled into the soil below, resulting in inadequate support for the floor joists above.
Deteriorating Crawl Space Support
Due to the age of the home, much of the support structure in the crawl space has deteriorated, with components breaking apart and rusting over time.
Sloping Floor Joists
The floor joists in the crawl space exhibited a noticeable slope due to the lack of adequate support from below.
SmartJack System Installation
The SmartJack system has been successfully installed in the home's crawl space to provide adequate and permanent support to the floor joists above.
Permanent Stabilization Solution
Crafted from galvanized steel, SmartJacks are corrosion-resistant and impervious to soil settlement, unlike standard block piers.
