The Basement Doctor of Central Kentucky Before & After Photos

The owner of this home had a sinking crawl space that was resulting in sagging floors. In the "before" picture you can see their old jacks were not adjustable, meaning they could not change the height of the jacks to adjust for the sinking crawl space. Their old jacks were also rusting and becoming weaker. Luckily, our SmartJacks are able to be adjusted throughout time, countering the sinking crawl space effect. They are also a lot stronger and durable than the old ones, and will not rust. 

This crawl space's main beams were beginning to sag, causing the floor above the crawl space to sag as well. This usually happens when mold and moisture rot away at the wooden main beams, as seen here. You can also see the moisture in the fiber insulation, which has a darker color. We fixed the sagging problem by installing a system of SmartJack's under the main beams and above the concrete footers in the crawl space. The steel that the SmartJack's are made of are not liable to rust because they are made of a special galvanized steel. 

This home had a foundation that was sinking into the unstable soil, causing cracks in the foundation walls, and cracks on the doors and windows inside the home. We were able to stabilize the foundation by installing helical piers from the foundational footers, all the way to the deepest and most compact parts of the soil. This home won't have to worry about foundational sinking for a long time any more.

This crawl space had tons of ground water leakage, which was adding to the moisture issues it was experiencing. To fix this, we installed our waterproofing system and then encapsulated the crawl space. We waterproofed by digging trenches around the interior perimeter of the crawl space, and then installing perforated pipes in the trenches. We then backfilled the pipe filled trenches with gravel. We then hooked the pipes up to a SmartSump sump pump, which is also hooked up to a SaniDry Sedona dehumidifier. After waterproofing, we installed drainage matting over the floor of the crawl space with CleanSpace lining over top. The result is a clean, dry crawl space.

This crawl space had ground water leaking from just underneath the floor. We installed a perimeter drainage system consisting of perforated pipes placed in trenches backfilled with gravel, all connected to a SmartSump sump pump. We then installed drainage matting and CleanSpace liner over the floor of the crawl space. We then hooked up a SaniDry Sedona dehumidifier to the pump. We also insulated with SilverGlo panels over the CleanSpace on the walls.