Crawl Space Repair Photo Album: Smartjack Installation with Phillip King

Veteran employee Phillip King, alongside his crew, completed a Smartjack installation in Collierville, TN. This crawlspace had already been previous encapsulated. The homeowners very prematurely found that the house had been built incorrectly, with the distance between the supplemental beams and the main load bearing wall being 11 feet, when the distance is only supposed to be 8 feet at the most. There was barely any noticeable sagging being seen inside of house, except for a slight dip and buckle to the floor, but the homeowners wanted to be proactive rather than reactive! Our crew installed Smartjack technology equal distance between the main beam and the supplemental beam to alleviate the weight the joists had to hold being 11 feet apart, along with the added water piping and insulation weight, eliminating any further sagging!!

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The distance between the supplemental beam and the main beam was over 11 feet. Added with the weight of the insulation and water piping as seen through this picture, something had to be done before the weight became too much for the beams to support. Smartjack was the SMART option.

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A completed hole ready for the Smartjack installation that was dug, filled, and leveled.

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Phillip and his crew installing a support beam, which the Smartjack will be attached to.

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An up close look at the Smartjacks attached to the support beams.

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Digging the holes.

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Regardless of whether the soil is made of its own rocks or gravel, Redeemers brings in our own rock. Local river rocks have round edges, which allows for give underneath the jacks, something we try to avoid, while the rock the Redeemers brings in is gravel with sharp edges, which allows for no give.