We work with insurance companies and contractors to clearly identify the damaged areas, provide repair recommendations and observe the completed work.  If you need reliable, efficient and a quick turn around on a structural assessment please contact us at jim@evstudio.com

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A light gauge steel ledger was the best solution to provide additional bearing area while the sill plate was replaced.  Due to the length of the foundation wall the use of a light weight material was ideal to reduce costs for the homeowner and help speed up installation using powder actuated pins.

Before

After

The house was also lifted roughly 1 1/2" to 3" along the north face to bring the floor back to the original elevation.  You can see in the Before picture that the bottom of floor joist is at the top of foundation, there was a 1 1/2" thick sill plate there.   Many doors and cabinets are now operating that were otherwise sticking or stuck.  Luckily another problem was resolved when the floor was leveled.  The homeowner was unaware of a water leak at the water heater that was not properly draining into the provided emergency pan.  Due to the unlevel floor the water was draining towards the north wall and over the pan edge.  Once the floor was leveled, the water started draining correctly and the water leak was discovered.  This saved the homeowner a lot of problems.

I was very happy with the work completed by Complete Basement Systems.

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