Floor Joist Repair

Floor joists form the backbone of your home’s flooring system, providing critical support and stability. These horizontal beams — usually made of wood, steel, or engineered materials — span between foundation walls or beams, creating the frame that supports your flooring.

Floor joists distribute the weight of occupants, furniture and fixtures evenly, preventing sagging floors or structural compromise. Understanding the role of floor joists is crucial for homeowners, as they play a vital role in ensuring a safe, durable and level foundation for any structure. The Crack Guys are ready to provide long-lasting, professional floor repairs for your space.

What Is A Floor Joist?

In crawl spaces, floor joists run horizontally from wall to wall, or between beams, supporting the main floor above. These joists may be constructed from wood, concrete, or steel. But can floor joists sit directly on concrete?

In some cases, floor joists may appear to rest on a concrete surface — but they should be supported by proper framing or adjustable posts placed on a concrete pad. Direct contact with concrete can lead to moisture absorption and deterioration over time, especially in older homes or damp crawl spaces.

Wooden joists are especially vulnerable in wet environments. Moisture can lead to rotting floor joists in the crawl space, causing structural instability, mold growth and poor indoor air quality. Steel joists are more resistant to these problems, making them a preferred material in many modern construction or repair applications. If you need help with floor joist repair, call The Crack Guys for professional service!

Signs You Need Floor Joist Support

Recognizing the signs of flooring issues and addressing them promptly is essential to maintaining the structural integrity of your home and ensuring the safety of your household. Signs you need to schedule services for your floor joists include:

• Cracks in sheetrock
• Gaps under baseboards
• Spongy, sagging or soft spots in floors
• Unlevel or creaking floors
• Doors sticking
• Visible wood rot

These signs often point to deeper issues beneath the surface. If you’re wondering how to tell if floor joists are bad, trust your instincts. If your floors feel soft, unstable or unusually noisy, it’s time to get a professional inspection.

Crawl Space Wood Rot Repair

Crawl space conditions play a huge role in the lifespan of your floor joists. Excess moisture, humidity, or flooding can all lead to rotting floor joists in the crawl space, undermining the strength of your flooring system.

Our team at The Crack Guys offers comprehensive crawl space repair, including custom floor support systems designed to stabilize and restore your home’s foundation. We don’t just patch things up—we fix the root of the problem.

How Your Crawl Space Is Repaired

If your floor systems are damaged, The Crack Guys offers free advice on broken floor joist repair. We offer an encapsulation system that keeps water away from your crawl space and protects the structural integrity of your floor system. We also offer steel floor supports.

Our custom-built, Samson Floor Supports are adjustable and are built based upon measurements taken in your crawl space. They sit on a concrete pad, not dirt, which offers more stabilization rather than others who install a support that sits on the ground which shifts over time and may lose contact with the floor system as it settles.

Schedule Home Foundation Repair

Our services are comprehensive and we serve a large area – from slab foundation repair to floor joist support systems. No matter what structural services you require for your house, our team can handle it. Whether you live in Alabama and Tennessee, including cities like Huntsville, Nashville or Birmingham, reach out to The Crack Guys to schedule your service.