Crawl Space Repair Photo Album: Crawl Space Repair in Huntsville, AL

This customer in Huntsville, AL, called Frontier after noticing that their crawl space supports were failing. We decided on SmartJacks to stabilize the support system and an encapsulation to address the moisture issues. Once the structure was stabilized with our SmartJack system, we started the encapsulation process. This included installing our Drainage matting, CleanSpace liner, and a SaniDry Sedona dehumidifier. We also added SilverGlo wall panels for added insulation.

Moisture Issues

The old vapor barrier is not doing anything to keep moisture out of this crawl space.

Moisture in the Walls

As you can see in this photo, water is seeping out of the concrete block wall. Without proper moisture control, this will lead to musty smells, wood rot, and structural damage.

Failing Crawl Space Supports

The crawl space supports are leaning, resulting in the crawl space not being adequately supported.

More Failing Supports

Columns can sink or settle due to weak soils, creating a gap between the top of the columns and the bottom of the girders they used to support. This causes a chain reaction in which the column settles, the girder sags, and the floors above begin to fail.

Drainage Matting Installed

Drainage matting forms a permanent seal for leaking crawl space floors.

CleanSpace Vapor Barrier

One key ingredient in our encapsulation system is the CleanSpace® vapor barrier, a super-durable 20-mil plastic sheet designed to permanently prevent moisture, outside air, and pests from entering your crawl space.

SmartJack Installation

The SmartJack Crawl Space Stabilizer is an adjustable supplemental support system used for sagging crawl spaces. It not only provides supplemental support to your failing structure -- it can also often lift failing floor joists or beams, restoring them to their original position.

Stronger Crawl Space Support

Our crawl space support system can support vertical loads exceeding 60,000 pounds, which is far stronger than conventional concrete repairs.

The SaniDry Sedona

The Sedona easily fits in small crawl spaces, yet has a powerful blower to effectively dry large crawl spaces.

SilverGlo Insulation

We insulated the crawl space by installing high-performance SilverGlo™ rigid foam insulation against the crawl space walls. SilverGlo does what fiberglass can't: stop air leaks, never lose R-value, and never absorb or be damaged by moisture.