Photo Album: Professional crawl space repair in Verdun, Montreal

Mrs. Brenda, a Verdun resident was suffering from problems related to mold and moisture in her crawl space. Although she did not know much about crawl spaces, she went to Systèmes Sous-sol Québec’ website to learn more about the solutions available to her. Our team of Professionals has installed a SmartJack support pillars. The SmartJack Support Pillars are steel support systems used to stabilize and level the girders and floor joists in a Crawlspace. In Addition they are super strong (support loads of more than 60,000 lbs.), and is the only solution that addresses problem soils.

Failure to isolate the crawl space in Verdun

In this picture we can see that our client has used a 6 mil polyethylene membrane which failed to solve any of the humidity and Crawl Space issues.

Entry of the crawl space in Verdun

You can see clearly in this picture the poor and small access to the crawl space which makes it very hard to enter the area, but our team of professionals is equipped and used to working in this kind of place.

Sum pump used in a Crawl Space in Verdun

The sump pump alone is not enough to encapsulate the area, and needs to be supported by other mechanism recommended by our company such as our SmartJack Support Pillars in this case.

Beginning of the work

Our technicians had to remove the concrete from the area in which the pillar needs to be placed In Order to do this, the specialists must break the cement in the basement and dig the earth to get to the footing of the foundation.