All-Dry of the Carolinas Before & After Photos

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 In the after you can see that the cinderblocks have been replaced by SmartJacks that will help stabilized the home’s floors.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.

This homeowner had been dealing with a wet, unencapsulated crawlspace for quite awhile before deciding to give us a call. Fortunately enough, the crawlspace was in good enough condition that nothing too serious was going on, not yet at least. This gave the homeowner time to search for someone who he knew would take care of this issue the correct way. Through his search, he came across our website and liked what he saw!

The "before" picture shows the crawlspace when our System Design Specialist first visited the home. It wasn't in bad condition, but you can certainly see that the ground is a little damp. While that was the biggest issue, there was also quite a bit of debris on the crawlspace floor as well. Several pieces of concrete and rocks can be seen towards the front of the crawlspace.

The "after" photo shows the same area as before, but with our CleanSpace liner already installed. This can really change the look and function of the crawlspace. It looks much better than the clay floor that it had before, but also keeps moisture out of the crawlspace. The crew makes sure that the CleanSpace is sealed up completely using caulk, tape, and fasteners. We spare no expense to make sure that the CleanSpace is secured properly and keeps the moisture out of the crawlspace! This homeowner also had a dehumidifier installed in order to keep the humidity level down in the crawlspace.

We work in basements and crawlspaces in different states of disarray. Some areas we work in are completely flooded with water, while other times homeowners may just like the way that the CleanSpace looks. The great thing about our systems is that they can usually be installed no matter how good (or bad) of condition that the area may be in. However, you shouldn't judge an area just on looks, because sometimes an area may be worse off than it looks.

This particular crawlspace doesn't seem all that bad, but the moisture level was quite high. Fortunately, the owners caught the issue before any serious damage was done to their crawlspace. However, the homeowner did try and to mitigate the moisture problem before with an interior liner. Since this liner was much thinner and wasn't sealed correctly to the crawlspace wall. 

The solution to the high moisture level in the crawlspace of this home was to install our CleanSpace liner along the floor and walls. The way that the crew installs the CleanSpace ensures that the entire area is sealed off. There are several different ways that the CleanSpace is sealed up, including caulk, special fasteners into the wall, and the most used is tape. The tape is used to seal the top of the liner to the wall, but its main use is to seal the sheets of CleanSpace together on the floor of the crawlspace. 

The worst thing about a crawlspace is that it isn’t livable and so it normally doesn’t get much attention. This translate to a crawlspace looking much like the one in the “before” photo. Now, this Greer, South Carolina crawlspace in particular has had moisture issues for a long time thanks to this unintentional neglect. The issues were steadily building and attempting to fall into the other rooms before we were contacted.

When we finally came out, we were able to offer the solution you see in the “after” photo. The crawlspace actually looks transformed. Along the dirt floor and around the support piers, we’ve installed CleanSpace. This material is our patented liner used as a vapor barrier to protect against invading moisture.

It truly makes a difference  even in the worst of crawlspaces.