Before & After Photos

This Wellford home had a lot of foundation work that was completed over a few day period; this work included installing push piers, wall anchors, and a few SmartJacks! They installed SmartJacks to support a sagging floor above the garage of this home. The SmartJacks were installed on either side of the garage door; to do this, a small block of concrete was cut out and leveled for the SmartJack to be placed in.

The "before" picture shows what the area looked like during the work, but before the SmartJack was installed. The photo shows how the crew cut out a small concrete area, roughly the size of a SmartJack plate.

The "after" photo shows the same area after the SmartJack had been installed and the hole had been filled back up with concrete. While the base was definitely not the most important part of this job, it does show the quality of our work. The real difference that these SmartJacks made was keeping the floor from bowing and sinking down.

Homes must be supported by something; usual homeowners believe that placing a cinder block under their floor joist will solve the problem. They are wrong. When placing a cinder block or bricks under a floor joist it doesn’t keep the home from sinking. The bricks will sink down into the ground as well, defeating the purpose. The best way to fix this problem is to use a permanent solution such as SmartJacks. SmartJack posts rest on a concrete pad that is precast for support. Since the SmartJack has the concrete foundation for itself, there isn’t a chance that it could sink into the ground under the pressure of the house.

In the before picture you can see that the floor joists are being supported by cinderblocks. In the after you can see that the cinderblocks have been replaced by SmartJacks that will help stabilized the home’s floors.

The customer had some major foundation issues that needed work done as soon as possible. You will see in the the pictures just how bad this customer's home was. While we did a lot of work in this home that was not just foundation repair, that part of the job is what will be focused on in this Before and After. In order to correct this major cracking in the foundation, we used several push piers to lift the house into a more level position.

The "before" photo shows the crack before the push piers had been installed. You can see how large this crack is in the foundation of the home. While some small cracks in foundations can (although they should not be) ignored, however this was not the case. Very rarely do foundations get this bad without a major event (i.e. sinkhole, earthquake) happening.

The "after" photo shows the same area after the push piers had been installed. The push piers are able to lift and level out the home. After the leveling is done, our installation specialists go back and fill in the crack, binding the two halves back together.

Nexus Pro is a newer product that we have been using more recently. It is an excellent solution to sealing cracks in outdoor, concrete foundations like driveways. On this particular project, the driveway began cracking because the earth under it was shifting, which was causing cracks in both the driveway and the retaining wall. Our crew used wall anchors in order to prevent any further shifting.

However, there is no good way to get rid of the cracks other than to replace the entire driveway, or do some concrete patchwork. These are both bad ideas because to replace the entire driveway would be expensive, and to do patchwork, you would still run the risk of it cracking. Therefore, the best option for this homeowner was to use Nexus Pro. While it doesn't make the cracks disappear, but rather seals them.

 As you can see in the after photo, the Nexus Pro makes quite a difference and helps to protect the driveway. It is unlike other sealants in that it resists drying out, bubbling, and cracking. It is a much longer lasting product than other sealants. Once the Nexus Pro completely dries, it is duller and isn't as noticeable as it is in the second photo.

This Moore, SC home needed some help with its foundation. The home had begun to sag and needed something to rely on. Thanks to our All-Dry of the Carolinas team we were able to give this home’s foundation the support it needed! In the “before” pictures it might not be obvious, but the floor joist had begun to stag coming awfully close to the pipes in the crawlspace. In the “after” picture you see that a SmartJack was added to give the foundation the support it needed. The Smartjack helped lift up the floor joist where it had begun to sink bringing the homes floors back to an even level.