Find Signs Of Sagging Floors
A gap between the floor and the baseboard, uneven floors, or a bounce as someone walks across the room. These are signs of sagging floors in a home. Unfortunately, sagging or sloping floors are an issue that most often gets worse over time. It can be a sign of foundation issues within a crawlspace.
Serious damage to your foundation can develop immediately following construction or years later as changes occur within the soils that surround and support your home. Sagging, uneven floors aren’t just unsightly; they can pose safety hazards to those living in the home.
How Does This Happen?
When a crew constructs a crawl space, blocks, bricks, or even wood columns are located throughout the crawl space. This supports the weight of the structure above. Sometimes these columns settle over time, and as they sink, they provide less stable support to a home and the floors above. This is when you may notice signs of sagging floors in your home. Other times, the crew may have placed the columns too far apart to begin with. As a result, the support beam—or girder—linking the columns and helping to hold the structure up starts to sag, causing a ripple effect. Finally, if the columns and other materials inside the crawlspace are made of wood, exposure to natural elements could cause deterioration over time. Now that we know how this damage occurs, how do we solve these signs of sagging floors in your home?
The Solution
Signs of sagging floors and issues with your foundation are best fixed by a contractor who specializes in crawlspaces. TFS The Foundation Specialists have years of experience helping homeowners restore the safety of their homes. Additionally, we offer exclusive products that can replace the affected columns and beams causing the issue, permanently stabilizing the home’s foundation. Our team’s confidence in our work is backed by our lifetime warranty. Our most used product for sagging floors is Smart Jacks.
The SmartJack System permanently lifts and stabilizes existing beams and floor joists in your crawl space. Our crew installs a solid base of engineered fill to address the problem of weak foundation soil by transferring the weight of the home to competent strata. After that, our crew secures steel columns to the beams or joists in the crawl space. Each system uses heavy-duty, threaded rods that allow for adjustment and a custom fit for each SmartJack System installed. Now that you know the signs of sagging floors, how they form, and the best solutions, what are the next steps?
Next Steps
The process starts with a no-obligation inspection of the house and a presentation of our findings. To ease worry and redeem peace of mind, contact our in-office customer care team and schedule a free inspection today!
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