Reliable Crawl Space Support Solution For Safeguarding Your Home’s Foundation
The foundation of your home depends heavily on the stability provided by its crawl space supports. Over time, moisture buildup, settling, or inadequate support can compromise the structural integrity of your crawl space. This can lead to issues such as sagging, uneven floors, and even more serious foundation problems that can impact your home’s safety.
At Guardian Foundation Repair, we recognize the importance of tailored support solutions to meet your home’s unique needs, ensuring long-term stability and protection for your home’s foundation.
Serving Knoxville, Chattanooga, and the Tri-Cities Areas.
Our Expert Crawl Space Support Solutions
Conventional Crawl Space Support
Treated Post and Adjustable Jack System:
We install 4″ x 4″ or 6″ x 6″ treated posts combined with adjustable support jacks that rest on solid concrete footers (8″ or 24″ x 24″ x 8″). This method allows us to level and stabilize sagging floors at an affordable cost. The crawl space floor jacks have a load-bearing capacity of 9,000 – 18,000 lbs, making them suitable for standard structural issues.
Beam and Steel Jack System:
For more significant structural concerns, we use a wood or steel beam that runs underneath and perpendicular to the sagging or overspanned floor joists. This system works in conjunction with 3″ galvanized steel jacks, secured to 24″ x 24″ x 10″ reinforced concrete footers.
These floor jacks, tested to hold up to 23,000 lbs, provide durable support to prevent further sagging and restore stability to your floors. The galvanized coating protects the jacks from rusting, ensuring longevity.
Block Columns Crawl Space Support
Over time, structural supports or load-bearing areas can sink into the ground or rot due to moisture exposure. It’s also possible that an insufficient number of supports were installed initially. Guardian Foundation Repair offers two solutions to address these issues:
- For Maximum Girder Support:
We recommend using double-stacked 8-inch block columns with solid 4-inch cap blocks. These columns are installed on 30″ x 30″ x 8″ concrete footers spaced 6 feet apart, ensuring stability for heavier load-bearing areas such as beneath your main girders. - For Lighter Load Areas:
In areas like porches and sunrooms that require less structural support, we offer single-stacked 8-inch block columns. These are installed on appropriately sized footers to provide just the right level of support without overbuilding.
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What Sets the Guardian Foundation’s Crawl Space Support Solution Apart?
Instead of replacing or sistering floor joists, Guardian Foundation Repair offers robust crawl space support jacks that stabilize sagging floors. Our adjustable jacks and treated posts transfer the weight from weakened joists onto reinforced posts, ensuring your home’s foundation remains secure.
Key Benefits of Our Crawl Space Supports:
- Transfers Weight onto Stable Loads:
Our system effectively redistributes weight onto stable, reinforced supports, addressing the root cause of sagging floors. - Supports Heavy Loads:
With load capacities ranging from 9,000 to 23,000 lbs., our galvanized steel jacks provide reliable support for your home’s structural needs. - Fits Any Crawl Space:
Our supports are easily adjustable and can be installed in a variety of crawl spaces, ensuring a snug and effective fit for any home.
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Guardian Foundation Repair Testimonials
Guardian Came Through!
I had a significant issue with my homes basement walls. Guardian came through with the best solution and price. I highly recommend this company for any foundation issues. Extremely professional with attention to detail and military precision.
Great Team!
We had a very pleasant experience dealing with guardian. They have a great team that knows what they are doing!
Under Time and Under Budget!
Great work in a timely manner. Did some block work and completed it under time and under budget. Great experience.
Great Work!
Closet doors are closing again!! Thanks for leveling our house where it had settled and broken the floor tile and made the doors jam up. Great work, clean respectful workers. No smoking, etc and I didn’t even have to ask!
Highly Recommend!
The whole process was great. They were super transparent up front with what needed to be done and cost. Once they arrived to fix everything they kept in contact with progress and did a great job. Highly recommend them for any foundation related issues.
Genuinely Care!
A job well done! The work was performed in a timely and professional manner. Each person I spoke with seemed to genuinely care about correcting the problem and not just completing a job. I am very pleased and highly recommend Guardian Repair for any foundation issues.
My Go-To for Foundation Issues
We have used Guardian on several homes and rental properties. They are efficient, dependable and very clean! They are my go-to for any foundation issues!
Common Questions About Crawl Space Support
What does a crawl space support actually hold up?
The floor system of your house. Girders and joists run across the crawl space, and the posts and columns beneath them carry that weight down to footers in the ground. When a support settles or fails, the floor above it drops with it. That is why sagging floors and cracked drywall upstairs so often trace back to something under the house.
What is the treated post and adjustable jack system?
We install four by four or six by six treated posts together with adjustable support jacks resting on solid concrete footers. The footers are eight inches, or twenty four by twenty four by eight inches depending on the load. It is an effective way to level and stabilize sagging floors without a large expense.
Why does the footer size matter so much?
Because the footer is what keeps the support from sinking. A post set straight onto crawl space dirt will settle again, and you will be back where you started. Sizing the concrete footer to spread the load across enough ground is what makes the repair last.
What causes supports to fail in the first place?
Usually moisture, settling, or not enough support to begin with. Damp conditions rot wood posts and rust hardware. Soil under a footer settles and lowers the post along with it. And sometimes we find the house was simply built with fewer supports than the span really needed.
Can sagging floors be brought back level?
Often a good deal of it can be recovered. The correction should be made gradually rather than all at once, because lifting a floor too quickly puts stress into the finishes above and can crack drywall and plaster. Adjustable jacks are well suited to that kind of measured adjustment.
Still have a question? Call us at (865) 675-4177 and we will talk it through. The inspection and the estimate are both free.