Before & After Photos

A Jersey City, NJ homeowner was interested in adding some extra support for their crawl space, so they contacted Quality 1st Basement Systems for a solution. We installed the SmartJack Crawl Space Support System as the best solution. Since the installation, the homeowner has not experienced any other floor problems in their home. 

System Design Specialist: Dane C.

Foreman: Victor L.

System Design Specialist, Kenny T. designed a solution for the sagging floor joist in the basement of this Jersey City home. Our team installed 3 SmartJack XT braces to immediately stabilize the floors above. 

Quality 1st Basement Systems was contacted by this homeowner in Jersey City, New Jersey due to their foundation wall becoming unstable and bowing inwards. Our System Design Specialist, Dane Cuccinello, provided an inspection and suggested they install a wall reinforcement system. This will allow the walls to become stable and safe. Our foreman arrived a few days later and installed our Carbon Armor Wall Reinforcement System. CarbonArmor is a long-lasting and durable system that's ten times stronger than steel. It's intended to stabilize the foundation walls and is applied to the wall with epoxy resin. When the job was complete, the homeowner was happy to see their walls were stabilized!

A homeowner in Ocean Gate, New Jersey noticed their floors were sagging in the upper levels of the home. Sagging floors are a common sign of a foundation issue. This can happen because when crawl space columns are spaced too far apart, the beam can become overloaded and sag between the columns. This means this girder sags with it and so does the floor above.

The homeowner contacted Quality 1st Basement Systems and our System Design Specialist, Joseph Mancini, was able to provide an inspection and help them find a plan to fix this issue. He suggested they use a steel support system in the crawl space to assist the columns in supporting the home. Our foreman, Wilver Cardoza, used The SmartJack System in the crawl space to lift the floors above to their original position. This process is done by assembling the components and tightening the SmartJack system into place. The support beam and floor joists are immediately stabilized and lifted to their original position. This system is not to replace the existing columns, but to add strength and stability to what is there. 

Foundation Design Specialist Steve Ventriglio met with this customer to propose a reliable solution for a failing foundation. With a slight bowing of the concrete block basement wall and horizontal cracking, reinforcement of the wall with CarbonArmor straps seemed the best solution, a low profile fix that gets bonded to the wall with a relatively quick install as no exterior excavation is neeeded. Foreman Esau Aquino and his crew installed the state-of-the-art straps to stabilize the foundation.