Photo Album: Support for sagging floors in Cambridge, On
Maureen in Cambridge, On had a main beam that was not supported properly which caused her sagging floors. Omni Basement Systems recommended and installed the SmartJack XT from Supportworks. Smartjacks are galvanized house jacks with a big difference. The base of the jacks have an engineered footing. A cube of soil is dug out 2x2x2 feet and filled with gravel. this creates the bulb of influence. What that means is that the weight of the house is spread out through this bulb rather than just transferred vertically down. That jacks are fully adjustable should they need to be at a later date.
Engineered footing
A cube of dirt is removed and filled with engineered fill.
Fully adjustable
The top of the jaxks are attached to the main beam with an adjustment threaded nob
floor re-concreted.
After the jacks are installed, the floor is restored.
fully installed
another view of the fully installed jacks
clean up
Omni Basement systems always cleans up after the job
