Wood floor structures are commonly called crawl spaces. This comes from the fact that you can crawl in the space underneath the wooden floor structure. This part of the home is often neglected. Most people don't even know what a crawl space is, even though their house is built on one! It's amazing the things we find holding up homes inside the crawl space. In Oklahoma we find things like stacked stones and or random pieces of brick holding up load bearing walls. Not sure how any of these were up to code when built or if there even was one but one thing is for sure; poor support always fails! When crawl space support fails, you will notice things like the floor starting to sag, doors not working properly, cracks will appear in sheetrock and certain types of flooring. If left untreated things can actually start to break like floor joists etc.... Water is another major hazard for crawl spaces. When mentioning all the random things used for support; just image those same items were sitting in mud. How effective do you think they would be then? Most crawl space support sits on grade meaning the ground. If you let water into your crawl space then your homes support is just sitting in the mud. Like anything heavy in mud, it will start to sink! With so many variables involved in crawl space repair, it's important to pick an experienced, qualified contractor. This will ensure you get a quality repair and will likely even save you money as you should only have to fix it once if done right. If you are noticing signs of crawl space settlement; call Level Home Foundation Repair at 918-361-7787 or visit our company website at www.levelhomefoundationrepair.com
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