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I was out in Powell yesterday checking on some work we did about eight months ago. The property owner called us back to make some adjustments to the jacks we installed, and honestly, I was excited to see how everything held up.

A customer called me a few years back about her crawl space. She'd already paid a big company - one of those billboard companies you see everywhere - to do a full encapsulation. But something wasn't right.

I just finished a job in Jefferson City that shows exactly why preparation matters. When we first opened the crawl space door, we found nearly a century of accumulated debris. Construction waste, old materials, leftover supplies - everything that every contractor over the years had left behind.

I was out in Knoxville yesterday doing a yearly maintenance check on a crawl space we fixed for a customer. The previous company - one of the big billboard guys - had done such poor work that we ended up replacing everything they installed.

We're out here in Knoxville today installing helical piers around a foundation that's showing signs of settlement. You can see the cracks in the foundation wall - clear evidence that the soil underneath has shifted.

Remember when checking your crawl space meant grabbing a flashlight and crawling under your house? Most homeowners never did it. They'd install a dehumidifier, cross their fingers, and hope everything was working.

It Started With Just a Little Water. I was out in Friendsville yesterday looking at a crawl space with water intrusion. The homeowner knew water was getting in, but figured it wasn't a big deal since it would dry up after a few days without rain.

Just finished a job in Farragut where we had to replace 15 shims under a home's main support beams. The problem? The builder had used hardie plank - the same material you'd use for exterior siding - as structural support for the house.