Before & After Photos

Faultiness in a home's foundation wall is a daunting issue to face for any homeowner. The basement in this Island Heights, NJ home was experiencing the beginning stages of bowing in its foundation walls. Carrying on without repairing a bowing wall poses a great threat to the structure of a home, where damages can become much more severe, and eventually irreversible. Luckily, our team at Quality 1st can provide a solution that prevents foundation walls from bowing any further. Our System Design Specialist Anthony was able to give this home a proper inspection to recommend the best solution to the shifting foundation. Our crew and Foreman, Heriberto, then came to the home to carry out the installation of our Carbon Armor Wall Reinforcing System. Our Carbon Armor strips are ten times stronger than steel and are bonded to the interior walls. This gives a flexible but sturdy solution to the bowing or cracking of foundation walls, and leaves homeowners very happy with the non-invasive results!

This customer was concerned with sinking and uneven floors in the home. Foundation Repair Specialist Steve Ventriglio inspected the existing support system of the home and proposed SmartJack Support System in conjunction with PowerBrace Supplemental Beam. To provide additional support and stabilize the home, Foreman Victor Leon and his crew installed the foundation products, providing peace of mind to the customers.

The horizontal crack in this Lincroft, NJ basement only got worse over time as most foundations problem do. Quality 1st Basement Systems inspected the basement and noticed that the crack spanned almost the entire width of the basement! Wall Anchors were used to repair this foundation crack. Wall anchors are embedded in the soil away from the foundation wall because that soil has not been compromised like the backfill soil around the home. This wall has now been stabilized and will return back to its original position as the Wall Anchors are tightened.

A homeowner in Ocean Gate, New Jersey noticed their floors were sagging in the upper levels of the home. Sagging floors are a common sign of a foundation issue. This can happen because when crawl space columns are spaced too far apart, the beam can become overloaded and sag between the columns. This means this girder sags with it and so does the floor above.

The homeowner contacted Quality 1st Basement Systems and our System Design Specialist, Joseph Mancini, was able to provide an inspection and help them find a plan to fix this issue. He suggested they use a steel support system in the crawl space to assist the columns in supporting the home. Our foreman, Wilver Cardoza, used The SmartJack System in the crawl space to lift the floors above to their original position. This process is done by assembling the components and tightening the SmartJack system into place. The support beam and floor joists are immediately stabilized and lifted to their original position. This system is not to replace the existing columns, but to add strength and stability to what is there. 

This Kearny, NJ home was undergoing some sagging floor issues, so we installed the SmartJack Support System as the best solution. SmartJacks provide additional support to the basement floor beams and joist. If the floors begin to sag on the first floor, SmartJacks can raise and stabilize the floor. This can prevent future movement in the future, protecting the floor and the homes structure.