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Repair a sagging floor above a crawlspace in St. Catharines, ON
Alaine & Robert has a house in St. Catharines, ON with a dirt floor crawlspace. Like most houses with this type of foundation, the floors are sagging because of moisture and poorly supported floors. Omni Basement Systems installed the very strong SmartJacks in the crawlspace. The smartJacks are made from fully galvanized steel so they are rust free. They are designed to hold 30,000lbs each. Omni also installed a supplemental beam to carry the load across the floor system. The SmartJacks are also fully adjustable so you can always make sure that your floor stays level over time.
Wall support in Niagara Falls, ON
Bob has a house in Niagara Falls, ON with a very large crack in the poured concrete foundation. The size and the angle of the crack determined that the wall was tipping in and needed to be supported. Along with waterproofing, Omni Basement Systems installed PowerBraces to support the wall. PowerBraces are fully galvanized "I" beams that are bolted to the footing and then a specially designed bracket designed by Supportworks connect it to the floor joist system. There is a large adjustment bolt so that a bowing or tipping wall can be put back in place over time.
Floor Slab replacement in Fisherville
Rob S. called to say that he had concerns with floor slab heaving in his basement. before he put his new floor down, he wanted to fix the heaving.
Omni Basement systems came up with a design to remove and replace his floor slab.
Carbon Armor over Wall crack in Cayuga
Cayuga area is famous for bad soil conditions. Omni likes to call it "Haldimand Clay" When there is a wall crack in a poured foundation in this area, Our reps have to determine whether it is just a waterproofing job or it needs some structural attention as well.
In this case, the crack was large enough and had some deflection in the wall as well that Phill recommended some carbon Armor stitches before waterproofing. The Carbon Armor stitch is Carbon Fibre fabrick which is epoxied to the wall across the crack to strengthen the wall from futher bowing (deflection)
In these photos, the before and after the carbon armor is applied. They do not show the final waterproofing membrane applied over top.