Commercial Foundations Before & After Photos

This garage in Walton, KY, had an exterior wall that was bowing inwards towards the garage floor slab. To push the wall back and stabilize it, we drilled four tiebacks through the damaged wall. By using the counteractive force of the surrounding soil of the structure, we were able to successfully tighten all 4 wall anchors, pushing the wall back effectively. If you look closely enough at the cracks in the wall in the before photo, and you compare it to the after photo, you'll be able to see we were able to close the gaps and cracks in the wall. More importantly though, this wall is safe from collapsing due to shifting soils.

In this Maineville home, a noticeable gap had formed between the baseboards and the floor on the first level—an early sign of sagging floor joists in the crawl space below. To correct the issue, we installed SmartJack® support posts in the crawl space, which are designed to lift and stabilize failing floor joists.

The results speak for themselves: the gap is gone, and the floors are level once again. Not only did this fix the cosmetic issue upstairs, but it also restored long-term structural support to the home.

This overhanging sunroom in Beavercreek, OH, was sinking away from the home. The existing wooden posts were too weak to be able to support the load, and the posts were to shallow to prevent settling. A relatively easy fix, we installed our SmartJack posts to support the sunroom above. By digging deep enough into the soil, our SmartJacks will reduce the chance of settling in the future by a very large margin. And even if they do settle a bit, we can adjust them to compensate for it. These steel posts are made of galvanized steel to prevent rusting, and they are a much stronger alternative to wood. If you look closely at the horizontal wooden beam in the before and after photos, you can notice that our crew was able to straighten it back out.

The floorboards above this crawl space were sagging and cracking because the concrete block columns supporting them were sinking into the soil. Prolonged dry weather had caused the soil to shrink, creating gaps that allowed the concrete blocks to settle further into the ground. With the blocks no longer able to hold the weight of the home's first floor, the structure began to fail.

The homeowners attempted a DIY fix, using a makeshift arrangement of 2x4s and cinder blocks. Unfortunately, this approach lacked the stability and strength needed to support the crawlspace or anchor securely to solid ground.

To solve the problem, we installed our SmartJack Crawl Space Support System. SmartJacks are designed to prevent sinking by distributing the load across their uniquely engineered, bulb-shaped foundation. They're also adjustable, ensuring that the floors remain level and supported over the long term. With SmartJacks in place, the homeowners can now rest assured that their floors will stay strong and stable for years to come.

This home in Cincinnati, OH, had a backyard deck that was sagging. The best and easiest way to fix it for the customer was to install a system of SmartJacks under the decks foundation. We were able to strengthen the support beam back and jack it back up to level out the main beam. Our SmartJack's are based on an engineer fill to ensure stability. (Editor's note: we would later backfill soil around the exposed SmartJacks, as seen in the after photo).