Ayers Basement Systems Before & After Photos

Michael had an area of his home that was settling and it was causing cracking around the home. We used Helical Piers to stabilize the home as well as lifting it back up to the original level. Helical Piers have year-round installation and fast installation!

Steve had various issues within his Michigan-style basement. Water appeared to seep into the basement and pool up, adding other complications. Steve grew tired of the basement and finally decided to call Ayers. An inspection of his home was done, and it concluded that water appeared to be seeping into the house through the foundation. Thus, the team at Ayers suggested installing CleanSpace.

CleanSpace utilizes a heavy-duty, durable plastic liner that lines the entirety of the basement or crawlspace. The liner creates a vapor barrier as any water that comes into the home will run behind the liner and to a sump pump. For Steves's house, not only did CleanSpace waterproof the area, but it also made it look much better! 

A previous customer of Ayers called in wondering if we do work with Egress Windows. The customer has Egress already installed from 1997 but the wells were made from railroad ties. The railroad ties are badly deteriorating and would like to replace them. 

Our Egress Window wells are made from galvanized steel meant to hold and never shift overtime. The steel well is a clear upgrade over the previous well that was there.  

The homeowners had a bowing wall in their basement. Bowing walls are a sign of a serious foundation problem. Even though bowing is sometimes hard to spot, any amount of bowing in wall is an indication of a weakened structure. The biggest signs of a bowing wall are cracks in the wall, floors that are not level, doors, cabinets, or windows that do not shut properly, cracking in the upstairs plaster or drywall, or leaning of outside porches or chimneys. 

To combat this bowing wall our team decided to install GeoLock wall anchors. Galvanized steel earth anchors are embedded into the soil, out and away from the foundation wall. They are connected to steel wall plates with galvanized steel rods. Once installed, wall anchors will hold walls in their current position without any further adjustment. They can be tightened during dry periods allowing for improvement and straightening of the wall over time. 

What is more expensive, paying to fix a severe problem or paying to fix a mild problem? Fixing a mild problem, right! Well in foundation, mild problems will always turn into severe problems when given time along with no proper care. So, don't let your basement walls look like this repair them before they get to be to much of an issue. Luckily for this Hamilton homeowner, we were able to repair the issue using Wall Anchors. We install these by digging a tiny hole in that are a few feet away from the home. Then we drill a steel rod through a 1 inch hole in the basement wall. After that, the rod connects to an anchor that is placed in the hole of the soil. Once we place the plates on afterwards, we have permanently stabilized the basement. So now the homeowner doesn't have to worry about an unsafe basement ever again.