Floor Support Systems in Shelbyville, TN
Bedford County additions leave a step in the floor
About an hour and forty-five minutes from our shop. Free assessment, a measured floor survey, and a written estimate with nothing owed either way.
What we find under houses in Shelbyville
Large older homes on generous lots are the Shelbyville pattern, and homes like that have almost always been extended. Each extension arrived with its own crawlspace, its own framing and its own posts, and the two sections have been settling at their own rates ever since. What a homeowner feels is a step or a slope where the original house meets the newer part, and it is easy to read that as the whole building failing.
The framing under the older sections is the sort we see across Middle Tennessee: posts on the dirt, girders sized for lighter loads, and joists running long. Near the Duck River the ground stays damp for much of the year, which shortens the working life of anything wooden in contact with it. Where an addition sits over ground that drains differently, the framing there ages on a different schedule again.
We survey the whole floor so both sections read on the same page. That shows whether the step is a settled addition, a failed post line, or a span that has simply given up, and each of those gets a different answer. Adjustable steel supports on engineered base pads, supplemental girders where spans are long, and sistered lumber where joists have softened. The recovery is staged so old plaster and trim travel with the floor.
Everything we do in Shelbyville- A soft spot underfoot in the kitchen or a hallway
- Dishes rattling in a cabinet when someone walks past
- A floor that slopes enough for a ball to roll on its own
- Gaps opening between the floor and the baseboard
- Tile grout cracking in a line across a room
- Interior doors that will not latch the way they used to
None of that is a diagnosis of your house. What your home actually needs comes from the assessment and the measured scan on your own crawlspace.
The same checklist on every Shelbyville job
Every floor support work we do in Shelbyville, TN follows the same sequence. A soft spot in the kitchen and a sloping hallway can come from completely different failures, and the wrong repair on the wrong cause does not hold. The assessment matters more than the product.
Elevations measured first
The FoundationScan® topo report shows where the floor sits now, so the repair has a measured target elevation to work to.
Adjustable steel supports
Set on engineered polymer base pads sized for the load. Adjustable means the floor can be fine-tuned later if it needs it.
Supplemental beams
Where a span is simply too long, a new girder shortens it and spreads the load across more support points.
Joist & beam repair
Rotted or overloaded joists and beams get sistered with new lumber, so the load has sound wood to carry it.
Rot cause addressed
New framing in a damp crawlspace starts down the same road as the old framing, so the moisture source is dealt with in the same visit.
Guaranteed stabilization
Stabilized at the measured elevation and checked against the scan. Stay on the annual service call and we guarantee it holds.
Four steps, and you see the findings before the price
Free assessment
We go under the house, take moisture readings, elevations and measurements, and check every support. Takes as long as it takes.
Findings & written estimate
Photos and readings walked through with you, then a line-item price. Financing options if you want them.
Install
The same family crew that quoted the job does the work. Most crawlspace and waterproofing projects run 1–3 days.
Annual service call
$250 a year covers a service on the equipment we installed and a fresh FoundationScan® report, so changes are caught early. No contract required.
Shelbyville questions we get asked
There's a step in the floor where the old house meets the addition. Fixable?
Usually improvable, and how much depends on which side moved. Each section has its own crawlspace, framing and supports, so the elevations tell us whether the addition dropped or the original did. The supports go under whichever one has gone.
Our floor bounces in one big open room. What is that?
Almost always a long span with no support in the middle of it. Older Bedford County homes with large rooms often have a joist run going further than it comfortably can, and a supplemental girder with proper supports shortens the span and takes the movement out.
Would this hold up if we sold the house?
It should help. The work comes with warranties on materials and labor and a FoundationScan® report showing the measured elevations, which is a much easier thing to hand a buyer than a sloping floor and no explanation.
Do we need to move furniture out of the rooms being worked on?
Generally no, since the work happens underneath. Where a recovery is likely to move a floor noticeably, we talk through anything sensitive upstairs before starting.
Nearly two hours each way. Is that going to make scheduling hard?
Bedford County is on our regular run, so it is not unusual for us. The assessment is free, the estimate is written, and the annual service call brings us back each year.
Floor Support Systems near Shelbyville
Shelbyville, TN sits about an hour and 45 minutes from our shop in Baxter, and we work the rest of Bedford County and the Highland Rim on the same runs.
All 33 towns we coverFree floor assessment in Shelbyville
We measure the elevations, find what is carrying the floor now, and price the repair in writing. No cost, no obligation.
Family owned & operatedFree estimatesFinancing as low as 0%Annual service calls available