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Foundation Repair Photo Album: Sistering Floor Joists and Replacing The Main Girder On a Home - New Paltz, NY

When this homeowner originally purchased his home back in the 80s he added an addition onto their home to make their almost perfect home perfect. Little did they know that due to putting on the addition due to the soil conditions and many other factors that their home would settle and they would start to have issues with their floors being uneven, not being able to close doors, and bouncy floors. Because of these reasons, he contacted Basement Systems of New York to see what could be done to bring his home back to its former glory. The reason they chose to have us perform the work was due to our level of professionalism, along with our ability to complete projects in an efficient time frame. To fix the foundation problems that their home and they were experiencing we needed to dig down six feet to install our sono tubes, these sono tubes would serve as the foundation for our sixteen new SmartJacks that would be installed. We then sistered every 2x6 floor joist with treated lumber. Finally, we installed 165 linear feet of main girders with our steel i-beams. We installed one i-beam on each end and two in the center. Once all our systems were installed our Installation Specialists methodically and meticulously raised the home to level. With just a small amount of leveling and the doors slowly going back to normal the homeowner was ecstatic, once the entire project was completed he could not believe that his home was now back to how it was when he has first put the addition on.

Front Of The Home

Front view of the home that we performed the project on.

That's Alot Of Wood

For us to perform this project we needed a pallet and a half of treated wood.

Old Piers

When we arrived these piers on the back of the home were the only thing keeping this home from falling. Once our Installation team is complete they will be gone

Old Piers #2

When we arrived these piers on the side of the home were the only thing keeping this home from falling. Once our Installation team is complete they will be gone

Outside In

A look from the outside in of the crawl space before we crawled in.

Outside In #2

A look from the outside in of the crawl space before we crawled in.

Main Girder Center

Here you can see how the main girder looked as it rested on the old pier that we would eventually remove and replace with our patented system

Temporary Support

In order to install our systems we needed to install temporary supports throughout the entirety of the crawl space to make sure that everyone working on the project remained safe.

Supports Underneath The Home

Several years ago the homeowner installed these supports himself on the other side of their home. Because of their strength and how they were installed they did not need to be removed and replaced.

The Main Girder

As you can see the main girder in this home was extremely bowed in multiple positions. To rectify this situation we removed it and replaced it with our patented SmartJack and I-Beam system.

Close Up Of The Main Girder

The main girder while was supported well by the old piers it needed to be removed due to the damage throughout the rest of it.

Very Back Of The Crawl Space

We worked our way from the front of the crawl space to the back of it.

More Temporary Supports

Because of the size of the crawl space and how tall our temporary supports went up we had to create more height with a 2x6 in order to keep everyone safe.

Inside Out

A look from the inside out of the crawl space.

Wide Angle Of Us Diggind

Here you can see the surrounding area of the hole that was dug for the sono tube base that we would be installing

Digging A Deep Hole

To install our SmarJack system throughout the crawl space we had to dig several six foot holes to install the sono tube bases that they would sit on.

Removing Part Of Their Floor

In order for us to remove the old material properly sections of their floor had to be removed.

Sono Tube Base Installed

After all the digging that was performed we were finally able to install our Sono tubes for our Smartjacks.

Wide Angle Of Work Being Performed

Our installation Specialists were really moving to keep this project on time.

Removing Part Of Their Floor

In order to perform this project we needed to remove several parts of their floor in order to remove the old material and install the new materials.

Treated Wood For Sistering

As our three of our Installation Specialist sistered the floor joists underneath the home one of them slide more material in when they moved onto the next one.

More Wood

Because of the amount of sistering we had to do the wood being fed into the crawl space seemed almost never ending

Area 1

Two small sections of flooring needed to be removed in order for us to remove the old floor joists properly.

Area 2

Two small sections of flooring needed to be removed in order for us to remove the old floor joists properly.

Partially Done Sistered Floor Joists

In order to properly install new sister floor joists we had to remove the old material and start installing the new material at one side before connecting it to the other side.

Sistering All The Floor Joists

In order to properly install new sister floor joists we had to remove the old material and start installing the new material at one side before connecting it to the other side.

Break Time Over

Our Design Specialist returning from their lunch break to continue working on this crawl space

Outside In Of I-Beams 1/2

I-Beams in the process of being installed throughout the entirety of the crawl space from the outside of the home

Outside In Of I-Beams 2/2

A side view of I-Beams in the process of being installed throughout the entirety of the crawl space.

Front To Back I-Beam

I-Beam in the process of being installed throughout the entirety of the crawl space from front to back.

Side View Of The Crawl Space

How things looked in progress from the side of the crawl space before crawling in.

Panoramic Underneath

Here we can see how things looked during the installation process from the right side of the home to the left side.

Right To Left Of Crawl Space

Here we can see how things looked during the installation prociess from the right side of the home to the left side.

Left Side Of The Crawl Space

How things looked from the left side of the crawl space after lifting up our I-Beams

Front To Back

Here we can see how the project was going from the very beginning of the crawl space to the very back

SmartJacks On The Perimeter 1/2

In order to bring the home back to level we needed to strategically place several of our SmartJacks along the perimeter of the home .

SmartJacks On The Perimeter 2/2

In order to bring the home back to level we needed to strategically place several of our SmartJacks along the perimeter of the home .

Center Of The Action 1/2

Here we can see all the new systems that were installed working in unison.

Center Of The Action 2/2

Here we can see all the new systems that were installed working in unison.

Look At That Beautiful Work

Our Installation Specialists did an amazing job installing the new sistered joists, as well the steel I-Beam that you can see here.

SmartJacks From The Front 1/2

In order to bring the home back to level we needed to strategically place several of our SmartJacks along the perimeter of the home. .

SmartJacks From The Front

In order to bring the home back to level we needed to strategically place several of our SmartJacks along the perimeter of the home. .

All Sistered Up 1/2

After a long and tedious process our Installation Specialists removed and replaced all the bad material. In doing so they were able to bring stability and rigidity back to all their floors

All Sistered Up 2/2

After a long and tedious process our Installation Specialists removed and replaced all the bad material. In doing so they were able to bring stability and rigidity back to all their floors