Crawl Space Repair Before & After Photos

During our cold Michigan winters, Dara is always concerned about the pipes in her crawl space freezing. To prevent Dara’s pipes from freezing and to give her peace of mind, our team insulated her rim joists. Small cracks and seams can exist around rim joists, but after insulating them all of those cracks are sealed off. Now airflow is restricted keeping outside air out and inside air in. Therefore, Dara’s crawl space will be insulated and she won’t need to worry about her pipes freezing. 

The before photo shows the cinder blocks that the owners had previously been using to support their crawl space. The crawl space ceiling is also the floor joists for the first level, so when the ceiling is sagging a bit, the floor above is also sloping. In this case, even the supplemental supports beams for the joists had started to lean. As you can see in the after photo, the crew reinforced the floor joists with steel beams that would better support the weight of the floor. Then they added in the SmartJack support system. Once in place and attached to the ground, the jacks were raised to a height that leveled out the floor joists and the floor above. Best of all, if the crawl space ever does begin to sag again, the SmartJacks can be adjusted to a different height. 

Larry and Sally had an old house and the doors and windows were not closing correctly so they called our team. We installed SmartJack, a system produced to halt your sagging floors. Floors above crawl spaces are vulnerable due to the moisture and soils in your crawl space. The SmartJack system is a permanent fix to these issues. It uses steel columns, threaded rods and a solid base to address any issues your crawl space may introduce to your home. Installing this system usually takes less than a day and it provides immediate stabilization.

In 2018 Jeff S. gave us a call when he noticed his cottage was emitting a musty smell. After searching for the culprit of the stench, Jeff discovered the source — his crawl space! We brought a team in to install a CleanSpace liner to help minimize the moisture while improving airflow and eliminating the smell. 

To combat the mold, we encapsulated the area with the Clean Space Vapor Barrier system. The system is made up of liners that prevent water and dirt from affecting the rest of the home by eliminating unwanted dampness. Mold, critters, and other pests require water to survive but our state-of-the-art liners seal away all moisture. Other benefits of the Vapor Barrier include increasing home value, providing warmth, sealing odors, and more!

The crawl space in the before photo was dealing with serious flooding issues. Water was coming in from a variety of places, and as you can see, filling the crawl space. When our system design specialist went out to White Cloud, MI to see the cottage for himself, he found 2 feet of standing water in the crawl space.  The first step was pumping out all of that standing water to prepare for the encapsulation. With the water out of the crawl space, the team installed a full encapsulation system. The white liner seen in the after photo is our CleanSpace vapor barrier. Our barriers are impenetrable by moisture, so it’ll keep out the water that leaks into the crawl space. Water won’t threaten this crawl space again.