Spatial Tracking Supports

When a house has sagging floors, the signs can be obvious or they can be quite subtle. Here are some questions a homeowner can ask themselves to determine if sagging floors are a real problem for their home.

• Do the floors of the house seem to sink toward the center of the room?
• Does the furniture slide away from the walls and slide into the center of the room?
• Are there gaps between the floor of the house and the baseboards?
• Do the cabinets in the house rattle when someone walks through a room?

Many homeowners ask what causes sagging floors. Sagging floors can be caused by several factors:

• A changing foundation under the house
• Floor joists in the home that have weakened from excess moisture
• Excessively large gaps between floor joists without sufficient support
• Excessive or heavy loads (furniture, fitness equipment, granite) in the room(s) above the crawl space of a home
• The use of temporary wedges to fill floor spaces; wedges settle and shift out of place over time

The solution is simpler than it seems! Adjustable steel crawlspace brackets are a quick, economical solution that can stand the test of time. These adjustable posts are a permanent solution that works by transferring the weight of the house’s floor structure to more competent soils below the house. Many homeowners will try a DIY solution for sagging floors by inserting wooden wedges to prop up the floor. This is only a temporary Band-Aid and does not address fundamental issues with the flooring structure. Often a homeowner’s first repair solution, wedges made of wood can slip, shift and rot over time.

In contrast, adjustable steel brackets can be installed quickly (in less than a day), with little or no property disturbance. Plus, they can provide the right support exactly where it’s needed most. As the name implies, the brackets can be adjusted to provide the exact amount of support needed, and are fully compatible with a crawl space encapsulation system, should a home need that as well.

Crawl space repair is a common procedure performed in many homes across the United States. Unfortunately, many homeowners unknowingly choose temporary and insufficient means of maintaining their homes, thinking that the professional and permanent solution will be too expensive, disruptive and time consuming. Adjustable Steel Crawl Space Brackets can fix a home’s sagging floors permanently without much disruption to family, yard, or wallet!