Photo Album: Crawl Space repair in Verdun, Montreal

Our client from Verdun contacted us since she noticed that the foundation walls of her house where damaged because of a constant infiltration of water in the crawl space. We tore off those walls and installed our steel columns, The SmartJacks. The SmartJacks do not rust and can handle very large loads exceeding 50,000 pounds! In addition, since it was impossible to install French drain in the area, we have installed our internal drain ‘the SmartPump, sump pump drain system to solve the problem of water infiltration once and for all’ and a Sanidry dehumidifier to remove the humidity from the area and completely.

Humid CrawlSpaces

As you can see in this picture, Water has been infiltrating throughout the walls and the existing wooden columns. Therefore the girders can become overloaded and began to sag.

The Crawl Space before the intervention of the Sous-sol Systems Québec team in Verdun

The crawl space of our Verdun resident was all dusty. In addition, it was very wet and unpleasant odors were coming out of it.

Vents in a Crawl Space in Verdun

Venting can aggravate Crawl Space moisture problems since it can bring humidity into the area, from which the condensation will make everything wet, leading to mold growth and to rotten wood.

Old support pillars had already been put in place by the former owner of the house

Old pillars of support had already been put in place by the former owner of the house. The problem with the steel poles is that they tend to rust with time and cannot handle very large loads.

SmartJacks Installed in Verdun

SmartJacks is the ideal system used to stabilize your sagging floor. The girder and floor joists are immediately stabilized, and lifting the above floors and walls back to level can be completed.

SmartJacks specifications

A very important element for the installation of SmartJack poles is their engineering base. SupportWorks geotechnical engineers, the manufacturers of this product, have trained our teams to install the best engineering base for poles allowing dissipating up to 90% the weight that supports the pole.