Rotted Floor Joists are Replaced with PowerBrace & SmartJack in Merrick, NY

Friday, September 18th, 2015 by Bill Simone

Challenge

This home's floor sunk 4 inches because of rotting floor joists in the crawl space. The dryer vent had come apart in the crawl space and the humid moist air was flowing into the space causing the floor joists to literally rot away.

Solution

We replaced some of the floor joists with new wood and installed the SmartJack system along with PowerBraces to stabilize the entire floor above. We were actually able to lift his kitchen floor to almost it's original level without cracking any tiles!